Sleeping like no ones business.

Looks like ole Luke is a wee bit sleepy.

Getting into a new routine.

The job started yesterday and didn’t get finished till this evening. Every time we thought we were making headway, 2-3 hours would fly by trying to figure out what was wrong. First problem for example occurred when I cut a hole in the wall the size of a single gang box. Soon as I busted through the plaster wall a plethora of what I thought was walnut shavings come pouring out of the wall. Imagine a waterfall of foam pellets falling out of the wall nonstop and you’ll have an idea of what it looked like. After filling up 4 trash bags worth (52 gallons) we put a ton of paper up in the hole to stop the flow of “insulation” from leaving out house.

The second problem happened when we wanted to run wire for the rear left surround. Being that the wall was an outside wall normally wouldn’t be a problem, but how they built the house was the problem. We have an old HVAC unit and the way one air return was done, they nailed sheet metal to two floor joists which form a canal and then trunk it off from there. For us to run our wire down the wall and into the basement we’d have to remove a portion of the sheet metal, drill a hole up, and then fish the wire. Well, ended up being that the edge of the wall in the basement wasn’t the outside wall, but the inside wall. Seems that the outside walls of the house are 2×6 and not 2×4, since we were already battling sheet metal and our HVAC unit we declared defeat and routed on the back inside wall.

Third problem crept up while installing the right rear surround speaker. Turned out to be a cross beam that was placed about 3 inches above the baseboards and was blocking our path to run the wire. So, we decided to break out some plaster and route the speaker wire around the board. This worked out very well since plaster is so thick and all we have to do now is put a blank wall plate over it (spackling comes later).

Now mind you, these are plaster walls that we’re talking about. So no matter how careful you are with your cutting, it’s going to chip in chunks whether you want it too or not. Plus since drywall is a joy compared to plaster, installing an electrical box becomes a challenge (due to slats and plaster).

So we have everything installed and now we want to do our faux stucco more than ever, because of how shitty the area’s look around the outlets.

Oh well, pics to come later and we’re well on our way to getting familiar with all areas of this house. Hell, I’m just happy 2 walnuts came out of the wall this time instead of the 6 gallons worth.

There was one victim among us during this whole story and that was the ole pups. Poor fella, didn’t get all the lovin’s that he usually gets for the day.

Bub’s on his way back home.

Took Lucas to the dog park and played in the rain for a little while, then grab iced coffees at our favorite coffee shop. What a fun morning!

He started digging really quickly and with great intensity until he pulled back with a big fat gray mole in his mouth.

I said, “Drop it!” and he dropped it on the ground immediately. The poor critter was close to death, cause its hind legs were moving. I had to quickly say “good boy” to Luke so he would know what he did wasn’t bad. Well as I went in closer to look, Lucas darted down real quick and he had that mole right back in his mouth. This time when he dropped it, it wasn’t moving.

I think his taste of blood he got while kenneled at the vet gave him that lust for furry flesh. He apparently found a nest of baby bunnies and devoured them.

Silly dog.

Crashing Before Big Papa

okay okay, sleeping animals are cute, but coupled with sleeping spouses is just beyond cute!

That happened tonight when he tried to hump me. See, I saw him get his second wind and come at me at full speed. I usually dodge him and grab his toy and he’ll shake the shit out of it. Nope not this time. He jumped up at me and I turned to my side and I felt his front legs grab me. I was like ‘what the jeff you doin’?’ and I realized in a split second he was trying to hump me.

So I threw him to the side, grabbed his head and humped at his face (ya know, to see how he liked it). He didn’t care for that and came at me again, this time from the front. So I threw him down again and got behind him to give him a taste of his medicine. He really REALLY didn’t like that (he tried to nip at me). When he came at me the last time, I decided that instead of stooping to his level I put the claw to his neck and put him down on the floor on his back. I let him lay there till he calmed down.

So glad he’s neutered cause you know his dong would be all flopping about while squirting nastiness all over the place. Not to mention MY CLOTHES!!!

So gross in all ways.