Updates

It's been a while since I posted here but that's not to say I haven't been doing a lot.

First off the Field Guide got a major reworking and it's now prettier, more compact and has better, bigger pictures, so go check that out and then come back.

I've also finished the garage, I installed trim all around the windows (using my nail gun, yay for power tools). I also installed wire mold power strips under the windows and put in some slick lights all along the wooden beam that spans the length of the garage. It was all finished off with a cambridge soundworks so I can listen to my iPod while I work on stuff. All that needs to be done now is I need to sort through the mountain of crap that's piled up outside the garage and work out what is going to the dump and what is going to be allowed back in. Oh and I need to build my own bike rack since the metal one I wanted was going to cost $400 in shipping costs and it only cost $200 to start off with :(

I also made some rather spiffy street number signs so people can find the house easier, it's just corrugated plastic sheets with stick on reflective vinyl numbers and arrows, they were kinda cheap, but look great. Top tip: use liquid nails to glue the sign to the pressure treated lumber you're hammering into the ground, it works a treat and looks great from the sign side.

I continue the battle with the rats/mice in the guest house. I think I may have it nailed now. The wiley meeces had gotten wise to the have a heart traps, then they got wise to the snippety snappy traps so I finally lamented and put out poison, and then they go and steal the stuff and hike off with it! We put the cats in there when we have guests or a party so I was worried the cats would find the poison we couldn't so I went full Jihad on the little furry buggers (the mice not the cats!) and tore the kitchen apart in there, it was old and crusty anyway and I think I found where they were coming in, there was a huge hole in the drywall where the pipes for the kitchen sink come in so I patched it up and then spackled it all smooth(ish) and put a small kitchen cabinet (the only one not really demolished) over the pipes. It looks a whole lot better now but there's no kitchen sink. We decided to leave it like that for now, but if we ever do finish it off, we're going to put in laminate hardwood floors on the ground floor and get some IKEA free standing kitchen stuff for it. It'll look really great, but we're trying to cut back on spending right now, so just having it rat free will be nice :)

I've also done the usual yard work and trimmed all down the driveway, but as always there's lots more to do.