What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

I used the Dremel, to carve notches in 2 embroidery hoops. This enables them to slide easily under the sewing machine foot, without forcing them. (I am learning machine embroidery.)

 

I've spent the past 2 days removing popcorn ceilings from my dining and living rooms. I'll finish them up tomorrow. I'm going to find whoever invented them and give them the beating of their life.

 

That stuff is tough to remove but it use to be the rage.

 

My kids got a magnetic dart board last Saturday. The 8 year old has a good eye, so much so that we went and bought a real board last night. I was always pretty good at it, can still score decently, will try to help her improve ... last night I would call random numbers on the board and she would hit him on the second or third try from about five feet away. Not bad for a kid who's only been doing it for a week.

 

Cheap board but good enough.

 

I want to use some of my embroideries as wall hangings. For this, I needed a dowel and some end caps, to keep the hanging cord from falling off.

I got 3/8” wood dowels at Lowe’s. They come in 48” lengths, so I had them cut (in the store) to 3 segments of 16” each. Then, off to Michael’s for end caps that purported to have 3/8” holes. Not one hole was actually the right size; all were off by about 1-2/64”. That’s just enough to make the difference between fitting and not fitting. But, with help from my vise and drill, the holes are now the right size.

 

Dug trenches.

 

Doggie helped.

 

Puppy's looking for it's lost bones.

 

Not sure how manly, but thrifty.

Making another batch of homemade laundry soap. Cost less than $18 and last a family of three 16 months.

 

Ouch!

 

Need your recipe.. store bought stuff is expensive!

 

Called and fussed at our local mayor. They are talking about going to a 10 percent sales tax.

 

https://howdoesshe.com/cheaper-and-better-diy-laundry-detergent/

I skip the Purex crystals (really only adds scent) and buy the Dollar Tree version of Oxyclean. Purchased the rest of the ingredients at Walmart.

This one works great with the Zote.

 

WOW!

 

Thanks a bunch, I'll hand this over to my wife.

 

I have a few more words to say than WOW. It is just stealing!

 

I fixed a Stihl MS390 chainsaw, that was given to me. It hadn't run in 6-7 years, and was only used one summer. Someone tried to fix it, and screwed up, all the connections to the carburetors. It still wouldnt start, so, new spark plug, and cleaning everything I could get to, did it. Started on one pull.
I then sharpened the teeth, and celebrated, by cutting up about 3/4 of a 70 ft oak tree that was blown down by wind, two days ago. The elderly couple was happy I cut up what I did, and the wife is happy, because she will get plenty of smoked briskets, ribs, and roasts from that old tree. Me, I just get to split it all by hand, then do all the cooking.

Oh, then I went to a neighbors baby shower.

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Stopped and helped my four year old neighbor find his lost dog.

We found the dog.

 

Would you post the formula used?