Back to the daily grind for us. Tony
went back to work today while most have the
day off.
I am returning to the basement today to continue
going through and getting rid of stuff.
This basement is a great escape from the
90 degree weather outside. I have put pants
on to work down there, lol. I wish it
would get warm down there in the Winter!
I keep at it and keep at it down there
in hopes of finding a floor in the near future.
I should take a before picture but think that
would be too embarrassing. When we moved here
we emptied a storage garage full of our stuff
and pretty much made a home for it all in
our basement. I have a picture of what it would
look like in my head one day.
It is a somewhat finished basement meaning it
has drywall walls and ceiling put in but no carpeting,
only concrete floors.
One day I hope to take our leftover yellow paint
from the living/dining room and paint the walls
down there to give it a brighter more cheerful
look. Lighter walls reflect more light while
darker paints absorb it.
And I am hoping to get carpet from Tony's
work for free to cover those cold concrete floors.
They replace carpet in apartments and put in new
and I want to get some of that carpet & padding
that is in half way decent shape. We did two of
mom's bedrooms with discarded carpet from his work
and you would never know it was used.
So many projects I would love to do around here
from kitchen to bathroom to dining room to the
basement. The kitchen is about done except for
finding some sort of wall shelf or cupboard.
Well my break time is over. I keep watching
HGTV to keep me inspired with all my projects.
LOTS of patience and time to do things with
my skinny budget and me being one person.
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SPEEDWAY COUPONS
yesterday I was able to find these hang tag
coupons of bottles of 2 liter pops.
save $1.00 when you purchase 2
20 ounce, 1 liter or 2 liter bottles of
7UP, A&W, Canada Dry or Sunkist soda.
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9:30AM
Gotta take little breaks from the basement
or I will tire too easily and want to give up.
I'm thinking about running some more clothes
lines outside this year like I did last year.
Maybe not to the extent of hanging up everything
but use it for blankets, towels, sheets, small rugs
and things that are large. During the Summer
months I like to wash up all the blankets
in the house. Then come Winter I have a nice
stock of fresh and clean blankets to pull
from the closet.
PLUS I noticed that by not hanging some items
like last year my electric bill has gone up
a lot, like an extra $40, along side of
running the air conditioner. And I'm thinking
that's about how much I saved each month
by hanging laundry. So need to work on getting
that back down and use the high temperatures
outside to my advantage. Items dry in no time
when it's very hot out.
I was gonna take the kids to the library today
BUT the library is not open due to July 4th.
The kids were looking forward to it as they
have some reserved books that came in.
Oh well time stay home today and get things done.
While down in the basement I decided to do
laundry along side of cleaning down there.
Kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
Well I think I will go and clean an area rug
I found in the basement that I might use
in the dining or living room. Haven't had
much luck in finding one to use at yard sales
so could use this one for the time being.
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9:30-11:55AM
Well I got the area rug cleaned and it's outside
in the driveway drying.
Tied a line up in the back yard and have towels
hanging on it drying. More loads of laundry
going and I got a box of crap hauled out of
the basement. Wearing out already and need to
fuel up with some lunch.
Just jotting down notes along the way to see
what I have been accomplishing. It helps
when having a big project like this to keep
me going and motivated.
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2:30PM
5 boxes and 4 bags so far hauled out
of basement.
Working on 5th load of laundry.
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4:15PM to 5:00PM
Starting to wear out.
Tony has to work over tonight.
Getting supper started. Tonight we're
having Fettucini Alfredo with chopped
up Tilapia mixed in. The Tilapia was
leftover from last night's supper.
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8:00-8:15PM
Got the first coat of paint on the hood of
the Trans Am.
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9-10PM
Watching Ultimate Car Build-Off on Discovery channel.
Different car shops are competing in a competition
to build different cars to do different things.
In this show tonight of all things is a 1979
Trans Am and another newer style Trans Am.
They have to turn these Firebirds into flying
machines and add actual airplane wings to them
and fly them off cliffs. It's gonna hurt to watch
this show and see these cars driven off cliffs
to their deaths :-O Sitting on edge looking like
something from the painting called The Scream.
