Manual labor

[spedbug]

I have a new-found respect for my husband. Today, we jackhammered the basement floor and exposed the sewer line so we could tie into it for the powder room addition. I ran the jackhammer some, removed the pieces of concrete and shovelled the dirt. After MrBug cut through the old cast iron and removed a 3 - 4' section, we hooked up new 3" PVC pipe and fittings. It was back-breaking, sweaty, disgusting work but something I'll probably never have to do again. MrBug did it for over 20 years and still, on occasion (when unreliable men don't show up or just quit on him and something's scheduled), he'll still do it.

God bless manual laborers!

I'll probably post pictures, later.

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[spedbug.livejournal.com]

I love your new icon. I think I've just now started remembering who you are in BC but it'll be nice to be reminded. :)

It was an evening for strong smells. In the beginning part of the day, MrBug and I put a second coat of stain/polyeurethane on the floor-to-ceiling bookcase he built for Savagefuzzball's room

After letting it dry outside in the sunshine all day, we carried it in and set it up in her room (as you can see it still needs the box frame support installed, the bottom shelf put in, the "false front" at the bottom applied and the brace-to-wall bracket put in). Late last night, SFB came in to our bedroom and complained that the smell of the bookcase was making her throat hurt. Hopefully she'll be able to sleep in there, tonight. As you said, sometimes even opening windows and running a fan doesn't get rid of a smell very well.

[reggiesgirl2.livejournal.com]

Oh, whether it's still smelly or not, tell her I'm jealous of her new bookcase! Beautiful!

[spedbug.livejournal.com]

I finally pulled stacks of books out from underneath my bed. Her baby bookcase is emptied and in the basement. Yay!