More Housework Bits

Posted by blainegarrett on Aug 12th, 2008 | View Comments

Toni comes back in 6 days. There is a lot of stuff i want to try to get done yet before she gets back. I assume that I will be trying to soak her up for a week or two trying to make up for lost time, hehe.

Anywho, during lunch today I pulled out another plaster cast and poured another. I expect to have enough casts made by the end of Thursday to be suffiently confident in the shape to call this experiment a preliminary success. After that, I will make another mold from one of the plaster casts and hopefully next week start cranking out bricks. My tentative goal is to get the side yard walkway done by Halloween. Wee.

On break, I scoped out the basement quickly. I decided I want to stain the floor before we move a bunch of furniture down there. A quick measuring job shows the main hall in the basement is 12′ by 39′ = 468 square feet. If I remember right, a gallon of stain covers 500 quare feet. So, if I want to hit the side rooms too, I should get two gallons. I also think I might buy some stripper and try to get the pain slops off the floor before I stain. Also, I am debating doing a floor mural in permanent marker on the floor and then put the translucent stain on top. I think that would kick major ass. Maybe, I will try to do another anamorphic drawing.

Anyway, after work I swept the basement and moved all of my artwork into the side studio. I then took to chopping up more swamp elm roots. After a bunch of raking and clearing of brush, I discovered a bunch more root systems I should probably tear up. This might end up being a nightmare… and after today’s session, I have a blister on my left thumb. Stupid swamp elms.

I then went out to eat at VIA with my brother, his wife, and my cousin Joe. We had a great old time. Joe is quite a character. We did a lot of catching up on family bits after the Garrett reunion this passed weekend. Good times. Now it is time for bed. Tomorrow is going to be another busy day. Must sleep…