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It is so aggravating to me that I can't seem to do the simplest thing like hang a shade. My front porch gets the full afternoon sun when it is at its hottest point of the day. There are hooks alongside the porch roof for hanging one of those inexpensive roll-up shades, so I bought one at Home Depot this morning.
The hooks (rounded "eyes) on the shade won't fit on the hooks from the roof because there isn't enough space to get them together. I had some links of a chain (can't remember where I got it) and figured I might jury-rig the connection using the chain. The chain links are too small to go over the hook on the porch. So here I am, frustrated as can be, because I can't do a simple thing like hang a roll up shade. I'll have to look into my tool box to see if there is something I can use to connect both the hook and eye.
The meatloaf turned out to be tasty if somewhat bland. I had it for supper last night and just ate a meatloaf sandwich for lunch. There are 2 or 3 servings left. The bacon did make a great difference, and next time I will try Judy's recommendation to poke a few holes in the raw meatloaf and drop a bit of bacon grease in each one. I would have done that but didn't have any bacon grease on hand. For some reason I tend to spill things like that and recall dropping a half cup of warm bacon grease on the way to the fridge in my 5th wheel. After spending a long time cleaning it up I heard what I thought was Lady grooming herself, to find that she was cleaning up bacon grease that I hadn't found. Whatta good dog! I'm on my own cleaning up food spills now.
After pondering the question of how to hang the shade, I got a wrench and opened up the roof hangers a bit and got the center hook from the shade on the hook. The trouble is that the roof hooks are spaced so that they don't match the ones on my shade, so I think I done a good redneck fix - I got the small chains and linked them through the shade hooks on either end and tied the chains around the roof hooks. The shade is moving about in the breeze, and it doesn't look exactly evenly hung, but it works for me. If nothing else it will give my son Steve a good chuckle the next time he comes by. He'll take a look at that and will just have to show me how to do a perfect job!
You might wonder why I didn't get a wider shade, but my hummingbird feeder is hanging a couple of hooks to the left of the shade, and I didn't want to interfere with it. It's breezy today and I don't think the shade is going to hold up for long.
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Thursday March 12… We decided to stay put for one more night. We have what seems to be a perfect free parking spot…shade in the morning, and then just enough sun to fully charge our batteries, and then shade for late afternoon. Click here to read...
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DIY Frustration!
It is so aggravating to me that I can't seem to do the simplest thing like hang a shade. My front porch gets the full afternoon sun when it is at its hottest point of the day. There are hooks alongside the porch roof for hanging one of those inexpensive roll-up shades, so I bought one at Home Depot this morning.
The hooks (rounded "eyes) on the shade won't fit on the hooks from the roof because there isn't enough space to get them together. I had some links of a chain (can't remember where I got it) and figured I might jury-rig the connection using the chain. The chain links are too small to go over the hook on the porch. So here I am, frustrated as can be, because I can't do a simple thing like hang a roll up shade. I'll have to look into my tool box to see if there is something I can use to connect both the hook and eye.
The meatloaf turned out to be tasty if somewhat bland. I had it for supper last night and just ate a meatloaf sandwich for lunch. There are 2 or 3 servings left. The bacon did make a great difference, and next time I will try Judy's recommendation to poke a few holes in the raw meatloaf and drop a bit of bacon grease in each one. I would have done that but didn't have any bacon grease on hand. For some reason I tend to spill things like that and recall dropping a half cup of warm bacon grease on the way to the fridge in my 5th wheel. After spending a long time cleaning it up I heard what I thought was Lady grooming herself, to find that she was cleaning up bacon grease that I hadn't found. Whatta good dog! I'm on my own cleaning up food spills now.
After pondering the question of how to hang the shade, I got a wrench and opened up the roof hangers a bit and got the center hook from the shade on the hook. The trouble is that the roof hooks are spaced so that they don't match the ones on my shade, so I think I done a good redneck fix - I got the small chains and linked them through the shade hooks on either end and tied the chains around the roof hooks. The shade is moving about in the breeze, and it doesn't look exactly evenly hung, but it works for me. If nothing else it will give my son Steve a good chuckle the next time he comes by. He'll take a look at that and will just have to show me how to do a perfect job!
You might wonder why I didn't get a wider shade, but my hummingbird feeder is hanging a couple of hooks to the left of the shade, and I didn't want to interfere with it. It's breezy today and I don't think the shade is going to hold up for long.
- Zihuatanejo (day 2)
Thursday March 12… We decided to stay put for one more night. We have what seems to be a perfect free parking spot…shade in the morning, and then just enough sun to fully charge our batteries, and then shade for late afternoon. Click here to read...
- Another Great Day!
Not great from the weather aspect though. At 7 pm it's still 99 degrees and I was gone during the coolest part of the day so I didn't get the swamp cooler turned on until late afternoon. I'm going to take a beer outside and sit...
- Holding On To My Energy
Since Jeannie & Donald were taking the girls to Santa Cruz for the day, they wouldn't be going to the gym. I decided I would go on my own because I've been feeling so good for a couple of days after exercising. It wasn't at...
- Worn Out By Noon!
I started early (for me) this morning and got two pre-op tests out of the way, the chest xray and blood draw. The local clinic doesn't do EKG's so I will probably have to go downtown to my doctor's office for it. I bought another muffin...
- Have Dinner In South Africa
Voulezvousdiner Have just launched a new special offer. ...