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WOW who would have thought trying to select a paint color would be so difficult. Just look through some paint swatches, pick main color and trim color you like and go for it. HA! Not so fast. One thing I learned through this paint selecting process is the paint swatches do not match when applied to a large area. This is why the paint companies have paint samplers so you can paint a large area and see how it will really look. Our house looked like one big paint swatch. Well that part is over and how is now painted. Stay tuned for my - Will they contractor really ever come back and fix a few smaller items that need correcting? Anyone ready to call Vegas on this one?

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Posted by Doug at 6/23/2008 10:42:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

This is advanced course in home improvement. Removing all the old siding from the house and replacing with Hardieplank siding. We purchased over 800 individual boards for the siding.

Lesson 1 - Remove all the old siding

OOPS - I think I messed up lesson 1. It should have read "Lesson 1 - Hire someone"! Especially when you have over 3500 sq ft of siding to install.

Seriously my part of this is to repair the outside electrical. As you see from the picture all the external PVC wire housing have broken over the years. I bought PVC, junction boxes, lights, switches....My favorite part was not being able to locate the breaker from the pool switch and working on it "hot".

Just wait for my next lesson...How to pick a color to paint your house.

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Posted by Doug at 6/08/2008 06:37:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

After 12 (not counting pre-school and kindergarten of course) years of hard work this era of Spencer's life has passed.

Posted by Doug at 6/07/2008 09:23:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

Here is a picture of me at the gas station. One might think this was an artistic picture of my reflection. While yes that is my reflection the picture is really of my shocked face as I opened the gas door on my Volvo and it came off in my hand. So here I stand at the gas station holding my gas cover. It took about 5 minutes to get it back on only to find the hinge was actually broken. Replaced the hinge and all seems to be working again. Have I mentioned my thoughts toward owning a Volvo?

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Posted by Doug at 6/06/2008 08:28:00 AM | Permalink | Comments