This was a good weekend. Got to see all the usual suspects at a lunch over in Tampa. Thanks to all for making it a fun event! I really enjoy the laughing and cutting up. Even better when some of it is irreverent.
So after said luncheon I was supposed to go over and drop off some speakers over in St. Petersburg to get re-coned. My iPod docking station that I paid some $$$ for a year or two ago started growing a buzzing sound in one of the speakers. I thought it was some loose hardware or something easy. So I took it apart and couldn't find anything loose. So then I thought it might be something just barely touching the speaker itself like dust or a hair. So I took the speakers out and couldn't find anything. So then I started looking at the speakers really closely and there it was! A little tiny split in the speaker cone!
Ah man! This sucks!
So I called Klipsch and they don't make that model anymore and ran out of replacement speakers. This really sucks! But the guy from Klipsch recommended this guy over in St. Pete that might be able to repair the speaker. So I thought, hey great, I'll be over that way anyway, I'll just drive by after the lunch and see what he says.
Nice idea but they are closed on Saturday. Son of a biscuit! I'll deal with this later.
The other thing I had planned for the afternoon was......go ahead take a guess.......that's right! Go to Lazy Days and look at fifth wheels! No fooling you!
Two tiny little problems. One, it's hotter than Hades in those parking lots and NONE of those trailers have the A/C on. I'm soaked with sweat in a matter of minutes and I'm really starting to get concerned about heat problems.
Second, I stupidly forgot a hat and with my ever receding hairline, my extended forehead got cooked beyond belief. Oh yeah, that was dumb. Luckily they give away bottles of water when you go in or out of their showroom. I have to say, that water tasted like champagne to me.
After Saturday's heat/sunburn episode I figured I would stay inside and take it easy on Sunday.
Yeah, well, that lasted about 20 minutes. I just cannot sit and watch TV during the day when I've got SO many projects going on.
Now, because the hall bathroom cost quite a bit more than planned all of a sudden, there was no spending money today. Just wasn't gonna happen.
Well then, I'll just work ahead on stuff that doesn't cost money, like demolishing the living room. I'm unbelievably good at making a mess! I can do that with my eyes closed! So here's the fun I had today!
Janine and Scott decided that they want the bedroom stuff so it goes next weekend. I'm just happy to get it out of the way.
The majority of the stuff in the dining room is the dollhouse that I have not found time to work on in months. I hate to say it but I may have to just pitch it as there just isn't time to spend on it right now and it's now in the way. I'll demo the dining room probably next weekend.
Believe it or not, but out of three bedrooms, living room, and dining room that's the extent of the stuff that's left. The bed-frame that's leaning against the wall on the left will go to Mel's and the rest will probably get pitched or donated.
And this was my 'take it easy' day.
Now, after a hard day off ripping up carpeting, baseboards, tack-strips, edging, and sweating my arse off, you would think that I would be ready for a nice thick steak and baked potato. Something to satisfy that manly 'been working hard all day' hunger.
I wish, but sadly no. My dinner tonight will consist of baked chicken cut up into a salad with a balsamic vinaigrette. Yep, that's about as he-manly as I get anymore. I cannot begin to relate how much I hate this diet.
Every year my company has this deal where if you meet the health standards you get a nice stipend added to your HSA account. Ugh... So every year I have to lose a few pounds, get my cholesterol under control, blood pressure, blah, blah, blah. The cutoff is the end of September. You better believe that October first I'm gonna go find the biggest steak with all the trimmings and an ice cold beer to wash it down with.
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