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Operation Drivway - Lessons Learned
I have not written lately about my adventures in the lizard bricks. That doesn’t mean I have not been working on them. However, today I think I came to the realization that I need to start over. The key issue is that the limbs keep breaking off, even with the concrete. This is mostly due [...]
Learn something new all the time - Variegated and Chimeras
I was looking up growing Ivy last night and ran across the word “Variegated” in the context of describing types of Ivy. I initially assumed this was a typo of “variated” as in “colors may vary”. But, my inquisitive mind decided it was worth googling. Wow, neato.
Wikipedia says:
Variegation is the appearance of differently coloured zones [...]
More Housework Bits
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 [...]
Hurray for Housework …
Today was a good day for house work. After a looong weekend at the awesome Garrett Family Reunion, I was anxious to do some physical work. I kicked things off last night by going and working out at the gym for a bit.
Today during lunch at work, I went out and poured another plaster cast [...]
Operation Driveway pt. 3 - Plaster Cast Proof of Concepts
The next stage of the lizard paver process was to make some plaster proofs. I want to make an additional mold to double how fast I can make bricks. However, before I waste a bunch of concrete and mold mix, I need to make sure that the mold is producing “working” bricks. By “working” I [...]
Operation Driveway Part 2 - Designing the MC Escher Lizard Pavers
Now that the driveway was graded last weekend, the next step was to figure out what to put on top of it. Last entry, I listed off the quotes I was given for blacktop, a concrete slab, and crushed limestone - all pretty expensive and otherwise lame in my opinion. I was thinking paver stones [...]
Operation Driveway - Pt 1 - Moving Some Dirt
One of the main bits I have to get done on the house, is to install a driveway.
When the flipper guy was remodeling the house he built a garage at the edge of the property, but no driveway leading to it from the paved easement leading into the property. I priced out some options and [...]
New Furnitures
After living in my place for a week and half now, it is only starting to feel like home. Putting up the shower curtains helped. Putting all the boxes, etc in their semi-permanent home helped (still not quite fully unpacked). Doing my first load of laundry helped. However, there are various things that still make [...]
Home Ownership is Swell
I wanted to post really quickly about my house situation since people keep asking and I have not really been calling everyone and telling them and such… but yeah, my mortgage went through over the weekend and yesterday I closed on the house. Later that evening my new friend Toni came over to help me [...]
House Pics!
I met with my realtor today to sign the counter offer. We met at the house, so I had a chance to take some pics. Sadly, I didn’t get many good ones, as I was in a bit of a hurry.
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