After sleeping in and having a late breakfast, Efiwym, my wife, and I were back outside to finish our stump removal project. All was left was cutting off the roots to detach the remaining stumps from them. Efiwym would pull the stumps away so I could get a good whack at the roots with my…
-
-
After hacking away for about an hour without success, I decided to return the axe. When I got to the hardware store, I told the cashier that I wanted to return the axe. What happened next, really pissed me off… The cashier got on the PA system and asked for Brian. I knew Brian. He…
-
I think I mentioned it before that I hate landscaping. I do not like cutting the grass or taking care of anything that grows in dirt. I like a nice lawn, so I put my focus on that area. I cut it and weed and feed it. Occasionally, I will repair it. Efiwym, my wife,…
-
DIY Project – Garage Corner Shelf Efiwym, my wife, and I like having the ability to park both cars in the garage. We still use it to store some outdoor items. I have installed shelves for containers of car cleaners, oils, weed killers and home goods, such as paper towels, toilet paper and paper plates.…
-
When I ran underground wire for our front post light, I installed a GFCI box where the wire came out of the house. The GFCI outlet never worked. I did some troubleshooting initially, but I could not solve the problem. That was 34 years ago. Yes, 34 years ago. I walked by that GFCI for…
-
I think it was over a month before the GFCI tripped again. You could imagine that things Efiwym, my wife, wanted to say to me. She had that look on her face that I was so familiar with when she told me the GFCI tripped. I had spent about $150 trying to solve this problem. …
-
Now that I was focused on the GFCI outlet, I needed to see if it indeed was the problem. I checked the GFCI outlet with a voltmeter. I noticed that you needed to press the probes deeply into the outlet slots to get the voltmeter to read. The outlet was over 35 years old, so…
-
Several months ago, we had a problem with our cordless toothbrushes. The batteries would no longer charge. We had them for several years, so I was not surprised that the batteries were going bad. I did the normal troubleshooting. I cleaned the base of the charger and the bottom of the toothbrush and tried to…
-
After painting the powder room, Efiwym, my wife, was still not happy with one wall. Maybe I was going blind, but I was not seeing what she was seeing. She claimed she could see the old paint coming through the new paint. Relying on this trite cliche, “Happy wife, happy life,” I repainted the wall.…
-
For months my wife, Efiwym, has hinted that she wanted the powder room painted. She was willing to help with the rolling on the paint, as long as I could cut in the trim. Since I finished the cabinet doors, I decided it was time to check this item off my “Honey Do” list. I…