One positive thing you accomplished today...

More work on the trailer. But, the good news is a finally figured out what I'm going to use to skin the outside of the trailer, roles of galvanized steel screwed to beams. Then I'll fill in the screw heads so they cannot be easily removed. I may also spot weld every so often to make it really difficult.

I wanted to go with steel to help keep bears and other animals from clawing their way inside. I used heavier sheet steel for the bottom and sealed it up on both the inside and the outside. I want to make it as water tight as I can.

I cut, split and stacked a decent quantity of ash firewood. There's a lot more where that came from.....a sizable tree that a thunderstorm knocked down two years ago.
Also, this is the first week since early June that I haven't been preoccupied with baking 40 loaves of bread in time for the Saturday farmers market. Last Saturday was the last of the season. Twenty weeks of baking bread and cookies......as much as I like it, both the making of the products and the Saturday morning selling of them, it's a relief to be unburdened with meeting my self imposed quota.
But the subtext is that I'll be missing the once-a-week regular social contact with the other vendors and my regular customers.

I did something… Oh, and I did another thing.

I drew "my own car", it is reboot of one model made in 90s ..... It looks cool. Shame I can't sell my drawing and make it a real life model. But I had fun with drawing.

Walked in some woods.

Did the parkrun this morning despite perpetual low energy levels! Didn’t get too great a time, but I’m ok with my efforts.

I started splitting a cord of wood last weekend. I finished it today. I even cleaned up after myself.

MrLonely86 said:

I drew "my own car", it is reboot of one model made in 90s ..... It looks cool. Shame I can't sell my drawing and make it a real life model. But I had fun with drawing.

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I used to carve models from balsa. I carved one in the 80s that had some features they use today. Alas, I set that hobby aside. It might be fun to take it up again and display my designs in the house.

You might want to frame your drawing and hang it on the wall. Who knows. Maybe Elon Musk will drop by, see it and take an interest.

I retaliated against my neighbors yesterday. I think they thought I gave up. But, nope. I will continue to become more and more retaliatory. I think they got the message though. They were quite right after I did my thing and all day today. That was very unusual.

Finally cleaned my house from top to bottom.

A hint of a smile

I went a long way to repairing a skylight that a hailstorm demolished seven months ago. I've had an unsightly "bandaid" covering up the hole that I made out of a salvaged piece of indoor wall paneling and a waterproof tarp.
Now there's a robust 2X4 frame with tightly fitted 1X6's covering the opening where the skylight used to be........pressure treated wood of course. I have a big piece of metal roofing a contractor whom I know gave to me.....tomorrow I'll cut it to size and bend the four edges to fit over the frame. The skylight in the roof is gone but no future hailstorm is likely break through what I've built.

constant stranger said:

I went a long way to repairing a skylight that a hailstorm demolished seven months ago. I've had an unsightly "bandaid" covering up the hole that I made out of a salvaged piece of indoor wall paneling and a waterproof tarp.
Now there's a robust 2X4 frame with tightly fitted 1X6's covering the opening where the skylight used to be........pressure treated wood of course. I have a big piece of metal roofing a contractor whom I know gave to me.....tomorrow I'll cut it to size and bend the four edges to fit over the frame. The skylight in the roof is gone but no future hailstorm is likely break through what I've built.

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I really don't like skylights. They are way more trouble then they are worth.

Finished said:

I really don't like skylights. They are way more trouble then they are worth.

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The fewer holes in the roof, the better.

constant stranger said:

The fewer holes in the roof, the better.

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ABSOLUTELY! I learned that a long time ago. I avoid putting any holes in the roof, screws, or mounts if at all possible.

Finished said:

ABSOLUTELY! I learned that a long time ago. I avoid putting any holes in the roof, screws, or mounts if at all possible.

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Screws and mounts walls only then?

Joined the forum.

Hek said:

Joined the forum.

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Well hello

Claudia1794 said:

Screws and mounts walls only then?

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Yep. I made an antenna mount that attaches to the wall, goes out, then up, then back in, and then up into the air in order to avoid putting a hole in the roof.

Hek said:

Joined the forum.

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Welcome to the forum!