TGIT

The only thing left to do here Mr. Contractor Man is to put in the bottom molding around the outside of where the new wall is. He is having trouble getting a match for the shape. Apparently they stopped making that style about 25 years ago. We told him just get close, once it is all painted no one is going to notice. Oh yeah, he has to get an electrician in to wire up the exhaust fan.

He will start on the other bathroom on Monday. When that one is done I will paint that bathroom before we move back to that side of the house, then I will come back to this bathroom and paint it along with the bedroom. The bead board will get a coat of gloss white, the top molding of the bead board will get a gray to sort of match the tile and the upper wall will get a light blue. The bedroom will get a slightly darker blue with white trim. I haven’t picked out the colors for the other larger bathroom yet, I guess I’ll wait until it is done…

Started down, went up, back down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/08: 108

Almost There

Finish the toilet, hook it and the sink up, hang the mirror and the new light fixture, then a final skim coat the smooth out the last of the wall and the contractor will be done. Then it will be up to us to paint and hang a shower curtain rod, some towel bars and the TP holder for the final finishing touches.

And speaking of remodeling, I’m working on a new theme for here. Same sort of color scheme and what not, but it will have 3 (count ’em, that’s one more than two) columns. Big news is it will be widget ready! Not that I have any widgets picked out, or for that matter even know what a widget is, but I’m going to be a widgety fool.

We’ve got to clean up the bedroom with the newly remodeled bath in it on Friday, so we can move in to it, because starting Monday the other bath gets hammered on. We are off on Saturday for some Post Office hunting and will be back late Sunday, causing work on the theme project to be light over the weekend. So you may not see the new look for awhile, heck if I keep dawdling, I may end up losing interest and you’ll never see it.

Started up, went down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/08: 106

Some Sexual Double Entendres Spam Fun

Actual emails caught in my workplace spam trap.

Half the time twice the erection from seseiopo@HDSMARKETING.COM

Fantastic growth guaranteed from Gabriele-ckmannin@FICAEL.COM.BR

Nursing home abuse! from return@newerpossibilities.com

The biggest meanest bad daddy from lowie-twuots@CRAIGHOMECARE.COM

Wham Bam Thank You Pam from egarekor@BILLPAXTON.NET

Enlargement for dummies from rpnevjiw_1977@VALEXKOREA.COM

Give her the best time from ediool_1963@GLITC.ORG

Harkness private foundation from Kclpv@adelphia.com

Seductive proposal of healthcare. from funna_1967@Umica.plus.com

Paris loves it hard from sadnesse_1953@SUPERVIELLE.COM.AR

Unleash your titan from Heiko-fluitert@14WFIE.com

We’ve Got A Floor

Just need to grout the white tiles on the separator between the bathroom & the shower area. Next step is to put up the bead board on the walls. Toss in some fixtures and we are almost there.

Started up, went down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/08: 106

We’ve Got Toilets

Not yet exactly, they are at the dealer and will be delivered tomorrow. We are almost ready for them too. The shower walls were grouted today and the floor in the room is about half done. The walls are almost ready for wainscoting.

I have started my LOST action figure collection with not just one, but two figures. I scoured ebay looking for figures I could buy for no more than $15 bucks total (price & shipping.) My main objective was Hugo (Hurley) Reyes. My first attempt fell 50¢ short. The next time I found one to bid on, it was after checking out a couple other characters, and somehow I managed to bid on a Shannon figure. Whiny Shannon was always my least favorite “main” character on the show and if the accidental purchase had any redeeming value it was that I was the only bidder (guess I’m not the only one who isn’t a Shannon fan), so she is going to cost me only a penny over the $8 shipping fee.

Luck was with me next time, as right after the Shannon auction closed I found a Hurley figure that had a couple days left on it. The next bid up was just a buck over my arbitrary fifteen buck limit, so I gave iit a shot, never figuring it would hold up. It did.

Started down, went up, still up.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/08: 105

There Was Gold In Them Thar Hills

The Post Offices still seem too far away, but the weather was too nice not to take a drive with the top down. So instead of our usual walk in the close by Hitchcock Woods we took a drive to Parsons Mountain near Abbeville.

A long time ago, back when Donna and I used to mountain bike, we came up here because someone said they had a really great trail to ride. Turns out it we didn’t think it was great. The trail (which is now closed to everything but hikers) starts out going up and then after about 3/4 mile starts really going up, not only up, but rough and rocky. I don’t remember it explicitly, but I’m thinking we did a lot of pushing our bikes.

The first part of today’s walk was still up, but we enjoyed a lot more. About 3/4 mile up there are four squares of chain link fence surrounding holes in the mountain that used to be a gold mine back in the late 1800’s. Further up the trail is a fire tower that used to be open to the public for a spectacular view. But now it is surrounded by that same chain link fencing as the gold mines. The fence doesn’t seem to be a major deterrent to some folks judging by the top of the fence and the graffiti on the tower, but it was enough to keep us out.

Started down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/08: 104

Official Citizen

Sounds kind of Socialist doesn’t it? (not that there is anything wrong with that.) My 2008 Red Sox Nation membership card came in the mail today. Got a sticker too.

I’ve been a member of the Nation since I was 10 years-old or so, long before the marketing department of Major League Baseball thought there should be such a thing. I swore the oath at 12 in that incredible summer of 1967. I really don’t need the card to validate my citizenship, but seeing as they want $14.95 to join and it costs the same amount as a subscription Gameday Audio (which I usually get and is included in the membership), I signed up.

Because this weekend is a three game series against the MFY I am only listening to one of the games. The other two are on TV, because when the Red Sox play the Yankees it is like the Montagues and the Capulets, the Hatfields and the McCoys, the Sharks & the Jets, high drama makes riveting television.

But after listening to last night’s game and watching today’s, the rivalry doesn’t seem to have the same intensity so far as it has had in the past. Maybe because the FRS are still jet lagged from the Japan trip. Maybe because the Red Sox have finally exorcised the “curse” with the two championships in 4 years thing. Maybe all the Yankees are sad about them tearing down the House That Ruth Built. Or maybe it is just me.

Started down, went up, back down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/08: 104