Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Better Cleaning Through Robotics

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I just got a used Roborock S7 robot vacuum cleaner and mop .  For $100 used, how could I refuse? Overall the setup took a bit of time.  I do...
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Thursday, December 01, 2022

Some Outside Home Wiring Repair

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We had an "invisible" fence installed last winter for the dogs. Partially due to my surgery talking me off the dog walking roster....
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Sunday, June 05, 2022

Cleaning Around The House Under Pressure

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So This Weekend we did some exterior clean-up, weeding and replanting. I had purchased a pressure washer at Aldi, a Ferrex Compact electrica...
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Tuesday, February 08, 2022

Piper And The China Olympic Games

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Piper, in addition to being 75% Airedale and 25% Poodle, seems to have some mountain goat in her.  She does like to take the high ground.   ...
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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Bail! Bail! Man The Pumps!

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But sadly there were no pumps to be manned so we had to get the water out manually. We happened to get a rain storm in earlier this week tha...
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Saturday, July 10, 2021

Of Smokers And Smoke Alarms

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It's a do-stuff-around-the-house-day today. First, I'm smoking a brisket for a party with friends tomorrow. Its going to be a 12-hou...
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Thursday, June 24, 2021

A Little Hosta And Chill Action

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This morning we had some visitors to the backyard.  Mommy and fawn strolled right in, nibbled on some hostas and then headed into the treeli...
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Sunday, August 02, 2020

Tired But Lots More Organized

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Well today was a clean-up and reorganizing day.  Since there was scattered thunderstorms and rain coming through we stayed home and got to c...
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Sunday, June 07, 2020

The House: All Your Weekend Belong To Us

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So yesterday I had more of a workout with the crushed granite. Lining the side of the house: This took quite a lot to get it done, but it...
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Thursday, June 04, 2020

Home & Personal Improvement: I'll Feel That In The Morning

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Today provided plenty of exercise. A friend has a landscape supply company and we've want to do some landscape improvements, and it...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Success: Smoked Brisket For Dinner

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Total Cook Time: 10 hours, 4 minutes, including an annoying stall that required the use of the Texas Crutch (ye olde aluminum foil) to get t...

Working From Home, So Might As Well Getting My Smoking On For Dinner

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Since I'm working from home, I might as well do some food smoking since I can be here to give it the attention that it requires. This o...
Monday, January 21, 2019

Home Upgrades: The Impressive Orbi

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I had setup our home wifi about 7years ago. It has been running rather slowly, especially now that the kids have discovered Netflix on thei...
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Saturday, January 12, 2019

So. Much. Hair.

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Today at the House was plumbing drain cleaning day. Yes, the kids' bathroom sink and shower had a slow drain as did our shower. There h...
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Monday, December 10, 2018

When 10-Year Batteries Aren't

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The battery on the First Alert smoke detector advertises itself as having a 10-year life from date of activation. This is handy as you can ...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

A Sinking Feeling - Fun With Faucets

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Tash had commented that the faucets in the bathroom were looking kinda past their prime. Indeed they were, the plating had rubbed off and th...
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Friday, June 15, 2018

How Much Is That Doggie-Broken Window?

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Came home from work to this: \> Jett, you see, is rather affronted by squirrels who think they can just go gallivant about his backya...
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Monday, June 11, 2018

NEST, Now With Plugin Power

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While all internalized attempts at adding a C-wire failed miserably, the wall plug in 24v adapter did work. Of course it wasn't as si...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Backyard Visitors

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There's lot's of wildlife to be found hanging around the yard today: Chipmunks: A black squirrel: a red squirrel: A black squi...
Monday, June 04, 2018

Smart Theromastats Aren't

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After the joy of Saturday there had to be a balancing act on Sunday. Our thermostat had gone T.U. over the winter - that's Thermostat U...
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