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deguspice Around this house, nothing is ever simple.
Until yesterday, there was a pile of wood near the wood stove. I decided to move the pile to the other side of the wall (you don't really want combustibles too close to a heat source). Before I could move the wood pile, I needed to clear off the chair where I wanted to move the wood pile. While clearing off the chair I came across a picture frame with an photo of my house that was taken 100 years ago. This reminded me to rehang the picture on the wall above the chair. I found a picture hook and nailed it to the wall. But the back of the frame didn't have a hook or a wire for hanging (before it just balanced on the lip of the frame). I found a package of small eye-hooks in the utility closet. After I marked the position for the eye-hooks, I had to go off and find the cordless drill.
I last used the cordless screwdriver in the basement to remove the handles of the bulkhead doors before I repainted the doors. While I was retrieving the screwdriver, I decided that I should reattach the handles before I forget about them. Once that was taken care of, I went back upstairs with the drill.
Before I drilled the pilot holes for the eye-hooks, I decided to straighten out the photo. So I carefully removed the tabs holding the back of the frame in place and removed the photo from the piece of paper it was taped to. I then discovered that someone had written brief history of the farm on the back of the photo in green ink. So I decided to take photo upstairs and scan the photo and the text. As I was scanning, I noticed that someone had written in pencil the names of the people in the photo, so I took a photo of the names (the faint pencil didn't show up well in the scan). While I was using the camera and I had the photo in hand, I went outside and took a picture of the house from roughly the same position as the original photo.
Now that I was done with the photo, I carefully reattached it to the paper to center it in the frame (using removable tape) and replaced the tabs holding back of the frame. I then drilled two holes in the back of the frame, inserted the eye-hooks, and attached a wire for hanging the frame. Next, I hung the frame in place.
While moving the chair, I noticed that to the right of the chair, the floor was rather dusty behind the cabinet from when the electrician was working on the wire in the wall. So, instead of ignoring the plaster dust and letting it remain hidden behind the pile of wood and cabinet, I went upstairs to fetch the vacuum cleaner. But before taking it downstairs, there was an area of the bedroom I wanted to vacuum. While doing that, I remembered to check where the pipe for the baseboard heater for insulation where it comes through the floor. The insulation was missing, so I used the last of the bag to stuff the hole. Then I carried the vacuum cleaner downstairs and vacuumed up the dust.
Now with the chair cleared off, and in a new location, I was finally ready to move the pile of wood to its new location.
Until yesterday, there was a pile of wood near the wood stove. I decided to move the pile to the other side of the wall (you don't really want combustibles too close to a heat source). Before I could move the wood pile, I needed to clear off the chair where I wanted to move the wood pile. While clearing off the chair I came across a picture frame with an photo of my house that was taken 100 years ago. This reminded me to rehang the picture on the wall above the chair. I found a picture hook and nailed it to the wall. But the back of the frame didn't have a hook or a wire for hanging (before it just balanced on the lip of the frame). I found a package of small eye-hooks in the utility closet. After I marked the position for the eye-hooks, I had to go off and find the cordless drill.
I last used the cordless screwdriver in the basement to remove the handles of the bulkhead doors before I repainted the doors. While I was retrieving the screwdriver, I decided that I should reattach the handles before I forget about them. Once that was taken care of, I went back upstairs with the drill.
Before I drilled the pilot holes for the eye-hooks, I decided to straighten out the photo. So I carefully removed the tabs holding the back of the frame in place and removed the photo from the piece of paper it was taped to. I then discovered that someone had written brief history of the farm on the back of the photo in green ink. So I decided to take photo upstairs and scan the photo and the text. As I was scanning, I noticed that someone had written in pencil the names of the people in the photo, so I took a photo of the names (the faint pencil didn't show up well in the scan). While I was using the camera and I had the photo in hand, I went outside and took a picture of the house from roughly the same position as the original photo.
Now that I was done with the photo, I carefully reattached it to the paper to center it in the frame (using removable tape) and replaced the tabs holding back of the frame. I then drilled two holes in the back of the frame, inserted the eye-hooks, and attached a wire for hanging the frame. Next, I hung the frame in place.
While moving the chair, I noticed that to the right of the chair, the floor was rather dusty behind the cabinet from when the electrician was working on the wire in the wall. So, instead of ignoring the plaster dust and letting it remain hidden behind the pile of wood and cabinet, I went upstairs to fetch the vacuum cleaner. But before taking it downstairs, there was an area of the bedroom I wanted to vacuum. While doing that, I remembered to check where the pipe for the baseboard heater for insulation where it comes through the floor. The insulation was missing, so I used the last of the bag to stuff the hole. Then I carried the vacuum cleaner downstairs and vacuumed up the dust.
Now with the chair cleared off, and in a new location, I was finally ready to move the pile of wood to its new location.
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Date: 2005-11-21 04:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-21 06:12 am (UTC)Ask me how I know. :-P
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Date: 2005-11-21 12:41 pm (UTC)I bet you've got some fun wiring buried in the walls there (says a person who grew up with pushbutton light switches).
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Date: 2005-11-21 03:48 pm (UTC)The second floor has newer wiring, but there are still some circuits I'd like to split up (three rooms (outlets and lights) on one circuit is a bit much).
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