well, today was supposed to be the first day on the job for the floor refinisher, but apparently he had to fire one of his assistants and is therefore a whole day behind schedule. he'll start tomorrow.
however, i didn't know this little tidbit before i asked to have the day off, so -yay!- i have a bonus free day to play.
well, not totally free... i had to go fulfill a work obligation first. i love going to the bose store. i always want to sign over my whole paycheck and just tell them to go load up my car. (or my front seat, anyway... my paycheck wouldn't buy a trunk's worth of their stuff.)
anyway, when i was done there i snuck over to hecht's (which i admit i'm fully addicted to) and browsed through the jewelry (which i'm also addicted to) and some clothes (ditto). i actually bought a pair of beige corduroys (which i'm not addicted to, but felt nostalgic about since i haven't worn any since middle school), a pair of green denim slacks, and an ultra-groovy white button-down shirt with a big collar and crazy white ribbony-applique squiggles over one shoulder. sweet.
when i got home, i fixed a quick pb&j (jed bartlett ate one on 'the west wing' last night and i wanted to feel a little presidential), did a little work-from-home (aah, the life of a webmaster) and started calling pawn shops... i was looking for a compound miter saw and an automatic nailer so i can begin putting down the baseboards in the bathroom.
when lisa & i put the floor down, the pergo instructions said to leave 1/2" gap between the floor & the wall, so that's what we did... and now i've got a giant gap that i need to fill with moulding. lots of moulding. which requires a miter saw. conveniently, i've wanted one for a looooong time (i drool over them whenever i enter the mall through sears) and this is a wonderful excuse to go ahead and buy one. and a nailer, too.
lemme tell ya something, though. if you're gonna go buy something at a pawn shop, try "affordable jewelry & pawn" first. they're over at cole mill road & hillsborough street, just behind the cook-out. the guys in there were totally nice, and gave me lots of good advice on which of their 6 (!!) miter saws i should buy. (and only one of the guys was creepy, too. and only mildly-creepy at that. an added bonus.)
so, yes, i did it. i now own a 10" delta compound miter saw! RAWK! (i didn't like the looks of any of the nailers they had in stock at the pawn shop, though. so i'll either do it by hand, or scope the nailers out in the home depot tomorrow.)
i'm so excited to use the saw... i can hardly wait to go buy wood. perhaps that's the first thing i'll do after i let the floor refinisher into the house tomorrow morning. i hope to start putting the baseboards down this weekend.
i also need to sand the edges of the plaster-work in the bedroom. the plasterer did a fanstastic job last week, but there are a few rough spots, which he said to use a random orbital sander on. (thanks, sarah! :) i'll try to do that this weekend, too... depending on what shape the the floors are in when the refinisher leaves.
now you can see why i need a vacation at the beach next week... too much damn work on the house!!
Posted by xta at November 20, 2003 2:51 PM | TrackBack