Rant Another Day [merged threads]

[Ontarkie 14,290]

I'm getting sick again 

[SAT 9,609]

And you know this how?

May be it's allergies?

[Ontarkie 14,290]

I've had a headache for a few days that I thought were allergies. Now I have a sore throat, head is killing me and I'm coughing again. 

[SAT 9,609]

aren't you still on antibiotics?

 

[SAT 9,609]

oooh Alexa can make calls now...

[SAT 9,609]

I gotta go try this right now!

[cdneh 3,112]

25 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

I'm getting sick again 

Aww...not again. You just got over the last time

[Ontarkie 14,290]

I know, it's because I'm not getting enough sleep and just keep getting run down. 

[cdneh 3,112]

1 minute ago, SAT said:

oooh Alexa can make calls now...

Oh Lawd. I will not tell the MIL that. "Course she is still calling it Lexa, so not going to get into too much trouble

[cdneh 3,112]

Just now, Ontarkie said:

I know, it's because I'm not getting enough sleep and just keep getting run down. 

That's a hard one.  Sleep is such an elusive thing. I used to be able to sleep the clock around. Gone are those days.

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

  Ontarkie,  you need to make your husband force you on bedrest for a few days.

 

 

I know I am going to regret it, but I painted the brick treads on my front steps.  They were on painted concrete and covered in paint splatters from 70+ years of people being sloppy painters of the arch and risers.  We tried everything short of sandblasting to get it off and I had enough of them looking like #######.

 

Now that I've primed them, I have no idea what color to paint them.  For those not in the know, my house is like a yellow with white trim.  I am debating between black and blue...  There are a fair number of yellow and blue houses nearby (Swedish and all).  Our house used to have blue siding and yellow trim, so there is that.  Those red bricks probably clashed back then too.

Edited May 11, 2017 by N-o-l-a

[cdneh 3,112]

I'd go with blue. Black might be a bit stark. Of course there are heaps of shades of blue...

[SAT 9,609]

Trophie they make paints for masonry. 

Drylok is one. 

Epoxy paint is another...

[SAT 9,609]

You could have also washed the bricks with muriatic acid and a wire brush.

Gumout carburetor cleaner works too.

[SAT 9,609]

Dam that hillbilly gonna work stretch like a Bolshevik in the gulag I tell ya...