HOLY SHIT.

HOLY SHIT.  That little book has one page of writing and it is dated 1972.  😳

That just made my night!  BURIED TREASURE IN MY HOUSE!

Attic Adventure Land

This has probably been the most interesting Friday night I have ever had.  I went on an adventure!

So... there are some things around my house that have been bugging me, BAD.  For one when I bought this house it had all fluorescent lights and that was fine.  But over time the ballasts started going bad so my house has just gotten darker and darker.  I REALLY wanted to switch to some other kind of fixtures, (ones that I could use LED bulbs in), but with the placement and stuff I just don't see it happening.  Not without re-wiring a bunch of stuff and having a bunch of gnarly holes in the ceiling.  So I ended up deciding to get a couple of new fluorescent fixtures.  I need to replace a lot more than two, but this will just have to be an on-going project I guess.

Shaun grew up doing wiring so switching out those fixtures wasn't really a problem.  They probably took 10 or 15 minutes each.  But then we came to the second thing on my list that was really bugging me:  my poop fan died.  🙁  It died probably a year or more ago, but having the money to fix things isn't easy so I let it ride.  But today I decided was the day I got a new poop fan.  😃

I bought a small cheapie fan that looked like it would fit where the old one was.  Shaun got up there and started taking the old one down, but it didn't take long for us to realize that one of us was gonna have to go in the attic.  I have never been in an attic before, but I wasn't afraid of going.  As it turns out he wouldn't have fit in the area where the fan needed to go, anyway.  So.  Up the ladder I went.

Turns out it was nothing like I dreamed it would be.  I have had recurring dreams of having another floor in the attic.  Like a second floor with rooms.  And fish tanks for whatever reason.  So yeah.  Nothing like that, but that's ok.

It was dark and there were cobwebs everywhere.  And rat poops.  And the smell of rat pee made me really miss all of my dearly departed rodents.  So I guess I have rats, but I don't mind.  As long as they don't eat my important stuff I guess we're cool.  They need somewhere to live, too.

So I get up there, creepy crawl into the cool darkness of the attic and make my way to the fan.  It took WAYYY too long to unscrew the old one.  Two of the screws were angled down and I just couldn't get my screwdriver in there to get them out like I needed to.  I have no idea how those got put in that way.

Finally, we got it undone then Shaun handed me up the new fan and it was TOO BIG.  By like a quarter of an inch.  😳  And there were beams on both sides so sawing those would have probably been a bad idea.  So I was like, "Can you just put the new motor in the old casing?"  And then he's all like, "Maybe.  I'll try."  So extremely long story a little shorter here he eventually does it and we get it installed and IT WORKS.  GO US!  😃  YAY POOP FAN!

The thing is that took a while.  So I spent like two very uncomfortable hours in the attic.  My nose and throat got all dusty.  I had to pee.  But I was too stubborn to just come out and then go back in.  LOL  So that's what I get.

While I was up there I found a souvenir.  I have no idea how it got there, but I found a little notebook calendar thing.  It is black with colorful zodiac signs on it.  At least that's what I thought was on it.  I only had a flashlight with me.  I'll go look at it after I clean up some.  Maybe I'll even post a photo of it.  LOL  Unfortunately, it was blank (as far as I could tell), but that's ok.  Still an interesting little find.  I will admit to hiding little treasures in my house when I'm doing work on it for someone else to find - hopefully many years from now.  Gotta make life interesting, right?

For the record we put a new light fixture in the bathroom and despite how much I cleaned it earlier this week it really doesn't look clean now.  Not only because of the fan mess, but holy shit it was so dim in there I couldn't see the dirt.  I am fighting urges to go and clean it now.  Unfortunately, I gotta get to Wal-Mart so the bathroom will just have to wait.

BOOSH!  That was my night.  I feel fucking accomplished.  😃

I've mopped myself into a corner...

I've mopped myself into a corner... so...  Here I am for a few.  😝

I have not been around social media much this week.  I've been really busy around the house.  Like, literally working from the time I get off work until I go to bed, (sometimes until some crazy hour like 4 am.)

I have friends coming in from out of town this week so of course I want the house to be clean.  Generally, my house is not gross... at least I don't think so.  I can't sleep when it's cluttered and nasty so there is just a certain level of neatness that has to be maintained around here.  But of course it can always be better.

Somewhere in the midst of me getting my house "company ready" it just stopped being enough for me.  So... I've been moving things around, organizing closets... hell, I even painted my hall.  I feel very motivated at the moment, and accomplished, and I like the way things are shaping up.  I have had a really keen eye for using the space I have over the last few days.  I might post a photo of my blanket closet.  😁  I completely impressed myself with how much stuff I fit in there.  Neatly, might I add - and I can get to everything in it pretty easily so that's a plus.  😃

I would say that I'm spring cleaning, but we're in the middle of winter, so... I don't really know what it is.  But I'm gonna go with it because I don't feel like this all time and a lot of shit is getting done.  Woohoo!  😃

Now my floor is dry so I'm off to mop the other half.  Catch you later, FB.

And yes.  Yes I will come and do your house.  If you pay me.  😛

I have been really annoyed with the weather...

I have been really annoyed with the weather for the past few weeks because even though it's been pretty chilly it's also been raining a lot - BUT MOSTLY ON THE WEEKENDS. And that has been driving me nuts because I can't ride my bike or do any yard work in the rain. 🙁

While I would have rather been bike riding I am excited that me and Shaun got to work in the yard this weekend. (And yes - he wore some gloves this time!) We FINALLY have most of the limbs burned from when my trees were trimmed LAST FEBRUARY. That was SO SO much wood! We've been working on that off and on all year. My mom, too. It was redonk. 😳

I also started cleaning out the little storage building. My brother might want it and if not I'll probably just disassemble it and scrap the metal. It's in the way so it's gotta go. I am planning to have my yard landscaped in a couple of months to deal with the flooding issues I've been having so I have been REALLY REALLY anxious to get my yard ready for that. I am sure that I have plenty of time but I don't like to put things off. It lingers in the back of my mind and makes me stressy. Better for me if I go ahead and just do it.

So I am pretty happy with the yard right now. You can pretty much walk anywhere without tripping over sticks or falling over logs. The only thing you have to dodge right now is dog crap. I can live with that for now. 😃

I guess it pays to let the cats run low on food.

I guess it pays to let the cats run low on food. When you finally put some out they ALL come. Even Beyonce!

She stood about 4 feet away from me and ate some treats that I tossed to her. She watched me pet the other cats, too. Then when I walked by her she ran out of my way, but not out of sight. She is curious and less frightened. Yay!

Shaun cornered and caught her about a week ago. He thought she just needed to be petted. She bit his knuckle - HARD. I was like, "That's what you get!" 😂 I think we'll do it her way. So very slow. But that's ok.

I have considered sleeping on the couch so that I'm in her space more. So she can smell me and get to know me while I'm sleeping. I just don't really want to. But I might.

Went to Tractor Supply for some cat food...

Went to Tractor Supply for some cat food... and the girl at the register complimented my nails.  I was like "Whattt?"  They are painted a plain nude color.  They literally look like nothing.  NOTHING.

I started doing something last night, but got tired so they are totally unfinished.  Maybe I'll have time to finish them tonight.

So...

Shadow is performing at the Legend's Ball tonight. He said that one of his friends was going to record it. He might let me see it, even. 😊