Mr. Johnson

This past weekend was crazy busy with my sister Nini coming into town. We kicked things off with a Jack Johnson show on Friday. The whole experience almost took a turn for the worse when we got to the gate and realized that instead of having two concert tickets, we had a ticket and a receipt. I took off the wrong stinking piece of paper! Thankfully the concert-goers behind us had an extra and gave it to us. Saved by the strangers! The show started right when we walked in, so we were quick to find our spot on the lawn...surrounded by the smell of...as Nini described...burning icing, burning trash, fruit and Spencers and drunk middle aged people grinding on each other. hum. Next up, rain. Not just a little rain, I'm talking torrential downpour...with zero umbrellas. I came prepared and splashed around in my rainboots, but Nini got stuck in some mud in her flippy floppies. Even with all of the rain, we still danced and sang along at the top of our lungs.



Jack Johnson made it rain...on dem hoes. ha. Love.

Outlet Time

This weekend I decided to get started on my outlets. My exacto knife is currently on loan, so at first I tried an old steak knife to make the hole larger. Burrt! Didn't get anywhere with it, so after a little bit of thought I decided to use my Dremel tool with the cutting attachment.


The smart thing to do is to turn the power off, especially with the potential of metal touching one of wires and getting shocked...I mean hello, you don't stick forks in the toaster. If I cut the electricity, I wouldn't be able to see since the light is connected to the same breaker, so I took my chances and worked very slow and steady.

This was the beginning of the carving. I needed to cut away all of the bead board that was covering up the "mickey mouse ears" of the outlets..basically the upper and lower portions of the outlet where you put the anchor screws. This picture shows the anchor screws on the lower portion of the outlet.


This picture shows the amount I had to carve from the upper portion to reveal the anchor screws. Looks rough, but it will be covered with the outlet switch once the switches are moved outwards.


This picture shows the desired outcome. The original anchor screws have been removed on the switch on the right and by doing so, it allowed the switch to be brought outwards and become flush with the bead boarding. The outlet on the left is the original position of the switch...far too recessed into the wall. Next step is to get longer screws to hold the switches into the new position.


This task also had to be conducted on the electrical outlet.


Next steps, get my tools back, remove old anchor screws and replace with longer screws.

Yay for not getting electrocuted!

Love.

What's New?

So what's new?

The bathroom is still under construction, although manageable. I was waiting on my parents to come down to Georgia to help me finish the mess I created, but their travel dates keep getting pushed further and further out. I've decided to try and do some little things before their arrival. The first task is to cut out a bigger hole around the outlets and bring the outlets out so they're flush against the bead board and NOT the drywall. A friend at work showed me a trick to move the "mickey mouse ears" of the outlet out instead of having to move the whole electrical box out. I'll take a lot of pictures this weekend when I start. Second task to do is put up the trim around the top of the bead board. Right now its a rigid, crooked, brown line across the whole bathroom...a bit of a mess, but it will be hidden under the trim. My friend Sean at work let me borrow his nail gun and compressor, so cross your fingers that the nails go into the trim and not my hand :)

My sister Nini comes into town on the 20th, so I may recruit her to help. Heck! She helped me start this mess, she should help me finish too!

Going to be a busy month.

Love.