weekend honey-dos and some letterboxing...
We spent this past weekend checking things off our honey-do list.
I removed the old ceiling fan and installed this one all by myself. Lynn did take everything out of the box and left it scattered about on the carpet. He then promptly decided to take his nap. Molly saw her opportunity and leapt at it...trying to snatch little baggies of screws and such. This is the only reason I did the freaking installation myself...figuring I'd better just get the effer in the ceiling before Molly lost, ate or flushed all the bits I would need later.
We acid stained the patio. The color is nothing like the color the bottle purported to contain. Plus when the guys put the acid stain down they failed to wet the surface first so the finish is kind of streaky right now. We'll wet the surface and put down a darker color in a couple weeks to try to correct what we've got right now, which is this:
It isn't terrible, it's just not what I anticipated.
We also replaced the shower head in the master bathroom. I didn't take any pictures of it because the shiny new shower head is putting my soap scum water spotted shower stall to shame.
Yesterday the kids and I went out letterboxing again. This time we went hunting in Corinth, looking for this series. I don't know what the protocol is for divulging what the stamps look like so I haven't posted any public pics yet. If I find that it is okay to do I'll start posting the stamps as we find them. We were able to find the first of the three boxes without issue. There was even a hitchhiker stamp tucked inside that box. We took the hitchhiker and placed it in the next box we found. We did not find the second or third boxes in this series...I found the directions to be too vague given the area the boxes are supposed to be planted. By the time we were finished hunting in Corinth the kids were ready for a break and I had to run to the post office. After our Sonic break and errands we decided we should look for one more letterbox before we called it a day.
We found this letterbox and the stamp tucked inside it was a real winner with the boys. When we found this box it was sitting in plain sight and was not sealed properly. I don't know why people can't just leave things as they find them...be curious, but be respectful too. Luckily the placer had everything double bagged so only the box interior and bags were wet. We cleaned it up as best we could and then hid it under some leaves and branches.
Today the kids and I are going to have a picnic lunch and then we're going to hunt for a couple more letterboxes. I have to admit I am really digging this letterboxing business. The boys enjoy it, it costs next to nothing to do and we're outdoors in the fresh air. Plus, a lot of the time the drop spots are places we would never have thought to visit. For instance, I found directions to a letterbox located in Ponder last night with information on a restaurant we had never heard of before. It's twenty minutes from our house and world renowned and we had never heard of it! Needless to say, we're going this weekend and I'm wondering if we should make reservations for a baked potato...if you have to make reservations for it it has to be GOOD right? We'll see.
I removed the old ceiling fan and installed this one all by myself. Lynn did take everything out of the box and left it scattered about on the carpet. He then promptly decided to take his nap. Molly saw her opportunity and leapt at it...trying to snatch little baggies of screws and such. This is the only reason I did the freaking installation myself...figuring I'd better just get the effer in the ceiling before Molly lost, ate or flushed all the bits I would need later.
We acid stained the patio. The color is nothing like the color the bottle purported to contain. Plus when the guys put the acid stain down they failed to wet the surface first so the finish is kind of streaky right now. We'll wet the surface and put down a darker color in a couple weeks to try to correct what we've got right now, which is this:
It isn't terrible, it's just not what I anticipated.
We also replaced the shower head in the master bathroom. I didn't take any pictures of it because the shiny new shower head is putting my soap scum water spotted shower stall to shame.
Yesterday the kids and I went out letterboxing again. This time we went hunting in Corinth, looking for this series. I don't know what the protocol is for divulging what the stamps look like so I haven't posted any public pics yet. If I find that it is okay to do I'll start posting the stamps as we find them. We were able to find the first of the three boxes without issue. There was even a hitchhiker stamp tucked inside that box. We took the hitchhiker and placed it in the next box we found. We did not find the second or third boxes in this series...I found the directions to be too vague given the area the boxes are supposed to be planted. By the time we were finished hunting in Corinth the kids were ready for a break and I had to run to the post office. After our Sonic break and errands we decided we should look for one more letterbox before we called it a day.
We found this letterbox and the stamp tucked inside it was a real winner with the boys. When we found this box it was sitting in plain sight and was not sealed properly. I don't know why people can't just leave things as they find them...be curious, but be respectful too. Luckily the placer had everything double bagged so only the box interior and bags were wet. We cleaned it up as best we could and then hid it under some leaves and branches.
Today the kids and I are going to have a picnic lunch and then we're going to hunt for a couple more letterboxes. I have to admit I am really digging this letterboxing business. The boys enjoy it, it costs next to nothing to do and we're outdoors in the fresh air. Plus, a lot of the time the drop spots are places we would never have thought to visit. For instance, I found directions to a letterbox located in Ponder last night with information on a restaurant we had never heard of before. It's twenty minutes from our house and world renowned and we had never heard of it! Needless to say, we're going this weekend and I'm wondering if we should make reservations for a baked potato...if you have to make reservations for it it has to be GOOD right? We'll see.
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