Adventures in Home Repair
Oct. 10th, 2008 11:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
baronessekatI'm sure had either Jimmy or Sanooke been standing in my house this evening they would have both had strokes from the blood pressure of watching me and my girls (ok, the girls with my "assistance") replacing the door knobs and deadbolt on the door between the house and the garage.
Well no, Dicea points out that if either had been here they would have taken over the job from us and 1) been done sooner than we were 2) had ALL the right tools rather than most of the right tools and some "we can make do with these" tools and 3) we wouldn't have been doing it.
But the repairs that have been needing to be done are almost complete. I can close the door and it will stay closed without having to lock the deadbolt.
I am grateful for the fact that my totally handy-man inept father was a firm believer in having a tool because it's a tool and guys are supposed to have tools. This way I could just go into the basement workshop and find the 2 inch drill bit and out to the garage worktable and fetch the miter saw.
But pizza was eaten, beer and malt beverages consumed and we ended up watching several episodes of "My Big Fat Redneck wedding" that caused us to sit there glued due to the "train wreck" effect.
Tomorrow morning I need to run a vacuum over the family room and stairwell and the place is as ready as it is going to get for the weekend guests that should be arriving around noon.
but for now, I'm off to bed.
G'night all.
Well no, Dicea points out that if either had been here they would have taken over the job from us and 1) been done sooner than we were 2) had ALL the right tools rather than most of the right tools and some "we can make do with these" tools and 3) we wouldn't have been doing it.
But the repairs that have been needing to be done are almost complete. I can close the door and it will stay closed without having to lock the deadbolt.
I am grateful for the fact that my totally handy-man inept father was a firm believer in having a tool because it's a tool and guys are supposed to have tools. This way I could just go into the basement workshop and find the 2 inch drill bit and out to the garage worktable and fetch the miter saw.
But pizza was eaten, beer and malt beverages consumed and we ended up watching several episodes of "My Big Fat Redneck wedding" that caused us to sit there glued due to the "train wreck" effect.
Tomorrow morning I need to run a vacuum over the family room and stairwell and the place is as ready as it is going to get for the weekend guests that should be arriving around noon.
but for now, I'm off to bed.
G'night all.
