Even though I have managed to work towards a reasonable amount of small Beebe related things this week, it still feels like a lost week because of comics.
We have a buyer for our G.I. Joe comics that I got as part of a larger lot I bought a long time ago, and with all the box shuffling, they were/are now in lots of different boxes. So I've been spending time this week, as has Sean when he can, ferreting them all out for sale. The sooner we sell them, more funds for Beebe.
I hope to have that side project done this weekend. Time will tell.
I have been wanting to finish fixing the stove with the parts I bought, but Sean's schedule has been rough with quite a few late eve returns. I need that oven fixed so I can bake with all my pans--I have a barter to complete! He's off Monday, but I want it done before then, and I'm worried he'll crash like this week. Maybe Sunday, since that's his Amazon day, and the Prime Day rush seems to have finally petered out.
Yesterday I finally had funds to get a few missing bits for projects that have stalled. Still need to pick up a few more things. It's nice to feel closer to done, rather than waiting on funds for parts. It's funny when you are in the hardware store, and all those gadgets start to lure you with their promises of easier whatever, and then you realize..."I can easily do that with X I already have." I managed to get out of there buying nothing I hadn't planned to...so...success? Even though I couldn't find the wire gauge I wanted for the last detail of the rain chain, and now I'm already thinking of a work around so I can get that darn thing done already. Yes, it's getting close to becoming
that project. I don't regret taking it on, but it just seems to be taking forever. I'm still convinced, though, that I already have what I need if only I could find what box it's in.
The west side regrade is going to be bigger project than I originally thought. Not terribly so, just is what it is. I hope the weather holds so I don't get caught mid dig and have a mud pit going on. I just checked, and now they're saying no rain until late Wednesday, so we'll see.
Something else I finally did yesterday was call up the MassSave program about getting our free audit. I had no idea how popular the program was. The earliest I could get scheduled was for October 11th! By then, we were hoping to have the first layer of Roxsul down. I am on the "flexible schedule" call list, so if they get a cancellation, we may get seen before then. We'll see how that goes.
A mistake I made a few days ago was try to make a full list of all the stuff that needs to be done.
Too soon! There's still so many little easy fixes that they overwhelm the big picture items. I did it, though, realizing that there are some bigger picture items that are supposed to be on the docket for this year, so it wasn't a waste overall. If anything, it reminded me not to get caught up with the small stuff.
We're still trying to keep to the "sooner" five items from our short list we made. Closing in on two.
Oh, and another interesting thing...I tried to rake the glass area to get that done and all the broken glass picked up, and have discovered that what was once easy to scratch is now not as I get further away from the door. So either the water infiltration was somehow making that area to work in easier before, or maybe I just got lucky with a soft spot and now that luck has passed. I had to get out the shovel, and it was still not easy going. So I thought long and hard about whether my bright idea to "quickly wrap up a project" was still that...and decided it could wait.
Speaking of the cellar door (that leads to the stairs going outside), the more I use it, the more I want to repair it. Same goes for the side door on the garage. We'll see if I can hold out or not. Today I had a bit of a shock when I looked out the window to see the garage door ajar just a bit. I went out, and I guess I just didn't close it enough to catch. No kitties hiding inside or any other creatures I could find, so hopefully they won't surprise me later when I go to work outside.
I'm still picking up a handful of useful bits here and there on my walks. Nothing exciting, just...useful or will be for certain projects I know are ahead. Still, free is great right now. Thank you, folks who curb things. That reminds me..I think some of the CL freebie ads have run out. Need to check that.