DH is getting burned out (DIY reno)
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Comments (16)7000ft, I am totally convinced you ought to write a book. Your family sounds very interesting and it sounds like you all work as a cooperative of sorts. How much of your food do you produce? The tomatoes that I grow are primarily for sauce, so I use Roma-type tomatoes. They are odd-looking, being long and quite large. The variety I grew this year was Super San Marzano. I've tried some others, but this one is the best. The sauce-type tomatoes are awesome for making sauce. They are very meaty with minimal juice and seeds. Making sauce is a breeze because you can skip the steps for squeezing the juice and seeds out. According to the catalogs, some varieties have pectin in them that helps to thicken the sauce. We ended up with 25 jars of sauce in the freezer. That is a record for us, so we are pleased! That's 25 dinners during ski season that I don't have to cook. :) I also grow a cherry tomato and some sandwich-type tomatoes. I've had good luck with Early Wonder, which is early yet tasty. (way better than early girl!) Inside the GH we enjoy our first tomatoes in mid-July. Without the GH we are lucky to get any red tomatoes at all. I'm sure it's the same for you. My gardening efforts are pretty much solo, but my husband was instrumental in building the GH and in helping look after things as needed. He is an expert at raising seedlings because I tend to travel a lot in the spring. He also built a root cellar and he is fully on board with our quest to grow as much food as possible. It's a bit of an oddball pursuit, so I'm happy that he's into it!...See MoreNeed help getting out half a tick from DH's back!
Comments (18)I've heard to use a lighted cigarette, candle, etc. and to move it very slowly toward the little bugger ... which gives the critter the idea that this is not a pleasant place to be, and to decide to back out and take up residence elsewhere. Hitting it with a hot pin is something like hitting you over the head with a 2" X 4" - causes some major trauma, which may result in the puking that some refer to - can't tell that by me, one way or the other. Using fingernails, tweezer, etc. usually results in separation of head and body, which is hugely traumatic to the beast ... even more so than for the human. Better to have him/her get the idea to leave voluntarily. But - neither of those options are available now, for the body of the critter has been removed. So the head is no longer thinking and sending messages to the body to cause it to move. I like the idea of using the peroxide, if you have some. And keep an eye on the situation - as folks said, if a redness appears ... .. hie thee to the doctor for medication. You may figure that it's a better idea to have the doctor deal with it now ... and likely I'd be more likely to visit the doctor than you in such a situation, for I don't have to pull out my wallet when making such a visit. I suspect that the possibility of getting Lyme's is rather slim, but I don't know whether it's important to get rid of that head right now (or whether the damage may already have been done). And I don't know whether it's O.K. that one should leave treatment until that rash appears. That seems to be the course that knowledgeable people around here follow, however, if that is of interest to you. Sorry that I can't offer more specific advice. I'll probably get about a half dozen or so of 'em on me in the garden/yard/farm this summer - have candles available in case the power takes its leave on occasion ... haven't smoked since I was about 16 (for about 6 mos. - and I'd have fewer assets today had I decided to continue). Quite likely poorer health, as well (were I still alive) ... as my family has some weak-lung problems. ole joyful...See Morestressed out from DIY kitchen reno---help me keep the faith.
Comments (13)Renovation Sanity Recipe: 100 lbs of HUMOR, 50 lbs of SELF DEPRECATION (to ignite more humor) 20 cups of EXAGGERATION his helps the humor to be funny to others. a tablespoon of BAD TEMPER. I know it is easy to dumb all the bad temper in but use no more than a teaspoon with loved ones. I speak from doing this recipe BAD TEMPER almost ruined my reno. Too much can burn the entire recipe. 4 cups of MAKE IT EASY for yourself. Dinners out, easy meals, visit friends for dinner stop the hunger. Hungry people can be mean!!! 200 lbs of FANTASY, imagination or creative dreaming This helps to bond the other ingredients into a visual plan) Dream about what it will look like with your eyes closed while sitting in bed. Dream before bed and when you wake. 50 lbs of GW Kitchens. This is the place to find encouragement. Ecouragement is a huge ingredient often over looked. You can dump in 1000 lbs. It will only help. 100 lbs of BE GOOD TO YOU. This is hard to find. You might have to shop around or look high and love. You might need to visit Sephora for perfume, a new lipstick or maybe a kitchen store to buy a trinket. Bubble baths if you have running water, a nice walk, yoga, medidate, hug your dog, paint your toenails, take a nap, put your feet up... Keep looking you will find BE GOOD TO YOU. It comes in various shapes and sizes. 1 adult BEVERAGE to easy those vicious moments and put a smile on your face. Okay maybe three but more than 3 and you might find the reno gets worked on and things are not measured correctly. A handful of MUSIC. Whatever makes you smile Dave Matthews, B52s, Blk Eyed peas, Outkast, Rollingstones, Taylor Swift... Doesn't matter just so long as you play some. Music truly soothes my beast side. 100 SMILES a day Even if you have to force them. Especially to children who are sort of lost in the dust a smile helps them see you are not the mean reno lady. 1000 lbs of PATIENCE. I know this to is truly hard to come by. And for me this was the most expensive part of my reno recipe. I found myself running out of it all the time. I lost patience even after I got some. It would disappear when I saw the dent in the wall, the range sticking out too far, the floor restaind for the 3rd time, the unbalanced shelves, the cabinets, the refrig, the wires getting stuck, the .....AHHHH I had better stop or I'll run out of the patience I just got. Don't want to looooose it. Anyway, You are not alone. Maybe this recipe can help you. ~boxerpups...See MoreRenovation burn-out with pics!
Comments (10)Ugh, been there done that, actually still doing it. We started in August of 2013 and we still aren't finished. Our remodel started with building a new addition for the kitchen and a 12x15ft covered porch. We got the kitchen and porch to useable, but not completed stage, after 8 months, all DIY. Then summer came and we were so worn out that we literally didn't touch any work, it was easier to live in a half finished but fully useable space than it was to stress ourselves out and have no family life at all. When your 6 year old is crying and saying "all you ever do is work on the house" its a wake up call. So we did no work throughout the summer and instead spent every day with our 4 kids. Fall came, and due to some unexpected life events, we found ourselves NOT finishing the original remodel but instead starting another; building a 1300 sq ft MIL quarters. We started THAT addition in November and it should be move in ready in a few weeks, at which point we can turn our attention back to the original addition/remodel and get it finished. I guess my answer to how you handle it (bear in mind we are virtually complete DIY, we've also re-roofed the house ourselves during this time) is to step back and take a break. Sometimes that break is just a night or two off and sometimes, you are so burned out and your family is suffering so much that your break is for a few months. Good luck! I know how hard it has been for us with 4 kids and NOT homeschooling, I can't begin to imagine what its like with 5!!!...See Moreformerlyflorantha
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