May 5, 2008
Getting in Gear
Long-time readers of skeet’s stuff might remember that on New Year’s Day of 2007 I was applying a coating to my carport roof, but was interrupted by a near-by brush fire and then by rain. Inclement weather kept me from getting back to the job for a while, but then I found other excuses. Regular readers also know that I’m easily distracted and frequently don’t finish what I start. I’ve been working hard on that lately. I’m determined to accomplish one task towards fixing up the house, one neglected office chore and one yard or garden chore each day. Over the weekend I finally got back to the carport roof. I used up all of the coating I had on hand and will pick up some more to finish the job next time I leave the coast (probably Wednesday.) I’m committed to finally finishing the roof before this week ends.
I’m not the world’s most professional painter. I poured the coating onto the roof in big dollops, then spread it with a roller. It splashed a few times. I’ve managed to get most of the stuff off of my feet, but there’s still some under my toenails. My “good” slippahs will be retired to “yardwork slippahs” and I’ll pick up a new pair for casual running around sometime soon.
All of my gardens have been weeded, I’ve removed the little patches of weeds that have popped through the weedcloth under my gravel-covered yards, put some new plants in and repotted some others. My office files are much better organized, but still need a lot of work. Tuesday’s agenda: purge office files of older inspection reports, paint front door and prepare a small plot for an extension of my herb garden. I might also get some fresh gravel spread in Lance’s yard (I lose a little gravel pciking up poops, so I have to refresh it from time to time.) Sometime in the near future I’ll start painting the entire interior, and make the new curtains I want to have ready to hang once the painting is finished. I figure if I tell you what I’m planning to accomplish it I’ll have to actually do it, right?
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Posted by skeet @ 11:28 pm • Home & Family
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May 6th, 2008 at 8:48 am, Whim Says:
“I figure if I tell you what I’m planning to accomplish it I’ll have to actually do it, right?”
Eventually…
May 6th, 2008 at 10:57 am, Karen Says:
Oh my. You paint like I do. LOL