UPS to the rescue

Boy howdy, did we get some stuff done yesterday. Nothing major, just little piddle jobs. Like I says before, things I been put'n off for the last 5 years.

Son Ronny jump right in with both feets an' removed all the doors and drawers from the lower kitchen cabinets. Strip them down of all hinges and pulls. Then he takes my random orbital sander and sand all the old grease, dirt an' grime, and underlay'n varnish slap off'n them things. Wore two high dollar .69 cents foam brushes plumb down to the handle slap'n polyurethane on them. Walla, brand spank'n new drawers and doors. One more project completed.

Another project I been put'n off for far too long is replacing the under sink shelf. From day one, that shelf had been a nightmare and eye sore.....sags in the middle....stuff falls all over the place. Well, that project is almost done too. Reinstall will be done when the slide out repair has been completed. Since we were working under the sink, the plumbing has been modified to Billy Bob specifications......make more room to store stuff.

Project #3 for the day was to remove that ugly carpet from the entrance steps and install flooring. Boy howdy, old Billy Bob done wored his self plumb out measur'n and cut'n. But it fit....yee ha. Will complete sometime today....or tomorrow. 

The aluminum angle (1/4" 2"x3"x4 feets) arrived yesterday evening. Son Robert is already this morning setting up the drill press for drilling and countersinking bolt and screw holes. Did you know......cutting of aluminum is done with regular wood working tools??? Just thought you would like to know.

Ok....time to pick up and arrange tools for another day. Stay tuned.

How do ya give a simple explanation to a simple question? RV Dan asked yesterday how do ya remove a slide out. This photo is about the best I can do. That piece of flooring is an example of what trim was removed from the inside if the slide before it would fit through the hole in the wall. It acts as a stop against the inside coach wall so's ya don't go out too far. It is screwed on to the aluminum square tubing you see in the pic. Hope this helps Dan.

I ain't really lost...

"Damn Billy Bob, don't ya remember how to get back home? Ya see, me and Sadie Mae jump in "that jeep" and head 'em up to Home Depot to spend some bucks for the continuing modifications to "Sally da house". "HEY...I don't remember passing Walgreens on the way to Home Depot". What the hell....we on the wrong road.

Home Depot was nice to me as I was driv'n that damn heavy hand truck/cart, or whetever ya call it, down one aisle after another. People was get'n out the way.....mumbl'n something under their breath. I had me enough junk on that cart to build a 2 story house. Right at $1100 in materials and oddities. Holy cows, that more than I was expect'n. But, had I hired a RV repair shop to do this "fix", it would be more like $11,000....and I would be liv'n in a motel somewheres. Thanks to my loving sons, I have saved ten big ones right quick like.

By the time I got back home, I were wored slap out. Too many people seem to be go'n the same place I were. Traffic was heavy.....wait 5 minutes at every freak'n red light. Anyhows, I had stopped at the Krystal Hamburger place and got me 4 little square hamburgers, a order of fries, a bowl of Krystal chili and a fried pie. By the time I finish eat'n all that stuff....it were nap time. A long nap, right bout 2 hours. So's I make me up a pot of coffee and go sit out on "da porch"....do some think'n. That was it. That was my day.

Son Ronny should be show'n up at "da house" here in a few minutes. At least that what he tole me yesterday on the phone. Says he wants to work. Well, I bet ya a quarter I can find him something to do....if he shows up and is willing to get his hands dirty. Ya gotta keep a watchful eye on these boys if'n ya want to get some work done. That's what supervisors are for ya know.

Got us a little rain last night. Couple leaks made their way into "da house" where we got it covered up with a big ol' bout 20x20 feets blue tarp. Problem is, it's supposed to rain again today and again tomorrow. With parts arriving today via UPS, I'm gonna be outside work'n on the bottom of the slide out. Then it will be ready for reinstallation. The damn thing better work too since it has been modified by Billy Bob & Company.

Sit'n in the yard

Boy howdy, you just don't know how good it makes the old Billy Bob to sit back on da couch an' look at his new floor. Although, the couch is sit'n out in the yard on a picnic table.

With the flooring completed, with the exception of bout 5 sq. feets in the bedroom, I been concentrat'n on little things I been want'n to do for the last 5 years. Like install'n the FRP on the wall behind the stove.....what turned out to be the entire wall behind stove and sink. You go Billy Bob.

Now that were one tedious job mak'n that FRP stuff fit. What didn't fit, I got me a tube of caulking the same color. Fill them little cracks right up.
Also pulled out the microwave so's I can fix the little bell thingy what ain't worked in a few years. Gotta have the bell ya know. Might even clean it....make it look brand spank'n new.

Sure do dread chang'n clothes and go'n to Walmart and Home Depot.....but I'm out of food an' donuts, ran slap out of materials to complete some the little odds and ends an' Sadie Mae wants to go for a ride.

Tinker'n with stuff

"Holy crap Billy Bob, why you yell'n an' cuss'n like that"??? Well shoot, you would yell an' cuss like that too if'n you waked up to leg cramps. 6:30am, that what time it were, when I comes fly'n out that bed with a cramp in both my legs. Boy howdy....that all I can say bout that.

Brewed me up a pot of coffee an' got to think'n.....what if? I been tote'n this sheet of FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) around for the last 5 years contiplat'n on install'n it behind the stove to make household chores a little easier. Broke out the measure tape and start cut'n. Fit pretty darn good until I notice it don't fit. What the hell??? The counter top ain't straight. It got a bend in it....bout 3/8 inches. I see what happened....when they super glued this thing together 8 years ago, they glued the counter top in crooked. Gonna take some fandangl'n to fix that. But....I got me a idea. More on that later. In the mean time, I better do some dishes what are in the way.

The fortunes of war. I been think'n bout how fortunate my family an' me has been. My dad and uncle were in WWII. Both came home without a scratch. Had an uncle on my mothers side came home from Korea without a scratch....but ya light off a firecracker and he go berserk....spelled bizerk in my book. Son Ronny survived a tour of duty during to Kuwait fiasco without a scratch. I survived the Cuban blockade and the Viet Nam conflict without a scratch.....although I did catch alcohol poisoning and food poisoning one time while stationed on the USS Canberra.

To all those that lost their lives in all the wars and conflicts, past and present, the old Billy Bob stands to attention this Memorial Day. Thanks for your contribution to a strong America and the freedoms I have today.

Ok, my camp'n son Robert and family is back from a wonderful camping trip to the north Georgia mountains. Sure are glad I didn't go. He only camps for a couple days and is ready to come home. The boy don't "no nuttin" bout camping.....Sheesh!!!!

 Oh yeah, before everbody get some kind of fool idea that Billy Bob don't do nuttin, yesterday I took a cabinet plumb apart and "fix" it. It was out of square, door bout to fall off, just plain in need of some TLC attention. Got it all put back together with a few new pieces of wood and some bigger an' better screws. Save me bout a hunnert dollars....yeah it did.

Blog'n clouds

Boy howdy, what direction we gonna go this morn'n? Blog writ'n ain't as easy as some think ya know. There lots of think'n ya gotta do in order to make a good blog post. Sometimes ya just don't quite make it. This morn'n is one them days where my mind is go'n in all different directions.

Yesterday, I took the advice of a faithful follower and took the day off to rest my weary bones. Ya all know how hard the old Billy Bob has been work'n rip'n out all the carpet in "da house", replac'n rotted wood and install'n all new hard surface wood flooring. Some of ya may have the impression that my boys have done all this work, but let me tell ya right now, it were Billy Bob what got 'er done through careful plan'n and supervision (God knows those boys need plenty that). Well the flooring is almost done but not quite.

Anyways, I got me up bout 4 days of much needed nap time yesterday and never once picked up a hammer or fired up a table saw. I just laid back and enjoyed what rest I could muster in one day. This is a holiday weekend ya know.

I ain't made no plans for what I'm gonna do today, but I can betcha I'm gonna do something. One of my favorite activities is to sit around sip'n a cup, think'n an' "do'n nuttin". But when I got myself a project to keep me busy, I'm in hog heaven. And with the boys close by, I can think of lots of projects to keep them busy and  out of trouble. I got me some pretty good boys ya know. If they would just listen to their daddy an' do things his way. Little do they know that this may be their last chance to work along side their daddy for another 7 years or so. "Sally da house" should be in tip top shape when I head 'em up back to Texas long bout August or there a bouts.

Speak'n of Texas, talked to "pesky neighbor" Wayne over in Deming yesterday night. He do'n good. Says he lost a bunch of weight, but I got to see that with my own two eyes. Tells me my old park'n space is still vacant and wait'n for me to come visit. Boy howdy, just to sit on "da porch" sip'n up a cup just one more time sure do sound good. If'n ya remember, old Billy Bob builded that "da porch" way back in November of 2005. It withstood the high winds of the desert, torrential rainfalls, blow'n snows and served as a workshop for many projects. Yup, love my "da porch". If I ever get a chance to build another, it will be exactly like "da porch".....maybe a little bigger. 

Ok......things to do. Check back laters to see if'n I lied to ya.
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Just had to come back to prove I ain' no li'yer. Got the bedroom flooring finished as far as I can go till we inspect the bedroom slide out. I think I talked bout this once before that it's also too low.....will drag on the new flooring.  No rotted wood has been found, so there is another problem hidden up under the bed somewheres. Rats.....we probably have to sleep on the couch for a few nights.

Lay'n back

Before I get into a bunch of nonsense and work issues..............


Yesterday, Dizzy Dick brought up a subject I have delt will most my life. What if??? If you had took a different direction in your life than the ones you did, you would not be where you are today. Only by chance would you ever get back on the same road you are on today.

I were engaged to be married to Phyllis, but married Mary instead. What if I had married Phyllis??? I took a job with The University of Texas. What if I hadn't? I didn't go to college. What if I had? Each "what if" puts you on a different road going to an unknown destination in life. Ponder on that for a while.

Ok...that's plumb enough serious stuff....how bout some nonsense? Boy howdy....yee haa an' all that Billy Bob stuff....git down James Brown....uh huh.

Can't rightly say that I had a restful sleep last night, but I got up feel'n pretty dern good this morn'n. Most mornings I get up with a slight case of sciatica....them pains what run down your leg all the ways to your toenails. If'n ya ain't never experienced this sort of pain, it's a 10 on the pain scale.

Oh....while I think bout it, I stapled my hand the other day. I were look'n a a staple gun I was gonna use to staple some carpet. I squeezes the handle and "what the hell", I got a half inch long staple embedded in the heel of my hand. Surprisingly I felt no pain....until I pulled it out.

Anyhows.....yesterday I got quite a bit done on the bedroom floor. Although it took me over 6 hours to do what I would normally do in 2 hours. I took my time, took my breaks and protected my back. I may just finish that job up today....only bout 10 more square feets to install. "Then what ya gonna do Billy Bob"???

Back to normal....only 3 days worth

Boy howdy, you just don't know how good it feels to be sit'n here all by myself sip'n a cup and think'n. No interruptions, no size 15 feets tramp'n dirt on my new floors, no dogs run'n in an' out....and best of all, no silly questions to answer from 8am till 10pm. "Now what ya gonna do Billy Bob"?

With all the work go'n on with "Sally da house", it's been hard for me to make interesting blog posts. Not many people find construction an interesting subject. Women have no interest at all.....they want flowers an' stuff like that. I could go out in the garden an' take a pic of a cucumber. Or some little maters.

Ok, I'm in the mood to pull up more carpet in the bedroom. Catch up to ya later on in the day.
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Holy crap.....it's 3 oclock pm

See, I tole you I was gonna rip out some carpet in the bedroom.

Oh frit....where is the freak'n padding Billy Bob???? Outside somewhere's I rekon. Now how I gonna get the padding under the glues together floor? I betcha I can figger it out in nuttin flat. Ya wanna watch???

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Just for Butterbean!!!