Lots of little things to tell you about. I should have done this in several smaller posts, but felt too busy.
Things I don't have pictures of:
A fat copperhead. I was using a borrowed push weedeater (badass, I want one), and I was down at the little house next to the lake. I pushed up against a brush pile and a copperhead slid out. I went South and he went North; no time for pictures.
Yesterday I was working on stuff at the big house. Went out on the porch to get a tool, and I guess a red wasp dropped on my head. I was wearing my beanie and didn't feel it. By the time I got to the kitchen he had crawled down to the back of my neck. Then he stung the crap out of me at the base. Wow. I didn't like it. A few minutes later I had a bad headache and my arms were aching. Then a few minutes later I was ok, except a little nauseated. But I'd skipped breakfast and had 2 pots of coffee, so maybe that was it.
Last night Cristina made spaghetti and used ground venison in the sauce. She also made a nice green salad with chopped toasted pecans from our trees.
Not everything is fun and games. I've taken my Dad to 5 (I think) Dr. visits: Broken Bow, Idabel, and Paris, TX(x2). We have an EKG in the afternoon today.
Saturday we finally made to Costco in Dallas (Plano, TX). We also stopped at Cabelas and bought Nick a little "Leatherman" style multi-tool.
Lots of work to do at the little house to get it ready for the old folks to move in. Water damage, dry rot, termites, rat infestation, poison ivy over-run.
Deer season has moved on to muzzle-loader. Sunday we "helped" clean 3 deer. While we were there Nick was helping remove the membrane from the meat and using his new multi-tool. He asked me to sharpen the blade, so I did. A few minutes later he sliced his finger open. Monday at breakfast he said, "Dad, how do you dull a knife blade?".
Now the pictures:
The easy way to remove a deer hide.
Bedroom. Trying to scrape up tiles.
Water damage/mold.
Tile scrape attempt
water/mold
I found a new use for my flamethrower.
Now the tiles just peel up.
Bedroom done in just a few minutes.
I started the wall demo also. Why? Isn't the floor project enough of a project? Can't I do the walls later? Yes, except, I kept catching the walls on fire. Mostly small fires, but a couple were bigger and scary. So, I knocked out the bottoms of the walls so I could get to the smoldering stuff.
"Boards" so far gone you can use a broom to sweep the 2x4 apart.
I like this tool.
poison ivy
I found where we keep the old steel drums
This trailer has been here a while
I found fencing! Now I need to find posts
A few minutes of gathering pecans in the yard.
