Renovation Adventures made progress today. I finished up the basement insulation. Then I hung the plastic barrier all around. When I finished I felt like I just made a kill room for Dexter. Ha. I’ll get it swept out later and clear the tools. Time to prep for the next stage. That is laying the subfloor. Problem is my chiropractor indicated to me today I may have strained a disk. Or sprained. I probably did that a few days ago when I went out and zipped up those logs with the chainsaw and added the bits to the wood pile. I’m supposed to take it easy for the next few days. We shall see how that goes. I have four run days left to finish up a six week running program. Almost too close to take that break. . I did buy a carry handle to help me carry the sheets of OSB from the shop to the truck to the basement.

Renovation Adventures picked up today, though a bit light. I went around the property line and staked out the markers with something more permanent. I painted old metal fence posts yellow and put them in around the perimeter. When you spend the money I spent for the survey you don’t want to ever forget where those boundaries are. Then I pulled out about 80 feet of wire fence from an old goat pen. It’s fun to use the ATV to assist. I suppose in the old days I’d use a horse or two. Moved on to the patio. I finally got around to sealing it up with Thompson’s Water Seal, sidewalk too. I’m hoping this will also keep water slowly dripping through to the garage below. I’m open for ideas on what to do next on this area. Mosquito’s can be a bit much during the summer. Do I paint the deck a color or design? The sun can be pretty intense too. But it’s nice to sit out there.

Renovation Adventures was quite shocking today. Yep. Electrical work. So I decide to replace the outlets down there as the existing ones were quite worn looking. I shut the breaker off and proceed to dismantle the outlet box. This particular box has one incoming and two outgoing runs. As I start to put things back together I get a nice buzzing zap. The first time I thought I just jabbed my thumb on the sharp end of the wire because I turned off the breaker. It happens again. Now I’m awake and am wondering what the hell is going on. It took me awhile but I figured out there were two breakers running thru there. The black run was what I was working on. Yet there was also a red wire belonging to a different breaker. Yep. Once I got it all sorted out all went together pretty good.It was an exercise in patience. It kinda reminded me of praying. Often I’ll sit there and pray and meditate and my mind will wander. Imagine what would happen if we got a jolt each time that happened. I was able to go on and finish up the rest of the outlets. Tomorrow I will need to go buy two more and a few box covers.

It’s time for another Renovation Adventures. Tonight I had to repair some leaks on the outside of the house after discovering water entering in the basement there. Got that patched up. We’ll see how that goes after some snow and rain tonight and tomorrow. After dinner I went down and ripped out the rest of the ceiling. I discovered a heat duct actually not connected and was made to rest on the drywall ceiling. Smh. Ethan calls that Mickey moused. I then found an old Trojan, a fuzzy dice and an old statement from Columbia House from 1991 asking why the music hadn’t been paid for.