How's Your Day? - January 2014

Yep yep O.O

 

I hope you get to go into the delivery room, it was a life altering experience for me to be there when my son was born.

 

It is just going to be me and my wife when she delivers. An independent step into our own family ya know?

 

JoAnna, glad you got your new motor for your van . Heated seats are the best. I went for two winters with my heat not working and the seats saved me.

Remodel is ok I guess, just really slow. I had to pick up the almost 2,000 lbs of engineered flooring yesterday and carrying it up the hill and into the house myself wasn't much fun. I take Sunday's to rest so nothing being done today. I'll start back on the sheetrock tomorrow. The sheetrock mud and paint fumes irritates my allergy so I can look forward to a week of itching and red blotches/bumps on my face and neck again... It's got to get done though, I'll just use the prescription cream I have and hope for the best.

On a more fun note, I had the pleasure of speaking with Glen aka gssixgun on the phone yesterday and he's finishing up some straights for me sometime in the next week or two...

Have a great week everyone!
Jonathan

 

Thank you! It means a lot.
She is having more frequent contractions, just none worthy of rolling out to the hospital yet.

 

The allergy is contact unfortunately. I've tried wearing dust masks off and on and it just seems to concentrate the allergen and make it worse. I was walking through the halls at work the other day and the floors were being cleaned and waxed in a couple of rooms and I could immediately feel the itching. My supervisor looked at me and said that he could see my face getting blotchy...

I'm working on this house stuff myself because no one seems to be willing to help me either. It's amazing how your "friends" run off when you have work to be done. I do have one guy that will help but he lives 45 minutes away and is trying to get his house ready to sell so I can't call on him too much.

 

I wish my bathroom remodel only took a year. From this initial demo (down to studs, joists & exposed plumbing & electrical) to final completion took nearly….six years!

 

Thanks, JoAnna!

Kevin, you have me intrigued. Six years??? What, I mean why...??????

 

After completing the demo, life happened. Unexpected college expenses, illnesses, funds get funneled elsewhere. My wife had to share the other bathroom with my three sons & me. For just over 3.5 years. What a Saint!

But, eventually I was able to get back onto it.
Whole new sub flooring, new plumbing run (after creating a false wall), new tiled shower & flooring, new vanity, lighting, etc. Worst part for me was squeezing into the crawlspace beneath the house for all the plumbing work—just too small for someone my size!

She's very pleased with the results, and believe me, after going 3+ years without a master bathroom, we BOTH appreciate the value of one.

 

The only thing missing is a guitar in the shot.

Beautiful work.

 

We are looking like it'a gonna be an eventful night.

 

Sounds like my life, LOL! That bathroom is beautiful though. Good news is that mine is just for me! I want some black and white photos of shaving stuff and I've been thinking about a vintage silver plate brush and shave mug. I may have to re-knot but it would be nice looking on the corner of my sink. Hmm, maybe a decanter of bay rum...

 

Start boiling the water and get out the catcher's mitt. I hope everything goes smoothly.

 

Today's gonna suck.
Gotta redo all my mariners documents, CG physical, drug test (no prob there) TWIC card, Capt. lis., Zcard etc. A ton of money, then back offshore for a month or two.

 

I've been playing Bioshock Infinite.

This game has atmosphere out the wazoo. It amazes me how well some games can build a world. The most amazing thing, though, is the music. Set in 1910, they decided to use some anachronistic music in the game. They did vintage covers of music from the 20s thru the 60s that sound completely germane to the setting and situation of the game--it's a totally inspired creative choice on the part of the game creators. I find myself playing almost just to listen to it.

 

So much work to catch up on its going to be an insane few weeks around here.

WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW TSD MEMBERS (Since I haven't been able to catch up on all the threads )

 

I like that anachronistic atmosphere too. Reminds me of "Apocolypse Now" with the classical music playing during villiage bombings. LOL.

 

As of this writing I'm in ICU. I had a fever of 105.1 and my blood pressure was 35/70. Now @11:30pm my temp is 98 and BP 112/61. But here's the kicker. The Doctor put a pick line in my neck, I'm sure I'll need to wait a week once I get home for the stitches to heal. I'm just glad to be alive!