One of the clean up goals that got shifted back a year, due to my husband's hospitalization and other issues last year, was to clear the spruce grove. Not all of it; parts of it will be left overgrown to shelter critters. I do want to get most of it cleared. This will be a … Continue reading Clean Up: spruce grove perimeter, by the Saskatoons
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Well, that sucks… and why is that there?
Not too long ago, I wrote about my daughters installing a new kitchen faucet. One of the issues was, we have no shut off valves. There is one main shut off valve that shuts off water to the entire house. Today, that became a problem. One of my daughters had gone into the basement to … Continue reading Well, that sucks… and why is that there?
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Evening walkabout and… that makes six
Well, today's trip into the city turned out to be decidedly unpleasant. We usually plan the order of stores we go to around whether or not we're getting fresh or frozen food. Which means Walmart is usually the first stop (after having breakfast or lunch somewhere) and Costco the last. Today, our first stop was … Continue reading Evening walkabout and… that makes six
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Taking “finding strange things” to a whole new level
While doing my morning rounds, I decided to go into a couple of the sheds and look around. The first one is among those that is falling apart and really needs to be torn down. There are many holes in the roof, so the dirt floor is quite wet and muddy inside. We would need … Continue reading Taking “finding strange things” to a whole new level
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Clean up progress, and that’s kinda horrifying
The girls and I were able to get quite a lot of progress in the new part basement yesterday, and I was able to get into a particular area of concern today. Here is our progress from yesterday. The biggest progress isn't even visible. We were able to get all the cans of paint and … Continue reading Clean up progress, and that’s kinda horrifying
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Clearing things out and potential salvage items
My goal for today was to start getting things out of the basement and into the barn or junk pile, as appropriate. My daughters were doing a whole bunch of baking, but we were able to coordinate a time when we could work together on that. I didn't get as much done in the basement … Continue reading Clearing things out and potential salvage items
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Clean up: old basement. Day 2 progress
Today, I went back to finish up that last corner of the basement section I was working on yesterday. Altogether, I only put in an hour, and the rest will have to wait. Here is all that was left to go through and clear out. And here is me, ready for action! I used the … Continue reading Clean up: old basement. Day 2 progress
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Clean Up: old basement. The things we find!
There were so many things I found while clearing the corner of the basement that, though I didn't even get pictures of all of them, I had to give them their own post! I really, really wonder about some of the stuff I uncovered! Let's get started! My first find, under a box of what … Continue reading Clean Up: old basement. The things we find!
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Some manual labour, and getting things started
After dropping one daughter off at work, my other daughter and I did a whole bunch of manual labour around the yard. The first thing we did was haul away the stuff I'd clean up in the old wood pile area, including moving the pile of debris to the back of the outhouse, and sorting … Continue reading Some manual labour, and getting things started
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Clean up: old wood pile, progress
I was able to get about an hour of clean up in the old wood pile area. I made sure to check the temperature before I headed out, and it was only 22C. Thank God it wasn't any hotter, because even that felt way too hot. Y'know, I've always wanted to travel, and go vacation … Continue reading Clean up: old wood pile, progress
