Friday, October 30, 2009

Weekend Puzzle

We spent the weekend with friends in Jackson NH. It rained most of the weekend, so a number of us entertained ourselves putting together jigsaw puzzles. We completed two puzzles and then I got out one of my old wooden puzzles. This puzzle turned out to be a little harder than I expected. Most of the puzzle was a blue-green sky. We worked on this puzzle for a couple of hours, and then our host made me put this one away so we to start a simpler puzzle. I took the puzzle with the green sky home, and I worked on it for about 5-6 hours to finish it.


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Next Project

This weekend I went to Maine to get a free boat. The boat is a Sea Doo Jet Boat with two bad motors (that why it was free). I plan on rebuilding the motors and putting the boat back together this winter. The next project is to get the boat into the basement so I can work on it where it will be warm. The boat is just over 7 feet wide.

The basement doors are only 6 feet wide.

The first boat project will be to install a new set of doors that are 8 feet wide.

Truck Steps

This morning's project was to install the new steps on my truck. The new truck is a little higher than my old truck, and my old truck had steps. I have been crawling into the truck since I got it and crawling was getting old. I had ordered steps, they were put on back order, and when they finally arrived I was so busy that I didn't have time to get them installed. So this morning I got up at 5:30 am, and after coffee, I started the install. I finished about 7:30 am.


Monday, October 05, 2009

Another Milestone

Last week we reached another milestone. I had the final inspection and closed the permit from the Conservation Commission. The permit from the conservation commission was issued to allow us to make the sewer connection. The permit was required because we needed to dig a big hole next to the lake. The permit was opened by the previous owners, and we didn't start the work on the sewer connection until a year after we purchased the house. It has taken me almost 4 years to put the yard back together enough to pass the conservation commission's inspection. Most of the time was spent trying to get grass to grow.

I finally removed the DEP sign that has been hanging in the front yard.