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It is finished.

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Today I actually got a few things done. Paid some bills, got more of the wallpaper off the kitchen walls, sanded off the extra glue from Mrs. Royuk’s crock (more on that some other post), and finally finished the border in the dining room. Remember that this project was started back in February. Of 2007.

Remember?

Here’s the story, told in pictures:

Water or Simple Green? You decide.

more pirate-y

redoing the spacing

There was a line on the wall that Lloyd wrote that I messed up – I wrote ‘to be’ instead of ‘for’. Today, after months and months, it is done.

Goodbye, blank space.

Howdy, ‘for’!

The spacing is off now, but I’m just going with it.

For Kristi: The rest of it is after the break. [Read more…] about It is finished.

Replacing the Robot

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Lloyd’s parents are coming for the weekend to attend the Gala (Lloyd’s school’s fundraiser) and hear him sing on Sunday. I thought we could have waffles Saturday morning, and maybe Lloyd’s dad could help whip the egg whites.

Do you think this’ll be ok?

It’s construction should be exceedingly simple.

UPDATE: It didn’t work as well as just using the big whisk – too much time and it is HEAVY!

In action.

Hold the roll

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This is one of my prototypes from a while back. Our janitor’s closet at school is far away from the bathrooms, and I wanted a convenient way to keep supplies handy – but with some style! Here is are the shelves; poorly executed because a) I was in a big hurry and b) didn’t own a router yet and c) I’m not really a ‘detail’ person.

If you squint real hard, it looks pretty good.

Yes, they are assembled with L brackets.

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

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We’ve talked about this before. One of the challenges of living in an old house is getting the hot/cold air to stay where it will do the most good. When we first moved into this house it was frustrating that in the summer it would be a million degrees upstairs where we slept and cold enough to keep meat in the basement. Some friends of ours, the Glanzers, were visiting and John and I came up with some mighty fine solutions the more beer we consumed. I settled on “cuttin’ a hole in that dang ol’ door to keep the cold where I need it, but still lettin’ the cats down to the litter box.”

And that is when I learned the very valuable lesson that you shouldn’t drink and then use power tools. I tried the first cut with a circular saw, which just left a nice, nibbled track across the door. Then I switched to a drill for the corners and the jig saw to cut the crooked lines.

Sure I had some regrets the next day (we can never sell this house with that door) but hey -it does work in the summer. At least it did before the cats got so fat.

Holy Efficiency, Batman!

UPDATE: Pfennig is alive and well. This is NOT a stuffed doorstop.

pfennig.jpg

The Shelf Story

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Deborah commented on our open-shelving system a few days ago, and for lack of better material, I’ll explain why.

The door to this cupboard wouldn’t close all the way, so I took it off.

At least the stuff inside is clean, right?

Dnag. I thought it would be a better story than that.

Sorry, folks. Tune in next time for more “Boring Ways That Lauren Has Devalued Their Home”! (The next story’s much better.)

Brinner

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My stories were new on NBC last night, but they weren’t very good. One highlight, though, was Turk on Scrubs wanting ‘brinner’ for his anniversary – breakfast for dinner. I’ve never been such a fan of brinner, but since food supplies are short ’round here and I happened to have bacon, that’s what we had. Here it is, told in pictures:

1c flour, 1t baking powder, 1/4t salt, eggs, 1T sugar

Have robot whip egg whites.

1/2t vanilla, 1c milk. 2T melted butter. Wet in dry, mix, fold in whites

Eat