Here we have a pic of momma Mandy reading both the girls a bedtime book, but do you notice anything else about the picture? If you didn't notice both of the girls beds are in one room, momma Mandy got a wild hair and made them roommates. This is just a trial but the girls are gonna be sharing a room now all that's left to do is fight over what the old rooms gonna be. Daddy Dave was thinking about some kind of man cave or something, but momma Mandy dosent seem so kin on the idea.
While out working on the latest rental project I came face to face with weather or not to ignore or explore. Here is a pic of door or doors#1 what's behind them you may ask?
This is the closet which houses the water heater and washing machine, but why are there sections of plywood covering sections of the wall? Good question so daddy Dave chose to explore.
Once the plywood was removed rotten framing, flooring, etc came falling out........it seems that after a past leak was fixed the damaged areas were not addressed.......
Here's a close up, it looks like daddy Dave has some major repairs need to done.....why didn't I ignore
The day before the Anderson clan was scheduled to go on vacation momma Mandy had registered them all for a local 5k. Daddy Dave had the privilege of chauffeuring both the girls, with this disadvantage or advantage on daddy Dave's side he needed to make sure the girls chariot was in fine working order. First all the extra weight was removed here momma Mandy removes a rock collection which was stashed in a side pockets on the stroller.
Next any excess dirt, ice creame residue and left over snackes were removed with a little soap and some elbow grease.
And of course the ideal tire air pressure was set as well as some oil graphite added to the berrings for a seamless ride.
And a pic before the race, uncle Jared was also a participant in his first ever 5k. The girls gave daddy Dave lots of vocal encouragement during the race saying "FASTER...FASTER" as daddy weaves in and out of race traffic.
Daddy Dave's been meaning to address the sun faded bumper on the front of his truck. This is not very high on the priority list but while daddy Dave was cleaning his truck for a vacation trip he went a head and took care of it. Above you can see the faded bumper all that was needed was some spray paint, tape and something to shield the overspray.
When all was sprayed and done the bumper looked pretty good for a rattle job, it cleans up the front of the truck.
Often while out working on clients landscape projects they sometimes request me to do other odd jobs. For example one wanted me to burie her 2 dead frozen farrets and while I was performing the task at hand she teary eyed told me the ever lasting love storie of which the farets shared. Another wants me to rebuild a set of handrails, and of course the usal trimming, planting and removal but often I get asked to remove bird nest from exterior vents. With man moving into nature, nature adapts and learns to live with people but humans don't often take sharing the habitat so easily. So having done this before I decided to snap a couple picks of the process. This is a very cheap cost effective way to keep birds out of your exhaust vents. First I cut a square of wire window screen the same size as cover which pops over the exhaust vent.
Its as simple as holding the screen in place and poping on the cover, in this case it was done two stories off the ground at the top of a ladder so be careful if your in a tricky location.
Then you just take the existing vent flaps and poke them through the wire into place. This is not suggested for dryer vents being they produce a lot of lent which will clog the fine screen, but for bathroom vents and kitchen vents it should work fine. Another tip is not to use the plastic window screen because this won't stop the birds not even slow them down they just poke right through. If the birds have made nest and there is baby birds, it us advised to wait untill they leave the nest. 4weeks is a normal rearing time for birds before they leave the nest.
On a already tenet present rental, they requested to paint the porch. This was fine with me, I would even drop off the paint and bushes(supplies needed) so they could do it if they wanted. But after further thought I knew it would take me but a few hours so I decided to do it my self, oil paint can get kind of messy it won't just wash off with water. Here the ceiling was in need of a fresh coat.
Fresh coat
And the concrete needed to be sealed in with some oil based concrete paint.
Fresh coat, daddy Dave will have to go back out later and put a fresh cost on the walls but first the floor will need to dry.
No it's not the ever so popular and tasty "fruit roll-up", but this roll-up is still pretty sweet(when she wants to be). I wonder if Ella had a hand in rolling up her sister, as you can see all Malia can do is yell. Malia is rolled up in momma Mandy's yoga mat goofing off.
Here's just a couple pic of the progress on the latest project, paint was needed through out so the paint sprayer was brought into action. The sprayer makes quick work of painting the insides of the cabinets.
This was just the first coat one of many, wood paneling tends too soak up the paint, not to mention the stains soaking through.
The counter tops were taped off to prevent over spray.
It was another late night but progress was made.
Here Malia carries the flag to be hung on the porch, happy 4th of July and thanks to all who are serving and have served and those who gave it all.
Our dog mr Barkley has a favorite pee spot it just so happens to be on the side of our propane tank. This would not be a problem but for the simple fact it's made of steel and steel rust especially when exposed repeatedly to Barkley's "Super Pee". Above you can see rust forming, not wanting this to compromise the integrity of the tank this needed to be addressed.
Daddy Dave had a couple panels of premade fencing of which nothing was planned for.......untill now that's is.
The peices of fencing was nailed together to form a cover for the propane tank. Some of the old slats were replaced and reinforced. A air gun comes in very handy in this situation, keeping the constant hammering from working everything loose.
Here's the finished product, next some sanding and rust killer is needed to stop further damage to the tank.
First thing out the door mr Barkley marks his new territory.
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