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Happy Happy Saturday morning to all Chair People and beyond.
It’s been cold outside for a lot of Firepuppers wherever you may be. So, many of us are finding indoor activities or choosing a particular goal and going through all the steps necessary to achieve the satisfaction of completion. Challenging? Maybe, but it’s usually a fun journey.
I’ll show you the result of my latest project which was to turn a dining room into my office. The room had previously nurtured a nice Rodgers Organ, but that stopped working and I saw my window of opportunity. I gently cajoled the men into moving the organ into the garage. I moved the desk from another area of the house. That was the desk I tried and tried to give away but in the end kept.
And, then I painted the desk. I don’t mind the effort of painting because I love shopping at Lowe’s. And, in order for me to paint something, I have to shop. It’s a nice environment at Lowe’s, not like that stinky old warehouse that Home Deport is. And I love looking at the colors of paint they sell. Many of you know that I live in Southern California, in the foothills of the Angeles Crest Mountains. At the end of my street on one side is a series of arroyo,s and at the other end of the street there is the large wash that drains from the Pacoima Dam. So, I chose colors of the Southwest to bring into my home.
Cactus green for my desk.
Terracotta Brick for the floor.
I still have a few things to do on the room. I’d like to put a new coat of white paint on the baseboards. And, I want to either build or find a shelf for the area opposite the desk, for a new printer and other stuff. A flat surface at my home will eventually attract “stuff.” It’s a rule of the universe. Like finding the things that make me happy and doing those things. I enjoy writing and now I have my own space that’s cozy and kind of romantic to engage in happiness.
I know that there are other folks out there having fun with a project. Have you all seen the photos of cbl’s cakes? They are incredibly wonderful. Full of detail and I’m betting they taste great. Nice playing, cbl.
I heard a rumor that JClausen has a flooring project in mind. (Go, JC. Go, JC. Go, JC, Go!)
When Nonquixote isn’t outside chasing rabbits and deer away from his garden, he’s always on the lookout for a bargain. Wise man. I heard he bought a wonderful new table recently and wrote the other day about getting a great bargain of a new turtleneck sweater. And, you know whenever we’re talking about yard sales or thrift store finds, I jump right into that conversation. I bought this candle at the thrift store for 3 bucks.
I guess you could call that thing it’s on a garden plant stand. But, it works inside the house, in my office. I’m saying that sometimes we have to bend rules to be ourselves. Maybe?
I also want to lift up our friend, Ruth Calvo, who is currently dealing with the heavy burden of her mother’s recent passing. Many hugs and much caring for you, Ruth. Fortunately, another friend of ours at the Lake, Chicago Dyke, is staying with Ruth and we are all thankful for that good fortune.
I’d love to hear about projects or hobbies that you are enjoying this winter. What are you up to? Pull Up A Chair and let’s share.
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Good morning and thanks, demi. I love projects, but the one for the rest of this winter is to clean a couple of places where I still have stuff stashed that I moved here 9+ years ago and haven’t touched since. Seems obvious that I don’t need it, right?
And a quick OT before we get into the conversation. My daughter did visit the Promise thread late last evening, registered, and left a comment, in case anyone is interested.
http://my.firedoglake.com/msmolly/2013/01/18/over-easy-the-promise/#comment-138
Good morning demi and msmolly and all firepups yet to arrive.
Thank you for the post demi. Your new office space looks great and the colors you chose are really neat. Nice window on the world that you have there too.
Good Morning, Molly.
I saw that your daughter got to read the comments and replied. I thought what oldslow said reflects most of our sentiments. Especially about being Front Paged. Whoo Hoo to your daughter. (And, I bet your thrilled to see her, her mister and those adorable girls.
(Party at Molly’s!)
What a nice response from your daughter.
I know you are very proud of her and I appreciate that she shared her promise with us.
Good morning and yes, warm thoughts to Ruth. And thanks ChiDyke for being there for her.
Hey there, Mr. Canyon.
Thanks for noticing my window. It’s pretty cool being able to look at my side yard from my desk. It’s always inspirational. It’s funny that during the spring and summer, if I’m planting something new out there, I’ll come into the house and see how everything looks from the inside. Ha. Could be something psychological in that, maybe?
I’m so glad you’re with us today.
Got anything delish planned for this weekend?
Morning, Peg! I just want to reach my arms all the way from Cali to Texas to give them big hugs.
Good morning Margaret.
I miss Ruth’s comments on a daily basis, but like you, I am glad that chicago dike is there to help alleviate some of the pain.
Yes, I was thinking much of yesterday about Ruth. So glad ChiDyke is with her to help her through this.
I’m hoping when she returns she can share some of it, to the extent she feels comfortable doing so, of course. It sounds like the elder abuse stuff would make a good diary by itself. What an awful thing to get old and helpless and then be at the mercy of abusers.
I heard this from Ruth yesterday…
…getting through this, and will be back in awhile…
Good morning all and great post, demi. Cool space.
{{{Ruth}}} {{{chi dyke}}}
You are right about the CBL demi. A Spider Man cake for a 6 yr old for delivery this afternoon. (she just showed me little tiny wheels for the cars that will be around the cityscape within which Spidy and Venom will be fighting)
Good morning demi.
I bet that you will be looking at all that Zucchini that you plant next spring along with the other veggies.
Going to get darn cold here starting tonight. Weatherman said last night to expect 20 below by Sunday, Monday. We have not had that in two years.
Our son and daughter-in-law are coming today just for a hang out day and we are both looking forward to the visit.
I like your new office space. My own desk is put together from cast off junk. A couple of floor cupboards and a piece of counter top salvaged from a remodeling project but it’s roomy and functional.
PLEASE with frosting on it: get her to post a picture of the cake!
She must be having a blast. I think it’s important for each of us to have something we really enjoy doing.
Are you ever tempted to accidentally drop something, oh say like a hammer on one that’s almost finished and say Oops, honey. Can you make another one?
I’m glad we’re finally having a decent winter, though I hate cold! Ought to be a good wildflower season this year if we get rain as well. The drawback is that it will only encourage the climate deniers who can’t seem to grasp the difference between climate and weather.
I have a very nice teak desk we bought when I was married and I wound up with after the divorce. However, it could be a door on two sawhorses for all I can see it under the clutter that lands there like it was magnetic.
It gets cleaned off a couple of times a year, one being income tax prep time, so I guess I’ll have to get out the shovel and backhoe pretty soon.
Actually, the veggies grow in the back yard. The side yard is for bushes and flowers. Although there are lettuce and cawliflower plants there right now. The space is too narrow for zucchinis. If I planted them there, they’d be growing through the window and on to my desk.
I’m glad the kids are coming for a visit. Nice for both of you, but especially so for your wife, I’d imagine. :)
(twenty below does not compute.)
I think I can speak for all of us when I say, take your time and do what you have to do Ruth. We love you and you will be most well come when you return.
I am right there with you about the cold. I really hate cold weather. When it gets cold in Texas, that is really something. I thought you had pretty decent weather year ’round.
The wildflowers posted last year, Bluebelles I think, were really pretty.
I love putting cast off things together. For a while, before we had the tv on top of the desk that I moved to the office space, we had some sort of piece of dark wood set on top between the two JBL speakers. Funky.
I’ve always appreciated functionality. This time, I went for Color.
I am giving serious consideration to writing a diary about her baking. She is far too humble to do it herself. That said, I think it would make a good Sunday Food diary as there is a lot of cool stuff that goes on in our kitchen nowadays.
Oh, demi, her cakes are the most moist and delicious you will ever taste.
Like, apparently, the CEO of Whole Foods, who maintains that we’ve been warming for centuries and we’ll all just adapt (but Obamacare is fascist, I tell ya!). I don’t think that word means what he thinks it means.
A Whole Foods is opening in April here (would much have preferred a Trader Joe’s), and I guess I’ll have to avoid it.
She kindly gave me her cake recipe and I passed it along to my daughter Kristin (a.k.a. Momexperience) and I know she’ll be baking one soon. I can’t wait!
Bluebonnets. But that pic was an archive. The wildflowers last year were sparse indeed around here.
That guy and the founder of Papa John’s might be able to open a school after they bleed enough customers. The “What Not to Say if You Want to Stay in Business” School.
Another reason to get my ash to Texas. Some day.
When we took our little (ha) drive to Utah, I looked at the map to see if we could do a little side trip. Alas, too far. But, it’s on my bucket list, for sure.
(standing on my chair waving wildly a good morning to you)
I know I would enjoy that.
Good morning! And good morning to the lovely cbl too!
Well said, Peg. How do they stay in business? Too many folks who think the way they do, I guess. I’m very picky about where I spend His hard earned money.
Bluebonnets. I will have to remember that.
When I used to spend my summers earning extra money as a Tour Guide for a bus company, I would always get questions from the back of the bus. “Gary, what is that flower I am seeing by the side of the road?
I would hold up my thumb and speak into the microphone with “Does this look green”?
One of the bus drivers I was with at times would call out “thats a right-a-roda, and if you look carefully pretty soon you will see a
left-a-roda.”
With a video! That would be wonderful! An afternoon at the cbl&oldnslow’s. Yum.
When we moved here from CA it took 3 days. The first day was NorCal to SoCal so for you it would only be 2 days. The last full day of driving is ALL in Texas. 600 miles and a solid 8 hours from El Paso to Austin.
Gary! Ah ha!
(Singing) Getting to know you. Getting to know all about you.
See the things we learn about each other here? I love it.
Will see what we can put together.
That’s alotta driving. I’m thinking a nice train trip. The drive to Utah burned me out, to be perfectly honest.
Yep. The only real power any of us have is where we spend our money. The thing abut the idiot from Whole Foods is that his whole customer base are much more liberal than what the average is in this country. They pay a premium price because he claims his products are grown in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way. It’s kinda like is Glidden made a commercial saying that bare surfaces are good and who needs paint anyway.
Seems like there are a lot of right-wing “Libertarian” CEOs coming out of the proverbial closet these days. It’s getting harder to know where to shop and support the good ones and avoid the bad ones.
I think our Farmer’s Market is pretty nonpolitical, though. ;-)
I was thinking it would be a fun pj for You. You’ve got the perfect Star for your show.
Did ya like my “dig” at Home Depot? Was thinking of you when I wrote that.
I used to drive from San Diego to Austin in one day when I was much younger. I’d leave SD around 3pm which meant that I would hit the AZ border in late afternoon when things were beginning to cool down. Stop in New Mexico for gasoline. Then about dawn I would be in the Van Horn/Ft Stockton area and get more gas. Then I would hit 290 in Junction and get to Austin in time for late lunch. Like I said, I was much younger and had a healthier bladder then.
So, everyone, what was the last thing you engaged in that gave you real pleasure?
When I hear “Home Depot”, I always think about one of Mike Judge’s best lines ever, when he named a hardware store in Beavis and Butthead, “Home Labyrinth”. Soooooooo appropriate!
Visiting my kitty cat. Just a few minutes ago. :)
I never commented on your photo of Neko on your lap, your pretty legs stretched out on the what was that? Great legs, babe.
I was lying on the sofa. And thanks. :)
Last evening, I was talking to my sister on the phone and I was sharing a slightly paranoid moment of What if people don’t like the post about Me making my office. I was hoping someone wouldn’t say that I was a, a, the words weren’t coming. My son walked through the room and supplied “uppity bitch.” He cracks me up.
I thought this was kindofa PG-13 post!
I find Lowe’s to be much more well organized, easier to find stuff in. Menards is where I can find things that are difficult to locate elsewhere — but I think Menards is on the bad guys list too.
We have a couple of locally owned (or franchised) Ace Hardware stores, but they’re not located on my regularly traveled routes around town.
You just never disappoint me, oldnslow. I almost said, and oldnslow we don’t need a video of that!
I’ve found the same. And, the clerks are a lot friendlier and more helpful. The whole “ambience” is just nicer.
Austin has a smaller hardware store called Breeds but if I could find what I was looking for anywhere else, I knew Breeds could take care of me.
And Zingers is great…& helpful.
Good Morning, All dogs, etal….
Thanks for report on Ruth.
The Lowes in the next town over has a new neighbor. I took a tour and if you like to do stuff but don’t have the space or the tools this is a REALLY cool thing. Looks like it started in the Silicon Valley and has been steadily expanding to other areas.
Home Depot may offer something similar, but I like Lowe’s “12 Months No Interest” (sometimes 18 months) on big purchases. I’ve bought a refrigerator there, and replaced all 3 toilets in my house a year or so ago, paid monthly, no interest.
Many of the staff are very knowledgeable, too. When I went looking to replace ONE toilet, the person in that department was a licensed plumber, and by the time I left I knew w-a-a-y more about toilets than I cared about. But I replaced all three (two were original in my 26 year old house), and my water bill went way down, and I live alone. A family would save even more.
Glad to see you this morning, Bev. What are you doing to stay warm and happy today?
Now THAT looks really cool!! What a great idea!
What a wonderful idea!
What a nifty idea! A lot of folks don’t have a Shop space but would like to Play. We have a garage, but it’s full of organs and furniture and boxes of stuff. Just because the photo of my office doesn’t show any clutter, doesn’t mean I’m not a slob. Ha. Give me a week and you won’t recognize it.
I’m kidding. I try to keep the main living space fairly uncluttered, but don’t go in the garage or my bedroom. I’m notorious for not putting my clothes away.
Getting out in a minute for a few hours with the “kid” and others. I love the music we do, even though I sing like a scratch on the blackboard. Thanks for asking. Hoping it will warm. (Big Lance supporter wanting the money back….) We will all see.
I should poke around their website more (none of their locations are close to me), but do they offer knowledgeable people to advise on projects, or are you just on your own? I’m sure their staff can help with how to use the equipment and such, but do they actually advise on how to do some part of your planned project?
Oldnslow, the mister just said he’s heard there are co-op places where a body can work on their own car, in the same way.
The websight, as cool as it is, does not do it justice. Full machine shop, full wood shop, full fabrication/welding shop including CNC water-jet, sewing, CNC embroidering, powder coating, CNC laser prototyper, CNC laser cutter, electronic shop. For any hobbyist it is almost heaven.
Enjoy your time there this morning, Bev.
For a while, I worked in the office at an Art Fabrication shop. They had a lot of interesting tools and machines. One was an instrument that took 3-D photographs of mock ups that they would use to make the full size object.
I had to look up CNC — thanks, Wikipedia. I was baffled.
Actually, I found La Paloma on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/La-Paloma-Fine-Arts/188609421161040
That was a fun job.
Before you do anything a class is required. If you already know, and can show it, the instructor will give you the go-ahead. The staff is very helpful and knowledgable in their field. The company’s requirements for instructors are tough.
Plasma torch I assume?
I am going to send the link to my sister and brother-in-law in CA. My BIL is quite good at DIY, but they don’t really have a good place for him to work (except their garage, which hasn’t had a car in since they’ve lived there), and I don’t know how his tool supply is.
He might like to know about that place! There are three in CA, probably the closest would be SanFran (they’re in Castro Valley).
Sorry. Computer Numerical Control. It is what I do. Make stuff with CNC machine tools. We have a short-hand language that, although spoken in english, is indecipherable to outsiders.
My “little” brother is also a machinist. A damn good one from what I understand about his job.
YES! I was genuinely impressed with the setup. Completely tooled with all solid quality equipment. Amble room for comfortable working in all areas.
Hey, my career was in IT and we spoke in acronyms and geekspeak that was incomprehensible to the average person. Don’t apologize. And I did look it up. Another factoid to stuff in my brain.
I did not know that. Where? Do you know what he works on?
Ballsy question there Ms demi. Good morning everyone, my answer a long winter’s nap.
Good Morning Firepups of Fire:
Projects I’m working on? Um…that’s a trick question, right?
According to the PMBOK guide, all industries have their own language.
Good morning firedogs. Thanks for the post and host demi!
How about a Saturday morning history lesson? Yeah…
Yeah, my answer was something that would land a motion picture an R rating, so I’m just going to ignore that question.
What other kind of question would you expect from an uppity biotch?
For some reason, I’ve been sleeping really well lately. And, loving it.
(See, I didn’t embarrass you, my friend.)
He lives in Houstopolis, though I don’t know his current employer. He’s one of those guys that people back up a truckload of money to when they buy a couple of particular machines. It’s kinda like an all in one fabricator. Sounds like the machine I run in which most of the skill goes into the set up and then you make adjustments on the fly.
You’re very welcome. Glad you are joining us.
And, yes, I set several of you up with that question.
Cool. I’ve been wanting to build an aluminum cabinet for my electronics because the wooden one has trouble dissipating heat. I was thinking of adding fans but that will generate more heat and would create a dust problem and something else for me to have to clean. An aluminum heat sink would solve those problems.
Just sharing something I just saw at facebook.
I’m a mom. I kiss ouchies, not asses. Get it right!
Houston, home of down-hole and seafloor high-tech inovation and manufacturing. Grew up around Hughes Tool. (Howard’s dad) Hughes invented the modern drill bit for drilling holes in the ground. Got really rich by leasing them instead of selling them. (you prolly knew that shit already)
I’m sure that’s true. I can recall half a dozen of them without scratching my head or putting on my thinking cap.
See if there is a place near you that recycles electronics. Commercial heat-sinks galore.
Yeah, I know Pete, (my brother) started off in the oil field tool, apparatus gig but I’m not sure if that’s what he’s still doing. His machine does milling, welding, cutting, drilling, etc but I have no idea who manufactures it or what the model number is. It is also CNC operated of course.
Here’s one.
Why don’t you build an anti-gravity field around the components and suspend them in midair? Talk about your heat dissipation.
Hey…I’m just here to help.
Not as much fun as building a custom cabinet though…
Gonna get up and start moving. I’ll be back and forth but I have to get some writing done this weekend so I need to get motivated. If I forget to say later, great post demi and thanks for the host!
90+ comments and not one about my beautiful candle?
Fine!
And special thank yous to demi@91 and Shoto@92! My friends are so wonderfully helpful!
Shoto! You’re cracking me up.
It is quite the beautiful candle, demi.
Damn it. Just saw two really pretty songbirds beyond my back fence, sitting on a phone line. Couldn’t identify them, went upstairs to get my binocs, came back down to check them out and they were gone.
Fun thread this morning, peeps. Off to the Farmer’s Market and Saturday errands. Have a good day!
something I saw on twitter the other day that made me lagh out loud;
I like water.
When its frozen.
And surrounded by vodka.
It’s because we wuv you. :)
Have fun writing. Or, to more truthful, sweat blood today, babe. It’s the only way to do it. I’ll do some blood sweating today as well. Now that the office is done, I have no further excuses. But, I have started, slowly, but it’s moving forward.
Yes back to topic, the table was a 1.5 inch thick, laminated maple top that is extra desk space and could become a heavy duty workbench top. Side and tail vices could be added with a wheeled base and drawers for a particular set of non-electric hand tools, themselves art. If anybody is experiencing temps higher than the single digits, please don’t tell me about the cold. (smiling)
Thank you, Peggy Anne. I thought it was pretty good deal. Can’t imagine how much it would have cost new and at retail, but I bet I wouldn’t have spent the $$$.
Off to start my day. Have a wonderful weekend all.
Thanks for the superpost demi. What a GREAT candle!
Thanks for being here, Molly. Happy food shopping.
I still haven’t solved the dust problem, however.
Wait: Build the anti-gravity field inside a clean room and wear a clean room suit when you’re, ya know, working with the system. Yeah, that should work.
Hey, now you’re talking. It’s a little early, but it’s the weekend. No, it’s really too early. But, something to look forward to later.
thanks for the techshop link, a great day to you and yours.
A table like that is just so inspiring, isn’t it? Just makes you want to Do Something.
See, if you’re talking single digits, you might as well say what Applecanyon said. Minus something? Fugitaboudit.
You’re wearing your new turtleneck though, no?
Hey Demi: I saw the candle but didn’t want to be seen as condoning it because, you know, fire. However, as long as you’re careful. Keep a fire extinguisher handy, and make sure the fire department is on speed-dial, then I guess it will be alright.
Thank You for the great link to the Shop. Gosh, it’s almost like we’re socialists or sumping. Hugs and kisses to you and CBL. Kris is on his own. :)
Why not just keep it in a clean room?
Before I bail out, I just stumbled onto this little tidbit. Ha!
Catch you on the flipside, Pupses…
Kris is never on his own when it comes to kisses. He’s got a beautiful wife.
(I love talking in the 3rd person about myself! Maybe I’ll make it a ‘thing’)
You’ll notice there are no curtains in the window next to the candle. I usually have several candles burning. But, I don’t leave them unattended.
No cat tails were burned in the making of this post.
That’s a really good idea, although anti-gravity inside the clean room would be really cool, doncha think? Just sorta float around with the remote control?
Or I could sell my fabulous anti gravity device and buy and outfit my own shop….
See? You’re way ahead of it, and I’m 400 miles behind….as per usual.
Good thinking…
I refer to my ass-kicking foot as an anti-gravity device. Is that what you’re referring to? Your ass-kicking foot?
That’s what I was trying, and failing, to impart.
Not to mention widdle kiddie kisses.
I still smile when I think of the astonished look on Charlotte’s face as grampa was getting his Tail cut off. Precious.
I’m soooo telling Lexi that you called her Charlotte! You’re gonna be in big trouble.
Eh, you’re fine Shoto. You’re off to make some bacon for you, me and Peg, right?
I have no ass kicking foot, just a kitteh stomping one. When she gets under it, that is.
Oh, man! That Was Lexi, wasn’t it? Still, too precious.
Ruh Roh. You remember when I accidentally stepped on Picky, don’t you? Take care, dear.
hey Kris,
Starting coffee and such here while catching up on the comments. If I can’t find something I need, I’ll attempt to make them as these two tools, one for hollowing as in the top and bottom plates for an arch topped musical instrument, shallow bowl, and the other for rounding small boat spars.
Materials from the woodpile except for the strip of ebony. Recycled iron from kaput antiques. Great bargains.
She does it alla time, retarded cat.
I stepped on a 2 month old kitten once :(
She didn’t make it.
We had just gotten her a few days earlier, for Lexi.
I’ve never felt so bad in my life.
Oh, man! That sux! Sorry! :(
Okay you pupses. I’m off to start my day. Have a great weekend everyone. Thanks again demi for the post and host.
Have to be careful with a nice turtleneck, two hours after shaving my neck, the stubble can start shedding the fabric. ;^)
I have a friend who’s a writer. Bona Fide. And, he told me a story about being so pissed at his wife’s cat who messed up a bunch of papers on his desk. He was so mad that he shook the cat and I guess he broke it’s neck. He got rid of the body, I forget how, and felt so terribly awful for days while his wife was looking for it.
You’re that hairy? I’m going to pretend you didn’t tell me that.
That third person comes in handy for breaking a tie vote when deciding on just about anything.
In that you and I have a lot in common, except the hairiness, and we each and both spend a lot of time by ourselves, let me ask you something. Do you talk out loud to yourself?
I do. And, I call myself, Deborah, out loud.
Just a few whiskers the texture of velcro and destructive as a file card to soft fabric right there, otherwise NOT abnormal. Watching for that special matching (color coordinated) wool sport coat to wear with the sweater for special occasions in winter.
I usually pay for someone to be asking me those kinds of questions. ;)
Does singing out loud count?
I’m not sure. Maybe.
Although, for me, singing out loud is usually more of an expression and talking out loud to myself is more of a conversation or argument.
PS, Nonny, were you thinking of me like this?
Very nice post, demi. Never hurts and usually helps us define ourselves better when asking ourselves what really makes us happy. A question that is way to easy to forget to take into consideration in the hustle and bustle. Being MLK Day Monday, people who visit are around this three-day weekend and I have gotten two calls for prospective spring work. Off to tame my ‘roughneck’ and meet at a restaurant for brunch. Thanks for hosting and posting. Likely bbl.
Yes, I had pictured that. The price is right.
Have a great time. Later, then.
And to all, I forgot to point you in the direction of Phoenix Woman’s latest Come Saturday Morning. It’s up there. Go look. See. Read.
I’ll be in and out for a while here too.
Hello folks. Demi, nice post. Just a drive by. For some reason that candle reminded me of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Scream.jpg
Trapped and on fire. YOMV heh.
Nice job on the office, demi. Big project, alla that painting. I have been working on a project for a while, and I would LOVE to have access to that shop that oldnslow has over there.
I want to make 2 custom curtain rods that have less than $5 in materials in them, but I need a chop saw and a drill press, and I don’t have either. I can get the materials cut and bent when I buy the steel, but I want some holes drilled and I need a couple of the holes to be ready for set-screws.
I think it is an easy project, but one guy told me it would take 3 hours at $75 to make them, and another shop just does not want to do it. Very frustrating. The $75/hr guy asked me why not just buy some, and that would be cheap, but not what I want.
Maybe oldnslow’s shop would make the supports for ‘em.
I have this Munch in my livingroom. Not on fire and not trapped, neither.
Good to see you stop by. I hope that you’ll pass along everyone’s heartfelt love and concern for Ruth to her.
My mileage usually does vary. :)
Thanks, Barb. I enjoyed doing the project and now I have a sort of myownsacrad place inside.
I hope you get some replies to your questions about tooling for you. It’s especially wonderful at this joint when this can happen.
And, sometimes does.
Justa suggestion: 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch PVC pipe + end caps. Cheap Light Easy Peasy Paint able to suit yous.
:<)
Hello folks, back in from errands and ready to bake brownies.
Barb, is there anything like the Techshop near you?
I love pvc, but like I said, I want something very specific. Half inch square stock, cut to length. My issue is the hardware to hold it up and how I want that to work.
If I wanted round, I would just buy curtain rods.
demi, I forgot to mention that for $3, you got a hella candle!!! The stand too?
Could this be magic?
Have had the stand for a long long time. Was usually on a front or back porch. I like it too.
Aside from three people needed to help me move it (for the total price of zero cash and fun, two twelve packs, barbeque chicken and an entre’ afterwards) I’ve got one of these sitting idle at the moment. Some retired person who likely has the proper machinery in the garage and still putses has to be somewhere near you. Who used to regularly get stuff from your Dad’s?
Snow/ice melted off the windsheild. Bye-bye.
I wish. I used to have a friend who owned a welding shop, and that came in handy a few times. I actually can weld and have some equipment, but it is not a welding job, just chopping, bending and drilling. My father was a machinist, so I guess the precision thing is a bit hard-wired for me. I do think a shop like that would make money. We once talked about making one and running it kind of like a co-op. We probably don’t have the demographics for one of those franchises, but I wish!
Thanks you all, everyone here is wonderful.
Brownies for the girls? Yum. I can smell them inside my head.
Not a bad buncha folks. I agree.
You are probably gone by now as I’m reading this much later Saturday, but great colors and great post, Demi.
Puzzled though about your comments on Home Depot and Lowe’s. Here, they are much of a muchness, very similar, big, clean, warehouse stores.
running by on my way out for Saturday errands, very late as usual.
I like your candle, demi! It looks enormous, though! Wise of you to avoid curtains.
I was looking around at all my surfaces the last few days…all covered with something, usually books, usually stacks thereof. This morning I was looking for a book that I bought (used: gotta grab ‘em when you see ‘em)a couple months ago but didn’t start reading. The thing about clutter that makes me crazy is that I waste so much time looking for stuff. And it’s my own fault.
But I never got around to getting the very necessary kitteh stuff yesterday, and one litter box is getting very shallow. So, better get myself moving.
Looking forward to a pic of the Spidey and Venom cake later.
BBL!
margaret, I can’t disagree more with “Yep. The only real power any of us have is where we spend our money. The thing abut the idiot from Whole Foods is that his whole customer base are much more liberal than what the average is in this country.”
I’m not gonna pick where I spend my money on the basis of the politics of the seller, sorry. And that about “our real power is as a consumer (or as a stockholder)” is a load of it in my opinion, what they want us to buy so that we don’t support GOVERNMENT regulation. I can’t tell you how many co-workers have said to me that if people want good employers/corporations they can “vote” with their money and there is no need for government regulation.
People can’t spend the sort of time that would be required to vet every vendor on every important thing.
I also object to “our real power is how we spend our money” because I jsut think it is not true. I once banded together with others and we stopped a concrete plant in a VERY poor neighborhood I lived in at that time, while the much richer people in a suburban neighborhood down the road who hired a lawyer and pled their case at the Texas Air Control Board LOST and had a concrete plant built. We were more strategic and it had nothing to do with money.
OK, this is getting not “pull up a chair” stuff, but you kind of jerked on my chain with that one.
I don’t usually shop at Whole Foods here in Austin (also known as “Whole Paycheck”), but once in a while I do and I like that they label the conditions of the meat they sell. They also actually do have a reputation for treating employees well. I mean, yes I think that guy is an idiot with “fascist” but it won’t stop me shopping there for one minute. And, I shop at amazon (NOT known for treating employees well). I also support strikes at their warehouses and press for better laws.
You’ll see it on facebook, hon.
Glad you slid in and now, kitty litter calls you. I can hear it all the way from here.
You rock, tejanarusa.
I’d say definitely Not Pull Up A Chair stuff.
Looks like someone got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Turning your disagreement of something Margaret said into a fairly serious rant is not what folks come to PUAC to read.
That’s how I see it.
Bears an occasional repeating, just in case you are not aware of the tradition of mostly refraining from political topics in this one Saturday diary as it was begun in this fashion well before I showed up at the Lake. Nice to see you contribute and be sure to stop by later or next week. Hard to discuss much of anything these days that isn’t the head or tail of a political take, so again, thanks for stopping by, don’t be shy.
I haven’t read the thread yet but thanks for the shout out demi.
(I may e-mail you later. Your choice of colors was as classy as are you.)
Hey, I said I’d be back later, so here I am,much, much later. Where is everybody?
Kitteh supplies replenished, my own cabin-fever relieved. But darn it, coughing again and congested. Probably because of even slight exposure outdoors to cedar pollen. sigh.
Perhaps I should have moved back to the east coast lo these many years ago. But, here I am. I’ll go make some tea, I guess.
See some of y’all at Pull Up Your Cat tomorrow.