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Life As Progress
Aug. 2nd, 2005 08:17 pmToday is the first day of 20-odd with my son off at the New Jersey shore with his mother (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jetshade), talandra, and his grandmother. I already miss him.
However, I have vowed to spend this time being strongly productive around the house. There is a lot that can stand being done, not the least being shredding his room and putting it back together. Too many old toys, broken junk and scraps of what-not have infiltrated the smallest room in the house. And so, I began last night to work on going through and sorting things into the above categories. Broken and what-not are headed for the trash. Old and other portions of what-not will be boxed away until they can be reviewed over the winter, when he must choose to only retain a small portion of them. Then I shall empty the room and clean walls and floor before refilling it.
I have a number of other projects in store for this time, including my super sekrit project of which I shall not speak until after it is completed.
Tonight was the first of those other projects. The landlord, a month or so ago, did some work in the bathroom that involved uprooting and replacing the toilet. Sadly, he did it less than competently and it began to leak a couple of weeks ago. Just a bare amount, but I didn't want him to come back and screw it up again, so I waited until I was alone in the house. I removed the toilet from the floor, determined what was a problem (besides the fact that he had broken off one of the two main bolts and never fixed it) and acquired repair parts for about $5. An hour later, I have a non-leaking and properly bolted down toilet. Whee.
I'm a moderately skilled (and massively out of practice) carpenter, but this was my first major plumbing job, so I'm fairly pleased with myself that it all worked out so well. Really, the key is to do things slowly and carefully and to have researched in detail what the heck you are doing.
jetshade), talandra, and his grandmother. I already miss him.However, I have vowed to spend this time being strongly productive around the house. There is a lot that can stand being done, not the least being shredding his room and putting it back together. Too many old toys, broken junk and scraps of what-not have infiltrated the smallest room in the house. And so, I began last night to work on going through and sorting things into the above categories. Broken and what-not are headed for the trash. Old and other portions of what-not will be boxed away until they can be reviewed over the winter, when he must choose to only retain a small portion of them. Then I shall empty the room and clean walls and floor before refilling it.
I have a number of other projects in store for this time, including my super sekrit project of which I shall not speak until after it is completed.
Tonight was the first of those other projects. The landlord, a month or so ago, did some work in the bathroom that involved uprooting and replacing the toilet. Sadly, he did it less than competently and it began to leak a couple of weeks ago. Just a bare amount, but I didn't want him to come back and screw it up again, so I waited until I was alone in the house. I removed the toilet from the floor, determined what was a problem (besides the fact that he had broken off one of the two main bolts and never fixed it) and acquired repair parts for about $5. An hour later, I have a non-leaking and properly bolted down toilet. Whee.
I'm a moderately skilled (and massively out of practice) carpenter, but this was my first major plumbing job, so I'm fairly pleased with myself that it all worked out so well. Really, the key is to do things slowly and carefully and to have researched in detail what the heck you are doing.
