August 18, 2011

• cheap fix

  dude, I hadn't seen my cutey 30 something oriental neighbor chick in quite some time (she's more of a recluse than I am).  I ran into her yesterday, during a barefoot pooperdog walk.  she gained a ton of weight and still insists on wearing the tightest of  clothes.  oh well. she's still a cool neighbor! I don't mean to be all shallow Hal, but wow....  who am I to talk, right?  I got up to a good 210 lbs when I was laid off *fart*.  thankfully, the stalag is just enough exercise to now keep me at my target weight (170-175).

  I'm awaken last night by a silly dog who wants to crawl into my bed.  I assume she had to go potty, so I let her outside and see what she was really spooked by.  the impending storm rolling in from the west.  she's a big chicken when it comes to thunder.  she peed real quick then pulled hard on the leash toward the door, as if to say "let me in quick, before the thunder swallows me").  she continues to be a spazz for an hour or so more, then she calmed down. I'd have kicked her out of my bedroom if it were a work night (meany!), but since it wasn't, I try and calm her with pets and reassurance that the thunder isn't gonna get her.  she's a good dog! meanwhile, the cat finds shelter in either the bathtub or under Brian's bed, as always...

  I didn't do much of anything again yesterday.  I straightened the shed out.  I had placed everything near the shed door for easy snake free accessibility.  now that they appear to be gone, I rearrange things back to an orderly fashion, did a small amount of food shopping, searched cars.com, autotrader.com (and the like) for a good used bomber, and mowed the lawn.  otherwise, I did some lawn-chair/beer drinkin', then some front porch beer drinkin', and power-nappage
  

  up this morning 'round 8.  barefoot pooperdog walk, burn some coffee, Pandora radio on 'Mouse on Mars', take a shower, and make some bacon unt franch toost to start the day.  now, what to do for the rest of the day? I need to put an electrical box out on my porch.  maybe it's a good time to hit the hardware store for a box and some Romex *plan*. that sounds like a cheap fix...

  

  my running 'to-do' list is as schizophrenic as I am, but things are slowly getting crossed off....

   

  later (4:30pm-ish): I hit the hardware store and get me some Romex, an outdoor ground fault electric outlet, and a quart of white exterior paint to finish the trim work, along with a 1/2 gallon of milk, and a couple other items.  once home, I put a second coat of white on the back door, then wait 'til it dries a bit to razor the excess paint off the window.  I take the time to razor the blue tape off from the skirting as well (the tape that hadn't come off when initially peeled).  it looks a bunch nicer!  now, I can safely say, I'm done with the painting (good gawd!  I'm so sick of painting).  I'll prob'ly mess with the electric box on another weekend...meanwhile, I'll drink a couple more coldey's and call it a day.  I'm thinkin' maybe I'll grill me some brats and maybe watch another Godzilla movie out here on the porch *plan*
  

   

   

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