Project day at the plantation
Mar. 10th, 2010 06:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amanda_loddenThe internet access was on the fritz at the house thanks to squirrels chewing through the wire insulation on the lines. Two AT&T techs and many hours later, and we have working net again.
In the meantime, we did Useful Things(tm). CJ had purchased an entertainment center to put his TV on, and it required disassembly to get up the stairs. For the past two weeks, it sat in the living room because no one wanted to be bothered, and we'd come up with something else for him to put his TV on. Today, it got disassembled, moved upstairs, and reassembled.
The hot tub had developed a bad case of Ick, which looked suspiciously like someone had tossed detergent into it. Fixing it had to be done all in one day, lest water freeze in the tub and crack it. We discovered it late enough in the day to not want to risk it, and then we haven't been home and inclined to do it. Today, it got drained, wiped out, the filter housing disassembled and cleaned out, new filters put in, refilled, and the top rinsed off.
Then I took the first bath I've been able to take in about a decade (in my own home; hotel rooms don't count), in my brand new bathtub in my brand new bathroom. Which would be done if Lowe's had gotten their head out of their ass, and instead is very nearly done and just waiting for someone in Lowe's delivery department to get the linen cabinet I bought a month ago delivered.
Also, some laundry got done, which isn't really a project but counts as progress towards the "Clean Up The Basement" project.
In the meantime, we did Useful Things(tm). CJ had purchased an entertainment center to put his TV on, and it required disassembly to get up the stairs. For the past two weeks, it sat in the living room because no one wanted to be bothered, and we'd come up with something else for him to put his TV on. Today, it got disassembled, moved upstairs, and reassembled.
The hot tub had developed a bad case of Ick, which looked suspiciously like someone had tossed detergent into it. Fixing it had to be done all in one day, lest water freeze in the tub and crack it. We discovered it late enough in the day to not want to risk it, and then we haven't been home and inclined to do it. Today, it got drained, wiped out, the filter housing disassembled and cleaned out, new filters put in, refilled, and the top rinsed off.
Then I took the first bath I've been able to take in about a decade (in my own home; hotel rooms don't count), in my brand new bathtub in my brand new bathroom. Which would be done if Lowe's had gotten their head out of their ass, and instead is very nearly done and just waiting for someone in Lowe's delivery department to get the linen cabinet I bought a month ago delivered.
Also, some laundry got done, which isn't really a project but counts as progress towards the "Clean Up The Basement" project.
