Archive for the ‘Home Improvements’ Category
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Its been a while since I last wrote anything in here, so I figure I'll write something today. The big news (for those who don't already know) is that I am now unemployed. I was laid off a few weeks back, and it sucks but I got a severance package ...
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Monday, October 16th, 2006
We have been busy recently with some more work to the house, and just as soon as we have it all complete I'll be posting photos. I have taken today off to get some of the work completed, and because I needed a break from work.
We have removed all the ...
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
Look Mum! New Roof!
Yes we have a new roof. The old roof was about 20 years old (Roofs just aren't made the same here, as they are at home) and had some hail damage, and in a couple of places it was leaking. So we had a contractor come ...
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
I put a new light up by the back door.
Sounds simple right?
Oh no it wasn't
Well you see I have no work bench and no work shop so first I had to clear the shed, re organise it, then manufacture a workbench that I can fold up and put into the ...
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
So not much happened over the weekend from a DIY point of view. The weather was wet and rainy, so no work outside was really possible. The red clay mud, when wet is nasty at best and so it wise to avoid spending time in it. So I still have ...
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
So I went shopping on Friday night and got a shiny new chainsaw. I didn't go mad and get the biggest i could find, I got one that works well for light work. This job has been a little heavy for it really but other than this job I doubt ...
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Thursday, September 29th, 2005
This weeks task was to clear some of the dirt around the house. The house sits in a dip and rain has washed some of the soil from the top of the hill where Nancy's house is to the front of ours ... you'll see what I mean when I ...
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