I have another leak! This one's in the back yard on the sprinkler valve manifold. Dammit! I have a big puddle right up against the house. I'm just gonna have to learn how to do plumbing. My alternatives are to bug my brother every five minutes or hire a plumber every five minutes. I might be able to handle this one. The pipes are pvc. I also have a broken sprinkler head out front. I think those pipes are metal. I wouldn't trust myself to try to fix that one. Damn, it's always something.
The bunny cage is 97% finished. I just have to attach the hinges for the roof lid thingy. I also have to cut a rectangle in the wire for the feeding tray and add a latch for the door. After that, the bunnies can inhabit. It might be dark by the time I get home tomorrow so I'll finish it on Wednesday for sure.
Man, my hands are all torn up from handling that wire. Owie.
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You know, you're going to be highly employable in the economic downturn having trained yourself in the handyman arts by rebuilding your entire house.
dean
Maybe I really should apply at Home Depot. Heh! Then I'd be there all the time in case that guy came back.
I didn't post about that on the blog. I went to Home Depot the other day to buy bolts for the cage. This guy started talking to me in the nuts and bolts aisle. He was really nice. Like, reeeally nice. Kind of good-looking, too. About my age. And nice.
It didn't seem like a pick up or anything and believe me, I wasn't dressed for flirting since five minutes before I got there I had been at home getting grungy in my back yard. It was just a very pleasant encounter with a guy who seemed quite happy just to chat with me. I actually ended the conversation because I started to feel self-conscious. It's been a verrrry long time since I last had a conversation like that with a stranger of the opposite sex. As I walked to my car I was thinking wow, that was fun.
flitinge- This word verification is almost perfect. If it had an r it would be flirtinge, which is what I had the other day at Home Depot.
I think Home Depot would be the perfect place to flirt and/or find an eligible man. And you'll know right off the bat if they can do fix it kinds of things.
It would be good for the guys, too, because there they'd be able to meet women who aren't completely helpless. I told him what I was working on and he suggested a certain kind of nut that can't be unscrewed. But then we decided the bunnies probably wouldn't be spending their time trying to figure out how to get the bolts out so they could escape. Ha, ha, twitter, twitter. Oh yeah, it was a jolly time in the nuts and bolts aisle. I told him I wasn't all that good at building things but I could at least make something that would contain a couple of rabbits, even if it wasn't put together perfectly. He said, "Well, I'm a machinist so everything I make has to fit perfectly or it drives me nuts."
Rowr!
I've heard about certain grocery stores where singles go to mingle. So hey, why not the hardware store? But no, I can't really imagine myself prowling the aisles of Home Depot.
Although! It might be a good way to get myself a really great plumber! Hmmm....
rappyea- an enthusiastic greeting for a rap artist
Some guys might want to find some woman who is completely helpless, don't forget that. "Here ya go little lady, let me do that."
mishmob = bigger than a mishmash
Ew, no, that's not the kind of guy I'd want. Anyway, I'm not interested in trying to find a man. It was just a nice encounter.
But y'know, I might just start paying a little more attention to my appearance when I go to Home Depot.
Heh! I like mishmob. The word verifications have gotten better.
covem- Put 'em in the cove.
I would be so happy to have someone just do all the difficult handyman stuff around the house.
I wouldn't care if someone did it all or had me help, as long as it got done.
We have to pay a handyman and the fact is we never call them. So I guess we never pay them either. hahahahaha.
bonced: an ennundo
I would love to find a dependable handyman who charges reasonable rates. Most of what needs to be done around here is handyman stuff. Drew could certainly do it but he has enough to do at his own house. He's helped me a few times here but I don't want to call him unless it's absolutely necessary. I had him come over and tell me how to take out the water heater. I didn't want him to have to do anything, just tell me what to do. Same with the install. He did come over and apply some manly strength on a stubborn pipe and he hooked up the gas line for me, but the rest I did with Paige and Gabe.
The only thing Jim and I didn't do to our house in Santa Rosa was put on the new roof. And Jim even wanted to attempt that but I said no. If there's a screw-up with a roof install I want to blame a professional. Plus, I really didn't want him to risk a bad fall. Besides, Jim was afraid of heights. But all the plumbing and building and painting on that place we did together.
I've spent most of this year being overwhelmed by this house. I think I'm starting to get into it now. Tools are being used.
You've both missed an obvious possibility--cute guys who chat at Home Depot might like a woman who looks like she's been mucking about in a crawl space. You get too spruced up, you might never attract anyone there again.
dean
Fueste--eu de Home Depot
(Lowe's is democrat, you know. You'll meet a classier type there.)
Too many women at Lowe's. I'd like to support a blue business but if I'm going to be trolling for dudes I'd like less competition. Besides, Lowe's is farther form my house.
There's a big difference between getting spruced up and simply brushing my hair and putting on some better clothes. Har! I just got an image of me in a ball gown and wearing a tiara looking for hardware at HD.
mingl- Yep, that's what it said.
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