Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Old roomates moving back in


My mom got tired of dealing with my old fish. Saturday I moved them back to my house. It's been almost 3 years but she got tired of all the trouble. So Fred, Ethel, and Suckface are back where they belong. Fred and Ethel are huge goldfish and Suckface is a sucker fish (duh). They are mutants cause they have lived wayyyyyy past their life expectancy. All three of them are more than 8 years old. Suckface could eat my cat Judy (if somehow Judy got into the fish tank).

Painting tips I keep remembering


I start a project and come to some understanding on how to do something very efficiently (after getting halfway through the project) and then totally forget when I start a similar project. Case in point: Painting... After starting and gaining little ground cause I am having to do second and third coats it dawns on me that I figured out how to avoid this last time I painted... Thicker paint!
So here is a little tip that will save you TONS of time while painting. Use a lot of paint. Slap it on thick. Don't try to spread it out too much. You will be amazed when you get the work done in half the time. Also, do all the fiddly bits first. The corners, the trim, everywhere your roller won't get to. It's a lot easier doing the hard stuff first. You get real tired of painting when you do the rolling first then realize you have to do all the fiddly bits. Hope my tips help. Oh yhea, I painted the bedroom this weekend (after having it sit unfinished for 1 1/2 years).

Refried beans... American style!

Friday, August 15, 2008

Redneck Home Theater


This is my little invention when I needed a screen for the projector I am borrowing from work. It's a nice DLP projector but I have no where to display it. I used thumb tacks, a queen size sheet and a 2x4 and 1x2 to make this fantastic screen!

Punch and Backscratchers


Punch loves to be petted with the bamboo back scratcher. When she hears it rattling around she comes running. Anyway I was petting her last night and I took this photo with the phone when she stopped moving about.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Flower bed done!

I finally got the front flower bed fixed! Yay! It's been over 2 years (almost) and I just said 'dang, I gotta do this'. It was ratty and overgrown. I ripped it all out (except the bushes) and just did it. Now for the front porch...

The Library room

Incase you haven't been to my house in the last few months I finished the 'library room'. Basically it got a new coat of dark green paint. All I can say is that painting somewith with dark paint sucks. You have to paint and paint and paint to get it even. It's nice and all but come on!

Monday, July 21, 2008

Grain Silo or Superhero Hideout?

There are these grain storage facilities in Saginaw. Does anyone else think these would make great superhero hideouts? They are huge (to hide all those great superhero vehicles in), tall (to oversee the city), really long (perfect for a jet landing strip) and totally innocuous.

'Mexican' Tacos


Mexican tacos sold here... not them damn Russian ones!