Tackle It Tuesday #4

Job #1 - I had planned to take “before” photos of my truck with the canopy still on it, but forgot to… sigh. Oh well, the important part is here. My friend Dan came over about noon and helped me take the canopy off. Then together (him doing most of the work) we built a rack on the truck. I won’t have my dog ride in the back of the truck without protection, so this will keep her safe from jumping or falling out. In the case of a bad crash it won’t help much, but neither would the cracked fiberglass canopy. I’ll likely put the canopy back on for winter to keep her out of the wind, but in summer I want her to be as cool as possible. Mostly, unless I am going “point A to point B”, I have to leave Reba home in summer as it’s too hot to leave an animal in the truck. With this though, it won’t be any hotter for her than if she was home in her run, so I will be able to take her with me even if she has to stay in the truck awhile before or after visiting the dog park for a walk and play in the water.

It wasn't until I was posting these that I realized I hadn't taken a photo when we finished working on it. Geeeeeezzz. Guess I'll have to go take one early in the morning when it's light out (it's Monday night as I work on this post) and take a pic of how it is now, to edit it into this post (so if you're reading it before I add the last pic, don't forget to come back). I think it looks pretty cool so far, but it's not finished yet. We ran out of material before we had it all done. It still needs a gate on the back of it... then my "Redneck Rotti Hauler" will be complete... then I will post the finished product too.


Job #2 - While he was here, Dan put up a satalite dish for me, too. Since I have cable and watch too much TV already, I didn't think I needed a satalite system, but he thought I did, so it's up and running now, hah The ladder was on the tailgate of my truck to get him high enough to do this.



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Tackle It Tuesday #3

It's late Tuesday night (early Wednesday morning) as I post this. I didn't do a Tackle It Tuesday in time for Tuesday because I simply didn't have the time. Well, that's not totally true, I guess I did have the time, but chose to use it tackling some work here instead of on the internet. I've found that I'm spending far too much time doing these "posting jobs" lately. First you have to plan and do the post, then you have to surf around the net reading other people's posts and leaving them messages so they will come to your blog and read your post. Whew, that can take a big chunk out of the day.

So today I used that "blog time" to actually do some work. I forgot to take a picture of it, but will quickly tell you... I don't have garbage pickup here, I take it to the dump myself from time to time. During the winter this year I "stock piled" the garbage in my carport. You see, last winter I put it all into my utility trailer and in the spring took it to the dump. When I was weighed it came to over $21 she wanted... YIKES! The garbage was wet so weighed a lot more than it should have. So this winter I kept it all in where it would stay dry. Today I put all that into the trailer, and cleaned up some from outside too. So the trailer is about 1/3 full now. I have other garbage to sort and load yet, including branches and that kind of thing, then will take it all to the dump and get rid of it. I also swept the front steps. I didn't do all that much, but it sure looks a lot better. I plan to get more done soon.

I hope everyone else had a good and productive Tackle It Tuesday. I hope to get a timely post up next week, so wish me luck on that one.
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Tackle It Tuesday #2

Last week I made an "introductory" post, but this is the first post I've actually done for Tackle It Tuesday where I show some photos of a project I did. I started a few others this week too, but due to challenges with my back I was unable to walk for 2 days, so got rather behind. So this is the only one where I can truly say "I Did It".


In the fall someone gave me several "garbage bags" full of nice clean straw. It was for my chickens, and I did use a lot of it in the chicken house, but left some of it in the back of the truck (in storage) and the dog managed to rip open the bags with her nails just by walking on them every time we went anywhere. This was okay as it gave her lots of straw for comfort when going for a ride with me all winter. There's a lot more straw in there than you can see in this photo. Tools, ropes, antifreeze, and several other "things" ended up in there too. On one trip I had a flat tire and couldn't change it as the spare was rusted on to the rack underneath the truck. So I got my mechanic to get it free for me and it also ended up in the back of the truck.


I need to get a frame made to attach the tire to the side of the box, and will do that soon. I also need to wash it all out in there to remove the last of the straw and of course any dirt. The outside water is not yet turned on here, but soon will be, so the last of this job will have to wait until then. I like to leave the antifreeze bottle in there and will ad some water to it too. You never know when you might need these things when driving somewhere. I would like to get a box in there some day for keeping tools and such in, just in case. Even if I don't know how to fix stuff, someone might come along and be able to help me if I have the tools.

The chicken, in case you're wondering, is Bismallah. I found her (January 20) as a tiny chick, almost dead, and raised her in the house where she still lives until it's a bit warmer out than it is yet. She spends time outside most days now, but is still inside in her cage at night. She's a real little pet. For her story and early photos, click here.... then here. Or you can just go to My Critters (link is under Labels in the sideboard) where those 2 posts are as well as others that include the growing of Bismallah.


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Wishing you all a wonderful day!!

Gonna Get 'R Done

With only 10 minutes left of Tuesday, I am a bit late with this post but I wanted to make it anyway. Why? Just to let you all know of my commitment. I've decided to join this meme as a way to clean up my home. Hey, I need support with a few things in my life. I do most things alone, so it's nice to join in with others that are doing the same thing, to motivate myself by sharing my accomplishments with others.

Today I didn't do any house work, but I did have a very busy day. I went to town. One thing I was supposed to do was song rehearsal with pianist Hannah, but had to cancel that.

So, first thing I did in town was go to my insurance agent. The insurance had run off my truck Sunday night and I'd forgotten to renew it, so I had to drive the truck in today with no insurance on it. This is the first time I've ever done something like this, but hey, there's a first time for everything. Hopefully this will also be the last time.

After that, I ran a few errands, including: bought chicken feed, deposited a couple small cheques I'd been given to reimburse me for things I bought for "The Centre" (my church), got a new bank card to replace the one I misplaced. Jut boring stuff like that.

Next I was off to the gym to work out. Today I did a different routine from my usual. I just did the recumbent exercise bike for 35 minutes. Yup, that's all. My low back has been very sore the last few days, as it does tend to get at times with the "issues" it has, and my deltoid muscles are hurting from the workouts I've been doing. I must admit I've had some occasional problems with my deltoids since the motor vehicle accident I was in that caused my body a lot of trauma, in January 1983, so they are a "weak spot" for me. So, I'm taking it easy on the "ol' bod" for a few days. After that I got talking to Charlie, she's one of the Personal Trainers there. She weighed me and all that stuff and we talked about how my workouts are going, how I'm feeling about them and in general, how my diet is... stuff like that. She's recommended some stretches for me to do to minimize the muscle pain, and that I ad some salt to my drinking water. Charlie also said I'm not eating enough!!! I never thought I'd ever hear anyone say that, my family has always told me I eat too much. She wants me to eat 3 meals and 2 - 3 snacks every day, and we talked about ways for me to get organized enough to do this. Looking at my workout log, I noticed that in the last 21 days I've been to the gym to work out exactly 10 times. Not bad!

After the gym I went to Subway and grabbed a 6" sub sandwich, toasted of course, then off to a Board Meeting at The Centre. We've been having some extra meetings lately to get ready for our AGM which will be on Sunday after the service. While there I also did some computer work on the Membership List and the Sunday Program. It was after 10:00 this evening when I got home. I relaxed and watched some TV (Boston Legal, then the local news). Now I'm on the computer again.

So, this Tuesday I tackled a busy day in my life! Now to tackle the mess my home has become and make it into a place I can be proud of. Joining Tackle It Tuesday is the first step on this journey.