SimpleBits ~ What I've Done on My Holiday Vacation

3:40 PM

Sanded
Spackled
Painted
Had a beer
Installed track lighting
Installed washer & dryer
Installed dimmer switch
Removed two shutters
Cut my hand while removing the second of two shutters
Tried to remember when my last tetanus shot was
Received tetanus shot
Made 7 trips to Home Depot in as many days
Had a beer
Did a fair amount of writing
Stained two bookcases (acutally, they hold CDs)
Watched the Two Towers (Extended DVD, of course)

* The list excludes the holidays themselves, which were/are very nice. List items subject to change, removal or amendment without notice.

12 Comments

Mike → phark.net

Hahah, as soon as I read the first “Had a beer”, I knew there’d be more!

Happy New Year and all that jazz :)

Trent → cheesepizza.net

Heh, only two beers?

Quite the handy-man from the looks of things though. I can do some limited electrical work around the house, but that’s about it…

Brian → savedbyzero.org

I am right there with you on the home projects. I realized today I have spent too much time at Home Depot today when the paint guy asked me if I was close to being done.

P.S. Thanks for the Pacifico post - it is my new favorite beer. I have had many since then.

Chris → today.icantfocus.com/blog/

Dude, playing the lets-repair-paint-clean routine huh? I feel your pain. I’ve been spending my “vacation” doing the home despot treatment to the old place so we can sell it. What a drag.

David Clain → www.swagu.com

Is the home despot some sort of interior design fascist? ;-)

Chris → today.icantfocus.com/blog/

I’ve always called Home Depot Home Despot. Gives me a chuckle thinking of this:

http://www.homedespot.com/

Only 7 trips in as many days? During some recent home maintenance/remodeling projects, I’ve seen that many trips in ONE day. Fortunately, both Home Depot and Lowe’s are not only 2 minutes away, they are literally next door to each other!

What truly fascinates me is just how busy each of them are.

Remi → www.cafe151.co.uk/notebook/

Always thought that summer was D.I.Y time and winter was more of a chillout period, (erm like no D.I.Y). how wrong was I.

Happy new year!

Baasch → www.baasch.com

Did your tetanus shot hurt? I’ve been putting mine off, but keep thinking of getting one whenever I cut myself on something rusty. Which isn’t that often mind you. I still remember my last shot, ten, eleven, twelve years ago…that hurt.

Dan Cederholm → www.simplebits.com

Baasch - The actual shot didn’t hurt at all. My arm was a little sore the following couple of days though. It was a rusty screwdriver that prompted me to get one.