Sunday, September 25, 2011

End of the summer job...

This is one of many ramps leading to classrooms in a portable.  We put non-skid down..paint laced with sand and quick drying hardeners plus we add coarser sand and some tiny gravel into the 5 gallon container and mix it up before rolling the goop onto the ramps and stairs.

We call her Death Trap 2011..and with the flaps out she reminds me of a gypsy wagon!

This is her, all loaded up for work.

Nasty non-skid

When rolling non-skid the sand and pebble mixture flies all over..shoes and pants look like this.  I scraped the pebbles off before trying to wash the jeans!

Some places have been done in roofing material..this day we replaced yards and yards of it using roofing nails.  It was hot and felt like 100+ weather on this black top stuff.. it absorbs the heat!

Posted by PicasaUnder the hood of Death Trap...well, the oil readings were 2 quarts high and the tranny fluid was 2 quarts low..every day!  I'd put in the fluids and cross my fingers! I didn't want to know too much and our boss said someone would rescue us if she broke down!




This is some NASTY stuff..the smell alone gave me headaches!
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Hummers


It's still a mess, but I'm liking it better..still many hours to log on this one!!
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Friday, September 9, 2011

sawblade on easel..


Where is the motivation?? Maybe I need some loud music..I've been staring at this for quite some time!
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This box was FULL


Haaaa...peeling, coring, chopping, cooking, straining, bottling and processing..I forgot how tiring it can be! I've been at it for 6 hours minus some travel time and still need to fill the clean jars with applesauce and process the jars! Next time, maybe I won't take so much, and maybe I won't have a work party to share the love with other friends!
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

not rocket science...


But not idiot proof either! Chinese people must be genius enough to look at diagrams and put things together, they could be more specific in their directions so I wouldn't have to figure out how to slide things into the tracks provided..you know, like there was a huge opening on the bottom but I was trying to do things from uptop! User error--HUGE! I think when you put something together you shouldn't try to do it in a cluttered room; and how in the world can you stay in one spot and lose stuff like the last 2 screws you need?? The answer is plush frisee carpet! I will be able to paint a large canvas (30 x 40 and larger!) so I am a tad excited! Thanks to Kanoe's coupon I got this for 50% off. Now to finish another project!!
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On A Clear Day..


Partial view of Mt. Rainier..we will need to work on those wires!!
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Movin on up! 2nd level



Radiant heat in Noe and Brandon's shower wall.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Nope, it's not part of the house...


I got a new easel..I painted Hiawatha in 9th grade and didn't paint till the 1980's. I finally bit the bullet and got one of these. Only one problem, gotta find the instructions!!!
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