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Poor Juli has not been feeling well. She has had a cough for the past five days, and now she has a migraine to go with it. Fortunately she was off for the last two days. Unfortunately she's been sick during her two days off.
Monday I sat around and let my muscles heal from hefting and hauling brick. I felt a bit of a slug-a-bed, so I decided to clean up the kitchen and get out the large electric grill. ...the one we got for a wedding gift almost eight years ago. ...the one still in it's sealed box and never used.
WOW! So the menu was BLTs, simple light meal that goes great with summer. Cooking bacon on this thing [complete with bacon press] is so much easier then cooking it in the large iron skillet. Since the only thing I use the iron skillet for is cooking bacon, guess what gets to go away?
Tuesday I also had the day off from my Not-Work in Rollingbay. I had brick to return to Home Depot from my brick yard project and the two pallets that I had put a deposit on. I know my Subaru-Impresa-Outback-Sport has proved to be a champ when it comes to hauling, but 120 brick and two pallets is a bit much to ask. Sure, it would fit, but that would be close to 1000 pounds. The Subaru is only slated to carry 750.
So I had to break it up into two trips. I even got to strap the pallets to the luggage rack on the top of the car. I've never done that before. Cool!
They gave me a full refund, which I wasn't expecting. Usually they charge a 15% restocking fee on special orders, which this was.
Today was spent pulling nails out of a ceiling in the Rollingbay studio, "..and boy are my arms tired"
I've studied the space behind the brick [this one here]
and I've determined that some of the dirt that I've hauled away I need to haul back. I need to level off the field I intend to cover with rock. It would look ugly if all the rock slid down hill leaving the weed barrier bare.
I've started to see the completion of the job, and I've discovered that I need to start thinking about what's next. I've been off the payroll for a month now, and I've apparently kept myself busy. There are decisions to make, however. Fortunately I have plenty of time, but still... I have to be thinking about that next step.
Monday I sat around and let my muscles heal from hefting and hauling brick. I felt a bit of a slug-a-bed, so I decided to clean up the kitchen and get out the large electric grill. ...the one we got for a wedding gift almost eight years ago. ...the one still in it's sealed box and never used.
WOW! So the menu was BLTs, simple light meal that goes great with summer. Cooking bacon on this thing [complete with bacon press] is so much easier then cooking it in the large iron skillet. Since the only thing I use the iron skillet for is cooking bacon, guess what gets to go away?
Tuesday I also had the day off from my Not-Work in Rollingbay. I had brick to return to Home Depot from my brick yard project and the two pallets that I had put a deposit on. I know my Subaru-Impresa-Outback-Sport has proved to be a champ when it comes to hauling, but 120 brick and two pallets is a bit much to ask. Sure, it would fit, but that would be close to 1000 pounds. The Subaru is only slated to carry 750.
So I had to break it up into two trips. I even got to strap the pallets to the luggage rack on the top of the car. I've never done that before. Cool!
They gave me a full refund, which I wasn't expecting. Usually they charge a 15% restocking fee on special orders, which this was.
Today was spent pulling nails out of a ceiling in the Rollingbay studio, "..and boy are my arms tired"
I've studied the space behind the brick [this one here]
and I've determined that some of the dirt that I've hauled away I need to haul back. I need to level off the field I intend to cover with rock. It would look ugly if all the rock slid down hill leaving the weed barrier bare.I've started to see the completion of the job, and I've discovered that I need to start thinking about what's next. I've been off the payroll for a month now, and I've apparently kept myself busy. There are decisions to make, however. Fortunately I have plenty of time, but still... I have to be thinking about that next step.
