http://www.ididthatshow.com Chronicling The Renovations Of My Life Mon, 18 May 2009 10:27:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I found my camera!  There are tons of pictures on it and I can't wait to get them posted on my various websites.  The bad news is I can't find the USB to Micro end cable that I use to download the pictures.  I guess there is a run to ... http://www.ididthatshow.com/2009/05/18/good-news-and-bad-news/ It turns out that despite my extensive tool ownership, I am a few tools short of what I need to keep up the yard here.  In the old house I did very little yard work.  I paid someone to cut the grass and did what ever little pruning I had ... http://www.ididthatshow.com/2009/05/10/i-need-more-tools/ No, work hasn't stopped completely on the house.  My blogging about it has due to delays and the fact that I have managed to misplace my camera (!). The kitchen is finished, with new appliances, countertops and cabinet harware in place.  It looks great, I wish you could see it.  I've ... http://www.ididthatshow.com/2009/02/25/catching-up/ The countertops came in from Lowe's today. They look really good. I haven't attached them yet, they are just sitting in place. I didn't really feel like tackling much today and I would rather just leave it be until I'm ready to do it right. http://www.ididthatshow.com/2008/12/11/countertops/ There is an area of the floor tile that is starting to pop loose.  It is unfortunately in a very heavy traffic area very near the back door and dining room door in the kitchen.  I'm not entirely sure what the problem is, but my initial guess is that the ... http://www.ididthatshow.com/2008/12/06/bummer/ I've only got a few days left of this seven day break, let us take a look at how I'm doing, goalwise: Thursday-finish tiling through the kitchen (originally supposed to be completed by last Saturday), install Hall lighting fixtures. Friday-finish tiling the den (orig. to be completed last Sunday), install MBR light ... http://www.ididthatshow.com/2008/12/03/revisiting-the-goals/ Other than some minor odds and ends, the tiling of the Laundry Room, Kitchen and Den is finished.  The tile has raised the floor height somewhat, so the doors have to be shaved down a little to clear the new height and I need to put down quarter round to ... http://www.ididthatshow.com/2008/12/01/floored/ We've gotten most of the way done with the tile in the den, thanks to the awesome work of my wife, Marilyn and Mother-in-law (henceforth referred to as Momma).  It's looking great and the tiling will be done today and then we will grout the Laundry Room and Kitchen.  That would ... http://www.ididthatshow.com/2008/11/30/where-its-at/ If you noticed, my goals involved finishing the tile in the kitchen today and installing the Hall light fixtures. In reality, we got halfway through tiling the kitchen. Period. Nothing more, nothing less. Shocked? Me neither. It does look great so far though. http://www.ididthatshow.com/2008/11/27/what-actually-happened-on-thursday/ I love to set goals for my projects that I probably won't (and never do) accomplish.  It's a sickness I know I have, but I rarely if ever try to do anything about it.  Most of the time my first reaction at not meeting my goals is to set more ... http://www.ididthatshow.com/2008/11/25/goals-for-this-break/