Stop…..Hammer Time…Or is it Hammer Time stops?
I’ve never broken a hammer before so I was kind of surprised. I guess it means I am a badass. Lol. I was pulling up carpet tack strips and it just gave way. I’ve had it for a long time so its like losing a well known friend. It helped me with our basement (I actually used it as a framing hammer before I knew they had “framing hammers”….Learning curve).
Cassie’s addition to the post:
We just stopped by the rental and figured we would update some pictures. The tile is pretty much done, time to reassemble everything.
Its nice to have some good progress. The wood floors still need to be finished and lots of little things, but its coming along.
Houses built around this area in the 40’s – 60’s were pretty much all built out of wood. Its odd to me that someone would cover up beautiful oak floors in favor of carpet, with grey carpet no less. I was talking to my father in law Jack about it. He mentioned that carpet used to be pretty expensive. When prices came down people started to cover up their wood flooring.
In all the houses built in the 2000’s we have a subfloor made of plywood….Much less expensive and easier to install. I’d prefer the oak.
floors at the new place
There are pros and cons to both new and old houses. Older houses you never know what to expect and it’s fun to find a treasure every once in a while though!
It seems that whatever the latest fashion, its usually the most difficult to obtain. Maybe we should try to make the latest fashion the easiest? But that’s never how it is.
I’ve eaten quite a bit of pasta in my day. All sorts of different kinds from the simple spaghetti to ravioli. Well I never really thought about how its made. It’s pretty easy / cheap to just buy a box or two at the store.
Well someone at work mentioned making their own homemade pasta and how easy it is. I figured I’d give it a try because we are always looking for more uses of eggs.
Step 1, mix eggs and flour.
It’s kind of fun to make a little flour dam and crack some eggs into it. Reminds me of when I was a kid I used to make dams with my mashed potatoes and gravy.
Mix it all together, roll it out with a rolling pin and cut into whatever size you want.
We made long strips, small strips and all sorts of different shapes. Experimentation.
Let it dry for just a bit (some say this is unnecessary). Then you boil it.
Voila!
It may seem pretty straight forward to most of you, but I just had never done it before. I was actually surprised at how easy it was. When you are used to buying things out of a box I just assume it must be hard to do..lol.
We also made our own Alfredo sauce to make shrimp Alfredo…very good.
