Short Update – Many Changes
Well, it’s been a while since I last posted. The last post was about fixing an oil leak on one of my motorcycles. I’ll post a follow up or two in a ...
Category: Family
Basement Remodel – Part 4 – Floors
The floor in the basement is just a poured concrete floor. It’s in pretty good shape with only a few cracks. But it’s boring. So we decided to jazz ...
Basement Remodel – Part 3 – Ceilings
We decided that the simplest way to deal with the exposed beams in the basement was to cover them up with a suspended ceiling. I measured all the rooms and used...
Basement Remodel – Part 2 – Egress Windows
We thought it might be a good idea to have some egress windows installed – both from an emergency egress standpoint and also to let some more light into t...
Basement Remodel – Part 1 – Sheetrock
No idea how many parts I’m going to break this into. At least three. Anyway. We knew we wanted to finish out the basement in the new house. Someone had st...
Bought a New House
This is the first of several posts about the new house we just moved to. We bought a 1961 vintage rambler on about 2 acres just North of Stillwater, MN. The ups...
Miata Brakes and other Misc
This weekend I put new front brake pads and rotors on the Miata. The old pads were pretty worn.
Busy Car Work Weekend
This weekend I did a bunch of maintenance on the Subaru and the Miata. I started out with the Subaru. Since we’ve been having some overheating issues when...
Miata Mods and Upgrades – A Quickie
Yesterday I installed an LED light strip in the trunk of the Miata. The stock light is in the rear wall, down low and doesn’t illuminate the trunk at all ...
Camper Upgrades – Part Four: Solar Power!
Yesterday I was able to install the solar panel on the camper. I’ve been wanting to add some solar panels to the camper so we can “boondock” c...