I put the burn pit in the back yard to good use this weekend. I had a brush pile of all the downed branches plus those stupid weed trees that are everywhere. Since most of them had been sitting for a week, they were a bit dryer and burned easier.
I burned some Friday night, and got up at 6:30 on Saturday and was burning from 7:30-11:00 before it got too hot. The pollen was SO bad, it turned my boots yellow. I finally found the nozzle for the hose too, so I could have it out there already turned on in case things got out of hand, which they didn't.
Later in the day, I finally got the chainsaw running right and cut all the growth from the roots on the trees by the playground. So, after I cut all that down, I now have a pretty big pile again. I'm tired of cutting and burning, so I will tackle those next weekend after they dry out a bit.
I also sprayed some insect control in the back yard. There are a LOT of those BIG mosquitoes out there. It seems to have helped some.
I took it easy Sunday and painted our propane tank a custom design. It may take longer, but filling it at the propane store is about 1/3 the cost of the rip off tank exchange places. The problem is, you don't get a nice shiny tank back, so I cleaned it and painted it... all I can say it is will be the most unique tank in the fill yard!
I also discovered Tri-sodium Phosphate does a great job cleaning the tank. It also does a number on the skin on your hands if you don't wear gloves!
If you have a square milk crate, it does wonders for transporting propane cylinders! The tank is probably the most difficult thing to transport since it rolls everywhere and there really is no way to secure it. So, put it in a milk crate, and it stands right up every time!
I'm going to have to look at the stove. It is quite obviously not level. You can see it against the cabinets, and when you saute something on the stove, all the oil runs to the back of the pan. I'm sure it has adjustable legs in the front and back. I also need to adjust the cabinet doors on the island, they interfere with one another. That's an easy adjustment with the hinges they have.
Speaking of hinges, I don't think there's a hinged door on the outside of the house that is tight and aligned! The gates and doors all bind on something or sag. Many are loose, so that may help, but a lot are simply just inadequate for the weight. The shed doors are a pain. I'll see if I can boost up the door with a 1/4" shim and re tighten them, but they look totally too small for a heavy door like that. We'll see. A massive flat hinge looks impressive, but if it's still attached with 3/4" #6 wood screws, it's not going to have staying power.
We also found out Todd's room, the small bedroom, has no Ethernet cable outlet. It makes a degree of sense, but we can't run a wired connection up there. I played with the idea of re-routing the cable from the purple room to his in the attic, but I really wasn't sure if I wanted to get involved in that. Ultimately, we got the wireless working on all his devices, so I think that will suffice. I KNEW I should have verified if there was a Cat 5e outlet in there myself. It turned out he saw a telco outlet and figured that was it.
Never, EVER, buy LAN cables from stores like Wal-Mart, Staples, etc. They RIP you off big time! We paid $25 for a 25' cable in our room for the Blu-Ray player. It works GREAT now. I bought the same cable on Amazon for $3.80! So, if you can wait a few days, save the bucks and order on line!
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