put that in what in where?

just a quick pick of one of the new home improvement projects to take place in this up coming month. down the street from the house a bank remodel is taking place. one evening as i drove by. i saw a stack of insulation that looked to be disposed of, so after a quick inquirer i was told too help myself. so not being one to want to waste some perfectly good insulation i loaded it up and took it back to the man cave, were it was not so neatly stacked but out of the weather. after 3 or 4 trips and a serious fiberglass itch, there it sits awaiting to be installed under the house.

yep i said under the house. through out all these cold NC winters we have came to notice a mean cool air, arising from the floor. well with closer inspection i see we have no insulation down under. and with a new addition 2 the family(Malia) my lovely wife informed me that we(i) might want to address this before the cruel winter is upon us, and i agreed:) so with this new project on the horizon, and a pricey cost of new insulation i opted 4 the affordable price of free 99.

4 the fun to begin i will have to move all the insulation, carefully through an outside air vent.then crawl under and install(easier said then done). so i look forward 2 many trips down under and many sleepless itchy nights. good times

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snake in the grass

just trying to finish up some of the little projects around here. here is one for Holly's class my wife found a snake skin in the grass outside the house and i thought i would glue it to a board and put some polyurethane over it.

so i glued it and put a first coat on and then cut out a snake shape around the snake skin. as the pics show the finished cut out now just a bunch of coats left to go, and maybe add some beady eyes.

my names not hank this blogs about that tank

yet another home project is yet under way. me and my sweet old lady bought a new propane tank and had it hooked up, so we could get rid of an unwanted annual bill and eye sore. here is a pic of the gas tank retrieval man and his mission. he has too pull the tank across the yard as not to damage the delicate shrubs(he was not a happy camper). you can see the new tank already hooked up and userfreindly against the left corner of the house.

under some advise the tank man decided to try and pull the tank from a different angel(smart move) less distance and less impact on the fine greenery(grass) and walk. so here is a couple pics of the drag.

i can see why the guy was not happy look at all the hard work he is doing, if you zoom in 8x you can see him start to think about sweating. all and all he was a good sport.

all said and done the tank removal was a success no loss of life, damaged property or unhappy customers. here is a last pic of the tank on the truck getting strapped down. the pic is a Little shady