ORBITED BY NINE DARK MOONS

Over the summer I came upon a website dedicated to building bin cages for hamsters and other small pets.  I immediately wanted to build bin cages for the mice to double the room they have to run around and play at night. 

This past summer, Jim challenged me to build a 3-panel folding screen for under $40.  Actually, it started with him searching online for an affordable screen for the corner of the bedroom, but they all looked [to me] like discount store dressing rooms. He said “if you can build one for less than $40, then go for it!”. And I did 🙂

Part 1 took us up the point of removing the spider arm from the Samsung washer drum.  It was nearly impossible.  The bolts were completely fused to the spider arm and drum. I finally got the old spider arm off and the new one on, and everything is working perfectly!

OMG this was a PROJECT!!!  One week to dismantle the washer, replace the spider arm, and put the washer back together.  Another week to wait for a part we didn’t know needed replacing. But it works great now!

In Part 1 I explained how I found a ton of rot behind the existing steps when I pulled them away from the house.  And critter holes.  Which probably explains why I trapped and released about 30 mice from the basement this summer! 

This project began in the Fall of 2018. I replaced our 14 gold-colored doorknobs, 5 gold-colored deadbolts, & 42 gold-colored hinges with silver-colored brass. Much better 🙂

Apparently I wrote this in July and never published it. Weird year.

After repointing and sealing the back slate steps, they were looking SO GOOD!  The final step was using Polyblend Grout Renew in “Natural Gray” to stain the cement-colored Quikrete to a more natural looking color.  I first learned about Polyblend Grout Renew back in 2015 when I used it to …