Two Random Bits of Yesterday

I had to replace the water filter, about half-way through its natural life. During my shower yesterday, the flow slowed to a trickle. I was expecting to just dump out the extra sediment that gets stirred up, 400 feet down, whenever we get excessive rain, but the filter was done. Hopefully the replacement will last more than a few days. Of course, since I was not expecting to replace the filter, I didn't prepare a quantity of water to rinse it out. Had to go use the neighbor's hose, which probably did a better job than a bucket or two of rinse water.

At lunch I noticed a man and woman at a corner booth with somewhere between 6 and 60 kids. The adults got up and left, the woman ordering two of the kids, maybe ages 3 and 6, back to the table despite requests to go to the bathroom. The adults walked out of the restaurant. I noticed they were outside talking, smoking cigarettes. The kids, without adults, sat on the top of the seat backs, ran down between the rows of tables and so on.

The Wrecking Crew

When I received the kubb game from Lee Valley I checked out some other stuff there and built up a wish list. After thinking on it, I ordered one of the items myself.

The heavy-duty wrecking bar arrived today, and has already removed more square footage of boards than we have with other tools in the previous year or more of our working on Justin's room. Easily. Without breaking a sweat. In my business casual work clothes, no less. No struggle, no push and shove, and - for Justin - no whacking a pry bar into your nose with excessive force.

So now it comes down to buying 4x8' sheets of 3/4" plywood. If I could get all 20 sheets at once, we could have the flooring done before Justin goes on vacation. At the least, we will be able to get back on the current, much delayed schedule - putting down 4 sheets a month. I expect we might even be able to speed it up a bit.

All that means that some planning is now needed. Framing, electrical, and so forth. I know roughly what we're going to do - Deb summed it up when I asked if she had any concerns or ideas: as much room as possible, leaving some storage off to the side.

Anyway - project on schedule, potential to move ahead, much more hopeful about the whole thing getting done - guess that proves the old adage to use the right tool for the job.