Window pictures and saga posted on my blog.


Happy Birthday Cruzer!!!

kdccrosby wrote:Afternoon G'man

So do I


(and yes, I know I should quit)

I'll quit someday.

Congrats on the recognition from the suits!

Happy Bithday Cruzer!


Yesterday was not so good. It started out when I was rushing to get ready for work and I stepped in dog pee then just kinda went down hill from there.
Work was full of dealing with crap (literally)and cockroaches. Then m-i-l decided she needed to go to the doctor so I had to leave early. Long story short I didn't get home until 10p.m. .

Morning!



Edit: Happy birthday, cruzer!

Mornin', folks.

Good morning everybody! Burrrr...I had to cut the heat back on. It was 60 in the kitchen so I have bread pudding in the oven to warm up the teenagers. (from Southernplate.com) It calls for 2 cups of sugar. They will be bouncing off the walls at school.

edit: Happy Birthday Cruzer!
edit2: Yeah KdC!
edit3: KtC the windows look fabulous. I have no ideas about color. I have lived with white/ivory for so long that I long for color but am traumatized by picking it out.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRUZER!!

Can't do the balloons & stuff from work - so imagine them inserted here....

Iceback wrote:

Yesterday was not so good. It started out when I was rushing to get ready for work and I stepped in dog pee then just kinda went down hill from there.
Work was full of dealing with crap (literally)and cockroaches. Then m-i-l decided she needed to go to the doctor so I had to leave early. Long story short I didn't get home until 10p.m. .

Sorry you had such a crappy day!

Hopefully today will be better

morning all

ThunderThighs wrote:

You failed so miserably at that one...

Happy Cinco de Mayo, everybody!

KtCallista wrote:Window pictures and saga posted on my blog.


Happy Birthday Cruzer!!!

ooooh house stuff! except I can't read it at work...I will try to look tonight.


Speaking of house stuff, we started on building a deck last weekend. The first part of the process is going to be a 20'x30' rectangle. We dug all(mostly) of the holes for the footings last weekend. I'm still a little sore from that one, but pretty much ok at this point. That damn auger was freaking strong, plus the rocks didn't help! Freaking caliche!

Happy Birthday, cruzer.

cruzer wrote:ooooh house stuff! except I can't read it at work...I will try to look tonight.


Speaking of house stuff, we started on building a deck last weekend. The first part of the process is going to be a 20'x30' rectangle. We dug all(mostly) of the holes for the footings last weekend. I'm still a little sore from that one, but pretty much ok at this point. That damn auger was freaking strong, plus the rocks didn't help! Freaking caliche!

My sister and her SO are replacing the deck at my sisters house. They'd planned 3 days--one day to dig holes/pour concrete for the new footers and remove an existing concrete step, one day to remove the old deck, one day to build the new one. They decided to hire someone to remove the concrete--it's not as easy as they thought.


And augurs are SO much better than digging by hand!

Good morning everyone. The sun is shining. Yay! Of course we had frost this morning, which is simply unacceptable for May.

pooflady wrote:Good morning everyone. The sun is shining. Yay! Of course we had frost this morning, which is simply unacceptable for May.

That's probably better than the almost 90 that we're going to get here.

cruzer wrote:That's probably better than the almost 90 that we're going to get here.

//thinking//

Yes, it is.


So what are you doing to celebrate your birthday?

Mavyn wrote:My sister and her SO are replacing the deck at my sisters house. They'd planned 3 days--one day to dig holes/pour concrete for the new footers and remove an existing concrete step, one day to remove the old deck, one day to build the new one. They decided to hire someone to remove the concrete--it's not as easy as they thought.


And augurs are SO much better than digging by hand!

We are planning four weekends. I don't know how long it will actually take. I think we will finish the concrete this weekend and be able to buy the framing wood. We already bought the decking part. Home depot had a deal on composite decking for half off($1 per linear foot) and we decided that it was too good to pass up.

pooflady wrote://thinking//

Yes, it is.


So what are you doing to celebrate your birthday?

Currently I'm 'working'. For some reason my phone keeps going off and it's tough to ignore.

cruzer wrote:We are planning four weekends. I don't know how long it will actually take. I think we will finish the concrete this weekend and be able to buy the framing wood. We already bought the decking part. Home depot had a deal on composite decking for half off($1 per linear foot) and we decided that it was too good to pass up.

That is a good deal! When I last bought decking, I wanted to get the 5/4, but didn't because I didn't want to tear out the existing deck and wanted it all to match. Should have torn out the old stuff!

Morning, Wooterinos.

Happy Birthday, cruzer!

cruzer wrote:Currently I'm 'working'. For some reason my phone keeps going off and it's tough to ignore.

I meant after work, silly.

pooflady wrote:I meant after work, silly.

Oh, well...GEG has to work late today so I'll probably go home and try and finish off the last hole or two for the deck since there was nothing but rock on the bottom of each hole. I was able to borrow a rock bar to break up the rocks. I need to do that before we do the concrete footings this weekend.

Then after that, GEG is going to take me to whatever place I want to go for dinner. So far I have Texas Roadhouse (free appitizer!), Red lobster (mmmm cheese bread), and BBQ (no comment needed, but provided anyway).

dontwantaname wrote:For now, the monkey thread is dead. I've been trying to post there since last night and keep getting server error.



Who is this Cruzer person????


Why is he here?????


Happy Birthday twerp!

I'm a ghost! You're just imagining me!! Kinda like no1.

cruzer wrote:Oh, well...GEG has to work late today so I'll probably go home and try and finish off the last hole or two for the deck since there was nothing but rock on the bottom of each hole. I was able to borrow a rock bar to break up the rocks. I need to do that before we do the concrete footings this weekend.

Then after that, GEG is going to take me to whatever place I want to go for dinner. So far I have Texas Roadhouse (free appitizer!), Red lobster (mmmm cheese bread), and BBQ (no comment needed, but provided anyway).

There's not an option there I don't like.

cruzer wrote:Oh, well...GEG has to work late today so I'll probably go home and try and finish off the last hole or two for the deck since there was nothing but rock on the bottom of each hole. I was able to borrow a rock bar to break up the rocks. I need to do that before we do the concrete footings this weekend.

Then after that, GEG is going to take me to whatever place I want to go for dinner. So far I have Texas Roadhouse (free appitizer!), Red lobster (mmmm cheese bread), and BBQ (no comment needed, but provided anyway).

There's an old song about "breaking rocks in the hot sun." On a chain gang, if I'm not mistaken.

I hear somethin' sayin'


(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)
(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)


(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang


All day long they're singin'
(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)
(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)


(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang


All day long they work so hard
Till the sun is goin' down
Working on the highways and byways
And wearing, wearing a frown
You hear them moanin' their lives away
Then you hear somebody sa-ay


That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang


Can't ya hear them singin'
Mm, I'm goin' home one of these days
I'm goin' home see my woman
Whom I love so dear
But meanwhile I got to work right he-ere


(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang


All day long they're singin', mm
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hard
Give me water, I'm thirsty
My work is so hard

Nope, this one.

Breaking rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I needed money 'cause I had none
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

pooflady wrote:Nope, this one.

Breaking rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I needed money 'cause I had none
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

No chain gang in this one!

dontwantaname wrote:Do you think I should stop the monkey thread. Dragqueen said she was reading it, but I don't know if anyone else is.

I have been reading it and enjoying it. Meant to, but probably did not, tell you what a great thing you are doing.

All of you heavy lifters, I am getting quotes on a new seawall. Anybody up for that? Even in my best days, with all of my high-energy friends, just could not even imagine it. A neighbor of mine did rent heavy equipment to pull the old one down and out and built the forms to pour the concrete, etc. all himself with a boi and friend. Saved really big bucks. Happy BD Cruzer

dontwantaname wrote:Seawall?

That looks like the sort of thing that has to be worked on every few years.
Good luck!

Thanks Getting bids because it really needs a major overhall this time.

pooflady wrote:There's an old song about "breaking rocks in the hot sun." On a chain gang, if I'm not mistaken.

I think I might get lucky in the fact that the hole that I will be working on should just about be in the shade by the time I get home, so it won't be as hot as it could be.

cruzer wrote:I think I might get lucky in the fact that the hole that I will be working on should just about be in the shade by the time I get home, so it won't be as hot as it could be.

Yeah 90 in the shade feels much better than 90 in the sun!!

dontwantaname wrote:Why do you even have back yards? It is too hot to go outside.

Maybe in the fall, winter & spring?

dontwantaname wrote:Why do you even have back yards? It is too hot to go outside.

Hot days can often give way to comfortable evenings.

dontwantaname wrote:Why do you even have back yards? It is too hot to go outside.

we just drink a lot when it's hot. or have a pool. or both