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Bath time

Jenn and Ava are taking a bath, and I am sitting in the bedroom writing this and checking on our stocks. So far I have beat the market by about 10% year-to-date, so I am happy about that. I got a lot done last week, finished the bathroom with ceramic tile, new sinks and a new toilet. Next is to call Bathcrest and have them make our bathrub white instead of harvest gold. I also got the crown molding done in the kitchen. It doesn’t look that great but I have learned that I am not very good at crown molding, so at least I learned something. I used the pre-mitered corner joints which in retrospect was a mistake. I was going to not use them but I took them all out of their wrappers and had them all painted before I figured out it was not a great idea. Oh well. Lots of painting last week as well with all the trim and touch-up.

Tonight I did some yard cleanup, and picked up all the trimmings that I had left from several weeks ago.

Lost more to do, but at least we have crossed a couple of items off our list.

More house work

We had a good weekend, I finished staining the deck. We stained it a
light brown, “Fawn” as Behr calls it. Took almost all of the 5
gallons. I also got the sinks replaced in the upstairs bathroom with
some white porcelain sinks and new chrome faucets. And, I replaced
all the crappy valves and supply lines for the hot and cold to the
sinks. I put in the compression fitting ball valves that I like.
Next weekend we’re planning to rip up the carpet in the bathroom and
put in some vinyl flooring, and while we’re at it we are going to
replace the toilet with a white one. Slowly we are getting rid of
all the 1970’s harvest gold appliances and fixtures that plagued the
1970’s. I fired up the lawn mower and got the front lawn mowed but
then it started to rain. This week I am going to be working on the
back yard and get some borders in place in preparation for the bark
we will put in.