Some days it's hardly worth gnawing through the restraints!
But I'm coming back soon to finish what I started up here on SpitandGlue!
Showing posts with label spit and glue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spit and glue. Show all posts
Sep 6, 2009
Aug 11, 2009
Walk This Way!
Hi All,
I contacted Steve at http://www.stevemoize.blogspot.com/ and he was kind enough to answer with a very generous offer to bid the job. However, as we know, unless Steve knows how to do Spit and Glue, we'll have to leave it on the long list, right there next to the back-burner!
Yeah, I'm back and ready to dip my toe back into the water at Spit and Glue. While I was away and surfing the Internet I came across an interesting blog belonging to a professional landscaper named Steve. As I scrolled through a set of photos he'd taken of a recently completed job, a very strange sensation came over me. All at once, and in a matter of a micro-second I thought I was looking at Moms cottage, where I live! The property in Steve's photos was almost identical to Sis'. As was the job that needed doing! Dig a small drain at the driveway's end to divert the run-off that floods the garage floor, and create a pathway the length of the building to avoid having to walk in the grass (see 6/9 blog posting entitled "Majors and Minors"). Look at this picture. It's the property Steve worked on.
This is Sis' property. The staircase leads to the cottage. We use the path next to the building to get to and from, but it's all grass and dirt. I make the trip several times a day - every day and my feet have begun to look like that of a farmhands. Is that a pun? 
Here's the end of our driveway where the water collects and where the drain is needed.
Here's the work Steve did in North Carolina! It's uncanny!
Here's the end of our driveway where the water collects and where the drain is needed. Here's the work Steve did in North Carolina! It's uncanny!
I contacted Steve at http://www.stevemoize.blogspot.com/ and he was kind enough to answer with a very generous offer to bid the job. However, as we know, unless Steve knows how to do Spit and Glue, we'll have to leave it on the long list, right there next to the back-burner!
Aug 8, 2009
Always Curtsy When You Sneeze!
How do you like that title? Ladies............................... can you guess what the inspiration was? Well, it's the name of yet another blog I'll be starting within the next couple of weeks. I know, I know.... you're thinking that this news doesn't coincide with recent writings here on Spit and Glue. You're right, it doesn't. But I was feeling so discouraged when auto statistics indicated that only SIX people had visited SnG. I was ready to stop blogging all together. So I looked further and discovered the stats were incorrect. I was looking at information that was less than a day old and realized I was reading it wrong.
The numbers still aren't where I want them to be on SnG, but they're building steadily and that's all one can ask for at this stage of the game.
I'm still out of town and away from my own PC, so you may not see any good posting on SnG until my return on Tuesday. For now I'm in Florida with family doing family things, but not to worry, we're also brainstorming new ideas for your reading pleasure.
The numbers still aren't where I want them to be on SnG, but they're building steadily and that's all one can ask for at this stage of the game.
I'm still out of town and away from my own PC, so you may not see any good posting on SnG until my return on Tuesday. For now I'm in Florida with family doing family things, but not to worry, we're also brainstorming new ideas for your reading pleasure.
Jul 3, 2009
FOLLOWERS NEEDED!
Hello Friends... Have you scrolled down far enough to see the 'FOLLOW' button on the left side of this page? If not, please go there now, hit the button and become a Follower of Spit and Glue. Don't worry, all you're doing is letting the world know you think this Blog is fun to read, and that you're showing your support. Having a large and vibrant subscriber list adds an incredible amount of value to a Blog, so I'm encouraging you to go there now and hit the button! Besides, only Followers of this Blog will be eligible for the Giveaway's that are coming soon! Thanks
Jun 17, 2009
Steps Alone!
You could stay busy for eight straight weekends just doing little sets of steps like this around here. All we need is time, paint, elbow-grease and forgiving weather. Now that it's sweltering here in Georgia, I may try getting up in the middle of the night to paint when the temps are cooler. I tried to put photos of all 8 sets of steps up here, but it was not pretty, this one easily represents the other 7. You get the idea. Onward and upward people!
May 26, 2009
Unfinished Business!
Don't get the wrong impression. We're living in a clean, dry and comfortable environment at Spit & Glue. The roof isn't falling in on us, we're not living with dry-rot or mildew or termite damage. On the contrary, the structure is sound. After all, it's been standing for 125 years, so we figure we're out of the woods when it comes to the overall integrity of the buildings.
Our issues have to do with keeping up with the basics while bringing the place up to par with the rest of the homes on the market in rural Georgia.
Aside from every day maintenance, we have a boat-load of little things that never got finished, such as unpainted door frames and baseboards and............... ohhhh don't make me spell them all out. Just look at a few of the photos to get an idea.
Our issues have to do with keeping up with the basics while bringing the place up to par with the rest of the homes on the market in rural Georgia.
Aside from every day maintenance, we have a boat-load of little things that never got finished, such as unpainted door frames and baseboards and............... ohhhh don't make me spell them all out. Just look at a few of the photos to get an idea.
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