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Where the Heart is

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Hi Guys laid off for the winter already going crazy sitting inside. Trying to find someone that would like a kitchen or bath install.Ive always loved being a finish carpenter. I got side tracked for awhile doing apartment maintenance.They paid well but its not where my heart is. I have to be creative this makes me feel useful in life. Designing comes second nature to me. Today I'm building a chimney yippie

Ebay patience

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:57:00 +0000

Are you tired, bored, and would like some excitement? I been on eBay for quite a few years long enough to know how to bid to win. If you've never been to eBay you should check it out. Their new page layout is awesome when it comes to locating all that's going on. The best way I found out to bid is to put the things you bidding on in your watch list. Wait for the count down of the last few minutes. I even wait to the last minute using a timer set at sixty seconds. I wait for the timer to read twenty two seconds slam the bid in right at that time nine out of ten times you'll win the product that you're bidding on. Its not a guarantee that you will but I always keep in mind the highest price I am willing to pay. By waiting 'till the last second it gives no one a chance to put in a higher bid.

Creating a web site

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:13:00 +0000

We been trying to develop a site for quite a long time without a lot of luck. Searching the other day like I always am. You can find a lot of sites that you can purchase to build your own but it never seems to work out right. I ran into one site because the site we are building is basically a dating site. The template that they have is extremely more than the template. It's already done for you and its great. Everything is already in place no figuring out his or figuring out that. It's incredible. The site is http://www.datingscripts.org Check it out. They have more than dating templates. It will cost you about 160 dollars but there is no recurring fees.

Flooding in Manila Philippines

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:06:00 +0000

It's incredible the typhoon in Manila Philippines. Those poor people I feel sorry for them. If the volcano isn't enough problem. The typhoon is bringing rain almost three feet deep in six hours. People have been swept away and drowned. After this sickness from in pure water and food crop how much can be thrown at them?

Growing grass

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:21:00 +0000

We been trying to grow grass for years more and more tops soils all the time more and more money to put in. We went fishing to a golf course the other day and we were just amazed about their grass. After rolling around with their grass instead of fishing one of the owners in the golf course drove up he asked with a smile on his face what we were doing. And we told them our story about our bad grass. He told us to actually scatter oat seeds wait 'till it gets about a foot tall, cut it down under turn it into the ground, then plant Kentucky blue grass on top. Can't believe it we have the best grass in the neighborhood.

Insulating your attic

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:08:00 +0000

The simplicity of blown-in-insulation. Being I was a contractor for many years sub-contracting through New York State Department of Energy, we did a lot of blown-in-insulation basically its yesterdays newspaper shredded up, washed and a fire retardant added to it and voila! You have blown-in-cellulose insulation. Don't let it seem hard if you want to add insulation to a normal crawl in hatch style attic in your ceiling. Most of your home improvement stores like home depot and Lowe's if you buy ten bags they let you have the insulation machine for the day to blow it in. Your average attic in New York State should have at least and R-40 value of insulation. This is approximately 12 inches thick of blown-n-insulation. The chart is on the side of the bag to determine how many bags you want for what size area. To determine your area just measure length times width of your attic. This will give you the square footage that you need to figure out how many bags you need to buy. So to re-cap you need a couple of dust mask, a flood light to see in your attic, step ladder to get in your attic if needed, your bags, and the machine. At least two people required. COMING SOON! I'll teach you how to insulate your walls if empty with insulation.

Miracle cure...check it out!

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:50:00 +0000

Did you hear the latest? Cottage cheese is gonna cure your cancer. Quite frankly it sounds promising. I watched the little clip on you tube then went to a site and it explained the whole thing. It can't hurt to try. Even if you don't have cancer its a promising way to energize your whole system in a healthy way. Flax seed oil, whole uncooked flax seeds and the cottage cheese. The way I understand it the enzymes in the cottage cheese mixed properly with the flax seeds and the oil. It has to be mixed. The clue here is the proper mixture because one is oil based and one is water based. The enzymes together travel trough your system and oxygenate the cancer cells. The cancer cells can't stand oxygen so they shrivel up and die over a period of time. This makes a lot of sense because I have looked into it for friends.

The consequences of your actions

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:30:00 +0000

What's the world coming to? That's a big question, isn't it? Should we or can we blame it on the parents? It seems to be a lot of ignorant kids out there these days. Should we blame it on tv? Because I don't want to say its just the way of the world. To give children a license to drive is ridiculous. Why not give them a test first on the consequences of their ignorance? Tail gating at 75 miles an hour flashing their lights at the back end of you to move over is ridiculous. Turning left and cutting you off from the right lane and then flipping you off like it's something you've done also inexcusable. You would just like to reach out and show them some consequences but they think its a game, a game that I've seen in my life time turn deadly in a minute. I worked part time as a volunteer driver on an ambulance for one year. After witnessing a three car accident with fatalities I couldn't do it any longer.

Studded tires

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:07:00 +0000

Blogging outside in the fall sitting at the picnic table is always the best. Put the umbrella up catch a little shade and at the same time our little one can have his last fun of the season with his summer toys. It's beautiful 75 degrees with the light wind, so nice. As I was sitting there my son was cruising around with his little 12 volt four wheeler and he would go to go up the small hill and he would just spin, spin, and spin. We were on the sand lot and his little tires don't get any traction so Daddy figured it out. I went to the shed, pulled out a hundred quarter inch screws that just have hex heads on them with rubber washers. I screwed all of them into the back tires and they're working just like studded snow tires in the snow. Now my son has no problem getting up that little.

Our toy jungle

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:48:00 +0000

Time to get a fence. Our toys are scaping. We used to have the kids playground in the backyard you have to have all the standard stuff of course for your kids. But this year the wife and I decided that it would be exciting to go garage sale hunting. The most thing you find at garage sales are out grown kids clothing and lots of toys. Rule number one, if you don't want to bring lots of toys don't bring the kids with you. We ended up with two kids forts, a trampoline, a battery john deer tractor, and assorted heavy duty mini trucks, dozers, and dun buggy. Anyhow, our nice little play area out back has exploded to the side yard and now to the front. Next year will be definitely putting up a fence.

Family train ride in the Adirondacks

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:54:00 +0000

Having fun on the train at enchanted forest

Magic jack

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:36:00 +0000

We bought one of those PC plug in phone adapters. So cheap 1o.00 a year for all calls. How can you beat that? It's clear and has on screen dialing also. We disconnected our other phone which was 35.00 a month. What a saving! We were happy. Everyone should look into it.

My truck

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:30:00 +0000

Isuzu Vehicross... what an awesome truck! only 4300 ever made. It's a 1999 you would think it is brand new. We only drive it on special occasions.

Unemployment

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:17:00 +0000

I've worked more than thirty years in my life. I got in an argument with a manager the other day and found myself out of a job. First time in a lifetime I got fired incredible!!!! So I go to file for unemployment. So far I've waited three weeks it's still pending. I think they're going to fight it so I don't get nothing. It's pretty frustrating. For the first time in my life not knowing where I'm going.

Wood heating

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:15:00 +0000

The cost of fuel is rising so much! We decided to buy a wood stove. What a pain to install, it took two days. We broke two stair steps bring the stove in. After cutting the hole through the roof, installing the roof flange, then hooking up the chimney we were ready to light it up. Time to go collect some wood outback. Setting in front of the glass door watching the flames... so nice.

Geo Track

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:13:00 +0000

I think the most fun we have in the house is building different train tracks. We have so many tracks' bridges and little towns. Any parent that wants to have fun with their little one should start out with one set. After a while buy a second one. As you build, it takes on a life of its own. We have four trains its fun trying not to let them collide. The tracks are easy to put together. My 3 year old does it by himself now.

Web design

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:10:00 +0000

Being creative doesn't help you. There are so many things to think about. Hostings, design, search engines, and online storage. It's very frustrating. The sight I want to build needs unlimited storage. So many pages that can open.. its crazzzzzy! We sit here being cautious. This is a big step. It would be nice to sit down with someone local to help.

Snow in New York

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:16:00 +0000

The snow in New York is incredible. You can get lost in it. Shoveling all the time to get out of the driveway then getting stuck in it. But there is a lot of fun in it too.Taking the kids sliding, going skiing in the mountains. drinking hot chocolate to get warm by the fire, making snowmen by rolling the snow till it makes big balls and stack them. Anyhow more fun in snowball fights he he

Toy Soldier

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:42:00 +0000

You ever notice we all start out "Innocent". All through our lives different people we come in contact with take bites out of us. By hurting us in one way or another or they come and make promises then disappear. It's all part of living or dieing. Friends that have died I didn't get to say good bye miss the most. But ones that walk away for no good reason you kinda hate. Why? I guess they're like finding a new flavor of ice cream that you like better but after you have had it for a while you like the old one better. Of course it's more complicated. Anyway enjoy the song at the bottom of the page. It has a commercial first.

Work load

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:10:00 +0000

Don't you just love it. You go to work you bust your butt. The owner of the company knows about ten percent of what I do but I always have to explain every little detail. It waste a third of my day telling him where his money is going. He gets frustrated with himself and pushes it on to me. I saved the guy 30,000 dollars last year by doing things in house instead of hiring contractors. I didn't even get a thanks. I'm tired of being his super hero. It's true the more you do the more they want you to do. So I'm going to start getting stupid, what do you think??????

Kevin's Request line

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:06:00 +0000

Anybody out there? Wanna know anything about windows, doors, siding, roofing, insulation, or structure? Ask me will blog about it. http://www.peachtreedoor.com/.

Too many

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:58:00 +0000

Not like anybody should be smoking but, don't you just love it when you go to buy a pack of cigarettes there used to be like ten brands now there's three hundred? It is such a waste of oxygen to even tell the check out person that I need Marlboro medium box one hundreds. Marlboro itself has at least twenty five categories and just as you thought you had a good cigarette. It comes out that Marlboro sweeps even their junk tobacco off the floor. Yeah this is sanitary at any rate I shouldn't be smoking. Tried everything to quit. I tell my wife to just lock me in a room for ten days to burn the nicotine out of my system. Who knows maybe she will. haha

Didn't ask for non of these

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:14:00 +0000

You know what's so ridiculous. When you invite a new friends over for a small party and then friends invite, friends invite friends. You don't plan on feeding thirty people when you invite eight and what are you suppose to say? The worst part about it, a few of them people that were not invited brought cocaine and this is a drug free house. So eventually they were forming their own little party in my laundry room and then I got ripped. I opened the door and screamed at them to get out of my house. They were not invited. On their way out on my driveway they sliced my 1200 dollar tires on my truck in retaliation. So the party ended. Every body went home and just as bad as the tires, we woke up to flea bites from some of the party goers. Look at what they left behind!!!!

e-bay

noreply@blogger.com (kevin) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:24:00 +0000

It's so tough to sell things on e-bay, everybody is so cheap.... e-bay makes it easy to sell but nobody wants to give even half what my truck is worth..... I'd rather junk it than sell it that cheap.....It's a 1998 Isuzu Amigo red color. Not a bad truck. It's just that we have another one. It also cost like 50 bucks to put it on there. More money waisted. Oh well...