We only had about 2 1/2 days to work on the house last weekend due to my travel schedule.  I had to leave for the Tucson airport at 3:30AM Sunday morning to catch my flight to Montreal this week.

But still, Tina managed to the door frames done.  They came out real good.

I was able to finish laying the tile in the dining room and kitchen.

All that is left for that tile is a little bit in the pantry, but I did not want to be kneeling on the tile in the kitchen to lay those until the kitchen tiles were good and dry.  So I will put those down this coming weekend.

Unlike my disappointment with the job I did on the hall tile, I am very pleased with the job I did in the living room, dining room and kitchen.  In a span that goes over 25 feet, I was off by less than an 1/8 inch by the time I had worked to the far end of the rooms.  Furthermore, I was even able to hide that in an area of the kitchen that will be under the kitchen cabinets!

Finally, Friday evening Tina and I were sitting in the garage doing what rednecks do in a garage.  I.E. Sitting there watching the world go by, when I looked down about a foot from Tina and noticed we had a visitor.

Tina quickly got up and grabbed the dogs and got them in the house and I whacked this little guy with a shovel.

The two pistols that we alway carry out to the house (a Springfield .45 for me and a S&W 9MM for Tina) seemed to be a bit of overkill for a stupid snake.

Tina does have a Ruger Single-Six in .22 Magnum that I think we are going to start bringing with us as well.  They make snake loads for it and being a single action, it should work well.  I am going to have my friend Dwight make up a proper holster for it to keep the dust and dirt off it.  Dwight suggested a full-flap cavalry style holster for it which I think will be perfect.  I’ll post some pictures of it in a few weeks once we get details ironed out on what we want and Dwight gets it made.

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