Newest TV show idea that will never catch on: “Fools With Tools”
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February 23, 2004, 11:42 PM
“Fools With Tools”. That describes my feeble first and second attempts at trying to remove some equipment at the Service Desk to take to another department. The third time was the charm.
Still, I was amusing. I was turning a little red trying to unscrew some screws, and at the same time trying not to strip the screws. The “How may I help you?” on the back of everyone’s vests would be better put as “How can you help me, and don’t you think I could use it?” in my case.
However, the third screwdriver worked, thankfully. Still, everyone got a kick out of my ineptitude with a screwdriver, and my “Fools With Tools” title.
Speaking of Wally World, I bought my torchiere lamps today. I bought the one with the reading lamp in Waynesboro, but since they didn’t have enough of the non-reading lamp ones for me to buy there. So I went to Staunton after work and bought some there. It’s handy to have two Wal-Marts in the area. If we’re out of something, I can go over to Staunton and get it.
Speaking of Wal-Mart, I’ve made it – I’m off for two days! So that’s why I bought the lamps today instead of later. I am NOT going into a Wal-Mart store until Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, after I check my Email and finish this journal entry, I have to take the computer apart so I can paint behind it, which will complete the paint job. If you hear from me before I’m done painting, it means that I’m probably using Dad’s computer downstairs.
So now it’s time to take apart the computer. This will be a pain in the butt.
Categories: Bedroom remodel, Walmart
The verdict: We slept well in the bed’s new location
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February 21, 2004, 11:55 AM
Yeah, all in all, it was a good sleep. It felt a little close to the wall, though, so I may very well adjust it for that. But I did indeed sleep well.
The weird part, though, was the fact that the dresser was RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BED. That’s not a permanent thing. That’s because I can’t put it in its real spot yet because the last bit of painting still needs to be done.
Plus I haven’t bought my new lamps yet, nor my new bookshelf. I also still have to assemble the cabinets I bought.
So anyway, I’m going to work now, and when I get back, I start cleaning off the computer desk so I can paint behind it.
Categories: Bedroom remodel
We moved the bed, and one last section to go.
4 minute read
February 21, 2004, 12:50 AM
Look!
The bed is in its new home! Mom said I was nuts putting the bed against two outside walls. Of course, how convenient that she forgets that Sis’s room is already done up that way, with her bed against two outside walls. But still, I like it. I have yet to sleep in the bed in this orientation, but it looks good. Plus I’m glad to see some furniture against a gray wall for a change. It looks GOOD. I also put outlet covers on the plugs that are next to the bed’s location (they sell those in infants, not hardware, to my surprise). This way, I don’t accidentally get my butt zapped, which I think is important.
Continue reading…Categories: Bedroom remodel, CFW
Your assignment: Figure out where this dream came from
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February 19, 2004, 4:37 AM
This is a weird dream that I had last night, and let me tell you why. The dream was about driving Metro trains with oars in rough weather down a river.
Yes, that’s right. In this dream, a friend of mine and myself were basically driving Metro (as in WMATA) trains in rough weather down a river. If you can imagine this, the trains had the doors open, and were submerged about 1/3 of the way up from the floor. My friend and myself were each commanding our own trains, and safely strapped in by way or some harness. And not in the cab, mind you. Oh, no. Actually in the area just behind the cab, between the first doors.
And we were paddling these trains down a river, in somewhat rough conditions. Why the trains were in the water, I don’t know. Why they floated I also don’t know, since I doubt that these Metro trains would float in real life.
Getting there…
2 minute read
February 18, 2004, 8:15 PM
Two walls totally down. Parts of two to go. Look:
And the wall is finished, and I rounded the corner.
I’m about as close as I can get. Now I have to start moving furniture to continue. Also notice the shine on the painted part of the wall. It’s still wet in the picture. So we’re talking FRESH paint.
Categories: Bedroom remodel
What progress has been made…
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February 18, 2004, 5:00 PM
Look at this!
I finished the window wall, and rounded the other corner. I did this two days ago, but just now got around to taking photos.
This is the opposite wall, across the room, around the door. I edged it last night, and broke out the roller today. Looks good, eh?
Same wall, other end. I edged around the closet today, and now am taking a break to let the paint dry and so the fumes can disperse a little. I plan to finish this wall today before I go to bed.
This is the side wall that the bed is on. I will not paint this today. But as you can see, we’re getting there, as that is the round-the-corner work on both walls on the edges. All I have to do is fill it in.
Same area, opposite wall. I’m working on the corner for the one wall, and the other end is done. Next area I do is the area behind the dresser. I do this because in order to do the area behind the bed, I need to move the bed to its new location, and the new location is in the corner. So I need to paint the area behind the dresser so that the area the bed will move to is finished so that I only have to move the bed once.
So there you go. Once some of these fumes disperse a little and the paint dries a little, I will be continuing the paint work. And I’m on my second can of paint. So we’ve really made some progress here.
Categories: Bedroom remodel
No progress photos, but we’ve gotten somewhere…
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February 18, 2004, 1:53 AM
Okay… I have no progress photos since the last time we spoke, but here’s the scoop on the painting. As of RIGHT NOW (I’m taking a few minutes as a break before I continue), I am doing edging on the wall with the door and the closet on it. I have so far edged around the door, and edged along the floor from the bed to the closet. I’ve edged on the ceiling from the bed to the door. I also did the corner by the door.
Last night, I finished the window wall, and I mean DONE, as in completed. This morning, I did whatever minor touch-ups were needed after I inspected the job for missed spots, put back the outlet cover plates, and then removed the tape.
And I was right and Dad was wrong. It looks just fine with the trim still in its original paint. In fact, it looks better than otherwise.
Categories: Bedroom remodel
One corner painted, and no accidents.
3 minute read
February 16, 2004, 12:57 AM
It took me like ten minutes to finish what I couldn’t finish last night due to the ladder collapse, and then from there I got out the roller and went at it. And so here’s what we’ve got:
Categories: Bedroom remodel
Day two of painting ended up ending slightly prematurely on account of bloodshed…
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February 15, 2004, 12:40 AM
Don’t worry… it wasn’t a lot of blood. But Mom’s stepladder finally gave up and I fell. I did land on my feet. However, I do have some cuts on my feet now, and I skinned my knee pretty well. The cuts on my feet were caused from where the metal stepladder broke apart, and my feet hit the recently-broken metal. The skined knee came from the fall, where my right knee scraped past the undamaged top step a little too closely, and skinned my knee. No blood there.
In all honesty, the stepladder should have been retired a long time ago, since the first step was starting to get a little questionable. But unfortunately, my parents, who have seen the stepladder, never replaced it when it started becoming questionable as far as safety goes. My parents generally use everything until it breaks, which in this case, caused an accident.
This is why they say that the home is the about the most dangerous place you frequent. Since there are no laws governing what people do as far as safety at home. In the workplace, safety is important. There are laws about job safety. At home, it’s our responsibility to stay safe, and we often fail.
So anyway, I will recover and be just fine.
Categories: Bedroom remodel
Not bad for a couple of hours’ work…
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February 14, 2004, 2:17 AM
What did I do today? Not a lot in actual paint, but I did a lot of prepping. Take a look:
Categories: Bedroom remodel
One more thing…
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February 13, 2004, 10:03 PM
I had this dream last night that CFW Information Services (later Telegate USA) was reopening, and I was going back there to work. Of course, it was a dream, but it was amusing nonetheless, because while it was a good job while it lasted, I’m kind of glad I don’t work there anymore.
What’s amusing about it, though, is that I had this dream last night, and then today at work ran into no less than six former coworkers from CFW who were shopping. Found out that the building where we all used to work will actually be reopening, with the new tenant being Dupont Credit Union. My guess is that they use it as a call center, when you consider that the building was designed as a call center, but you never know. It could be used for offices, since our main operations room was a BIG room. Could house a lot of cubicle-dwellers in there.
Still, interesting, but I’m glad I work at Wal-Mart, and not at CFW anymore.
LET THE PAINTING BEGIN!
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February 13, 2004, 9:40 PM
Well! The floor has been cleared, the walls have been cleared, the walls have been spackled, the walls have been sanded, and now it is time to paint. After work, I bought three gallons of Colorplace paint, in that “Manatee” color that I told you about. I also bought a Mainstays brand roller kit, and a plastic shield for doing the top of the walls so I don’t get the ceiling like I did in my Potomac Hall room, as you can see:
Categories: Bedroom remodel, JMU
And now we are prepped for painting!
3 minute read
February 13, 2004, 1:28 AM
Okay… all that pink-turned-white spackle is sanded, and when you use a whole container, you get a lot of dust. This whole room is now about two shades lighter than it was before I started sanding. I mean this place is COVERED. Everything in this place has a layer of white powder on it. I will be vacuuming tomorrow night after work in order to get up most of the dust. Then I will also be wiping down a lot of my stuff as well, since the dust got on everything, and we want everything shining again when this project is finished. For that matter, I am also covered with it as well. But I can fix that with a shower and a change of clothes.
And it’s interesting… the walls’ appearance’s lowest point was when I had just finished removing the pictures, the nails for the pictures, and the videotape wall shelves. Now that the holes are patched, despite the walls being off-white and the holes being eggshell white, the place looks a little bit better.
After I clean up this massive amount of dust in here, then we really start improving the appearance in here. You see, after we clean, we paint. And I’ve selected the color for these walls. It’s a gray color called “Manatee”. Why gray? Well, first of all, it’s not white. I’m tired of white. But why not a color other than gray? I still want a neutral color, and this is a medium-to-light shade, just to lend a little more contrast between the ceiling and the rug and the walls. Painting it the Baker-Miller Pink color crossed my mind, but if you’re exposed to it too long, you start to get depressed. I actually did a bulletin board in March 2003 in Potomac Hall about the Baker-Miller Pink color called “Jailhouse Pink”. Take a look…
Categories: Bedroom remodel
Spackled!
2 minute read
February 12, 2004, 12:57 AM
And the spackling is done. Now it must have time to dry overnight, so I can attack it with sandpaper after work. And look at this, on the normal progress photos:
Categories: Bedroom remodel
I bought that spackle today.
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February 11, 2004, 11:23 AM
I bought that spackle today after work. I would hope that this spackle is not dried out, since I just bought it tonight. And if it is, I can return it, since after all, I work for the place I bought it at. I’ll do it before work if I have to. But it shouldn’t come to that. But this is neat stuff. It’s the goes-on-pink stuff that dries white, to let you know that it’s dry. All I have to say is that I’ve accidentally sanded wet spackle before. That’s a mess. So we’ll see how this goes.
Categories: Bedroom remodel