Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

106°
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A few hours to go before hottest part of the day. Came home early and blended up a bunch of watermen with some frozen blackberries and extra water for the ladies. They love the slurry so much, even more then just the fruit.

Geez. Must be like living in an oven. Only 91 here - getting hotter the next few days - and even so my ladies are appreciating a frozen yoghurt (actually kefir) treat. As well as being nice and cold it has lots of probiotics, calcium, protein and of course is hydrating. They chip away at the block which has a consistency like ice-cream.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

BY Bob to the Rescue

Monday
I arrived at my daughter's on Monday night and they had gotten their part done. The floor and tub were tiled and the walls painted. The first thing I did Monday night was to install the toilet.

There had been no toilet for a week. Did I mention the house only has 1 bathroom and was built in 1948.

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There was no door so I grabbed a rug I keep in my car for emergencies and tacked it up.
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Since it took me 7 hours to drive there, it was midnight Monday when the toilet was operational.

Tuesday
We woke up early Tuesday and went to work. Tuesday's priorities in order of installation.

1. Vanity Light
2. Medicine Cabinet
3. Vanity
4. Sink and faucet
5. Caulk tub
6. Install shower head and shower fixtures

By the end of the day, all was completed but a flaw was identified in the shower control knob. The shower was usable but it was 12:30 am when we were done and showers would wait until morning.

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Wednesday
It was hard waking up on Wednesday until you realized a shower was waiting. Everyone showered before we got started. There were a lot of smiles.

The big project on Wednesday was to install a new door. I hate installing doors. Along with the door we wanted to install

• GFI outlet
• Towel rack
• Toilet paper holder
• Exhaust fan
• Baseboard molding
• Window trim
• Marble window sill
• Bathroom door trim
• Door knob

We got the door installed, outlet, towel rack, exhaust fan, toilet paper holder, baseboard, and marble window sill.

It was when I was working on the window trim when I made my first error. It was about midnight and I mis-measured a cut on the left side trim. I had them purchase extra trim but before I cut that window trim again I wanted to cut the door trim.

Once I cut the door trim I uncovered issues mounting it to the door frame. Nothing was even. The door frame, studs, and wall were all at different depths. There was no good way to fasten the trim. At that point I pulled the plug on everything. I put on the door knob and sent everyone to bed around 1:30 am.

Thursday
I only had a half day on Thursday as I had to drive home. Everyone was up early and off to the home improvement store we went. After searching through all the trim options, I found two things which would make a nice fix. We bought the trim and headed back.

Everything went together beautifully. It turned out like it was designed that way. I finished the window trim and I was done.

Close up door trim. There are 4 pieces of wood making up this trim. I am still surprised at how well it came out.
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The rest was on them. I left them with a functioning bathroom again.

As I pulled out of their driveway, my son-in-law's father pulled in to complete the electrical and help with finishing the trim and painting the door.

Here is the bathroom as I left it.

Bathroom door, inside

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Outside
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Vanity, sink, medicine cabinet, and window.
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Window and bath tile.
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Bath tile and shower fixtures
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Light fixture and exhaust fan
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Water running into the tub.
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Wow, that's an insane amount of good work you did in just a few days. Blows my mind. Good job!
I can't imagine going that late into the evening either, and not getting hurt, or messing something up badly. I would be blithering by 9pm, much less at 1am!!

 

[MaryJanet]

Then I dropped back to 200 pages behind and now I’m back up to 172 pages behind.

You're doing great Loz!! I know the feeling. I'm on your side.

 

[MaryJanet]

It's their mystique. If everything there can kill you and they can still live there successfully, they must be tougher than the rest of us.

No, just good at respecting and keeping away from the nasties. In short, we're scared

 

[BY Bob]

106°
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A few hours to go before hottest part of the day. Came home early and blended up a bunch of watermen with some frozen blackberries and extra water for the ladies. They love the slurry so much, even more then just the fruit.

Those are scary temps.

 

[BY Bob]

Wow, that's an insane amount of good work you did in just a few days. Blows my mind. Good job!
I can't imagine going that late into the evening either, and not getting hurt, or messing something up badly. I would be blithering by 9pm, much less at 1am!!

I believe in breaks for coffee/tea just to let the mind rest for a moment. It enables you to work later if you pace yourself. I also come up with creative ideas and clever ways to solve issues during those breaks.

With all that, I lost my son-in-law well before that most evenings. My daughter and I would have to keep a sharp eye on him and change his responsibilities.

On the good news front, the problem with the shower has been resolved. All is fully operational now.

 

[BY Bob]

You're doing great Loz!! I know the feeling. I'm on your side.

That for sure is not your image around the world.

 

[MaryJanet]

106°
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A few hours to go before hottest part of the day. Came home early and blended up a bunch of watermen with some frozen blackberries and extra water for the ladies. They love the slurry so much, even more then just the fruit.

Thats extreme!

 

[MaryJanet]

That for sure is not your image around the world.

It's all PR mate. And shenanigans

 

[BY Bob]

It's all PR mate. And shenanigans

I'm starting to figure that out.