Category: Projects (Page 1 of 10)

After Mom had her cataract surgery, she looked around her house and complained about how filthy it was.  Nobody said, “No shit, that’s why we sneak in to clean the place whenever you are gone for the day.”  We were hopeful that her better vision might usher in a new era of modern cleanliness.

We forgot that people have a remarkable ability to adapt and overlook, if that’s what it takes to not have to change or do anything.

Mom would have liked Rusty and his rustic bathroom habits.¹  After Rusty moved out, the empty-the-room deep clean allowed me to notice the nicks and scratches that had accumulated on the door thresholds and trim.  My new project is patching and painting.

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Turns out my eldritch nephew is a fancy boy.  When he was loading Linux on my computers, he was disappointed in the age of my computers.  My situation is better and worse than he knows.

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I like my strawberries with cream.  Nobody sells anything good for whipping cream, so I invented this thing.

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Buying, renovating and living in an unusual structure, has always interested in me.  I never committed to a project like this, so it’s impressive that this woman just did it.

I’d expect that there are tons of restrictions and regulations, and she confirms that in the video.  She has to walk a half-mile to bring anything she needs.  Since she has no utilities, she needs a lot.  Since it’s part of a state park, she may not be allowed to use a quad to go over land or a boat to ferry supplies.

Since historic preservation is involved, she may not be permitted to hang a shit load of solar panels on the south side.  She leases the land from the government, so in 25 years, she could be screwed.