Life in our Old Stone House is now closed

The old stone house has been sold and the family has moved to Hood River, Oregon. I don't plan on having a DIY blog in the PNW, but if I do, I will keep everyone posted.

Our new blog is


hoodriveroregon.blogspot.com

Thank-you to all of the readers and supporters of our stonehouse blog. I learned alot about DIY and I hope that something that I posted helped you in some way.



All the best-

Roy

Downstairs bathroom is finally painted

So we hired someone to come in and do it right, and do it much faster than we ever could have done. It was worth it.

Old pictures-

The end of a good day-


Alaska during the Dewalt Days


From our honeymoon on Vancouver Island


The view from our deck in Seattle-


Josh teaching Sandy to sail


Almost Heaven


The sunset when I asked Sandy to marry me.


The best camp I have ever had. (also the coldest water I have ever swam in)


Mt Baker, WA


Chatooga River. Section IV




Me and mom at the put in for the upper gauley. 1977

4 Things I couldn't do without

My Dewalt DW708 Miter Saw. It really is a bad mama-jama. There isn't much that it won't cut, and cut it precisely. It has a huge motor, 12" of wood gnawing teeth and spins like a DJ Hurricane. Where have I used this saw? Cutting forms for the countertops, baseboards, studs for the walls, and finally, molding for the master bath. It is heavy, it is bulky, but I love it.



My Fein Multimaster. I really don't know how I did half of my house without this thing. If you have seen the TV infomercial, similar to the obamamercial, it really is impressive. I have used to to remove grout and concrete in the shower pan and tile. I used it the other day to trim out a notch in some shoemolding so that the radiator could slide into place. I used it today to remove the "tongue" of some tongue and groove beadboard off so that I could get it to fit into a tight spot. I could have used a jig saw for both of these applications, but this tool allows me to move slower and have more control over my cut. I bought this one used a year ago from the rep at a tool show. I hear that the new ones have quick release on them. That would be nice.

Would I get the Dremel version? No. I don't like Bosch tools. I think that they should stick to making dishwashers and wiperblades. I think that Bosch is going to cheapen it to reach a price point. I just don't think it would be worth the gamble. I really think my Fein is the best made tool that I own.



Aero Safety respirator. 3m recently bought Aero and that should tell you something. I bought this well before I started selling them. I bought it at Lowe's, paid way too much, but my god has this thing has been freakin awesome. If you have seen my facebook photo you know what I am talking about. I wear it all the time. It has a nice soft rubber face shield and the cartridges can be purchased just about anywhere (Church of Lowe's stocks Aero pretty heavy)




My mini air compressor. I have a 4 gallon, oil lubed unit that is great, but this little puppy is so damn portable that my 4 gallon just stays down in the basement. It's loud when it cycles, but it has never let me down. My understanding is that it is the same pump and motor as can be found in the trusty Porter Cable "pancake" style compressors. Not a work horse, but so damn easy to use a caveman could do it.

Drywall sanding still sucks!

he's back.jpg, originally uploaded by donutboyroy.

Project - Complete the master bath plumbing.

What Happened - Stepped off the joist and went through the downstairs ceiling.

Result - 2' x 2' hole.

The Consequences- See Picture.

Got yah dumb As@

back where it allllllllll began

The front porch-

Finally we are getting at that front porch. No more battleship gray.

A nice little art project-

Gas Signs Truth in Advertising. from Donny Miller on Vimeo.

Hey McCain...Got a pair of FLIP FLOPS I can borrow?

I know that the oldstonehouse blog has been more of a "you tube" landing zone lately so I will soon be moving my random crap to something else. Till then.....as John Stewart would say....YOUR MOMENT OF Zen





all in under an hour!

My favorite sign so far....as seen in Alaska-

Credit- dailykos.com

MORE HERE

Palin-Clinton Saturday night live- Get it while you can. Back up!

I come from a small town- are my values up to par?

So I come from a small town and can't figure out why people from small towns are buying into this "small town values" thing. Why are they just allowing themselves to be pigeon holed into this stereotype? ARGGG.



Get to minute 5:20 in that video and ask yourself "why are people supporting the man that LOST to GWB in 2000?"

McCain cancels Larry King interview because his boy got beat up

So Little Johnny has decided to not go on Larry King tomorrow because his boy got verbally tongue whipped by a piss poor CNN anchor.




That Sh@t there is just funny. And so is this.




The daily show should be very funny this week. Tonight should be classic.

"Snowman" Jerry Reed- RIP 71 years old

I remember that movie so well. Clear as can be. One of my top 20 ever. I also remember that my mom and I made a sign for a concert for Jerry Reed when he came to play the Fayette County Memorial Center show one 4th of July. Jerry saw it, read it, and called it out right after he sang the song "East Bound and Down". Now every Tuesday, today included and it has been this way for the past year and a half, I get in my truck around lunch time and I sing that song as I drive east to Rocky Mount NC.

I remember my parents talking about famous people that had just died, people that I had never ever heard of, and thinking...they are OLD. I guess that I am old too then.


Keep your football on the peddle folks!

The slow cooker is on, Noah is napping, and the Flag is flying-

It has been a long time hasn't it. Say...pretty much the summer. I haven't been a good blogger. I suck. There has been talk here in our camp about moving the blog away from home projects and into a family story. I might as well do that since I don't seem to be working on this place anymore. Not that there isn't anything to do, I just don't have the time.


Noah is RUNNING. 7 Teeth. Loves Ketchup and can now eat dairy with no issues. That is Big News for us.


We have been to oregon, washington, and florida this summer. Been to the OBX 3 times, WV a few, and we are at ridge road pool here in Raleigh a couple of times a week. Life is good.


I put pictures up on Noah's flickr. search Noahslayton on www.flickr.com and you can get in.


I know that there are some blog stalkers out there, if they still hit this page, let me know how you are.

My new West Virginia Flag

My new West Virginia Flag
Originally uploaded by noahslayton

12 ft by 7.5 ft of pure pride. With some pip squeak getting into the shot.


I can't wait for June 20, 2009. (first one to tell me why wins a prize!)

confluence

A Man, a dream, and the idea of building a wordclass wooden car?

So I use to work for Black and Decker tools. I worked on the industrial side of things, working with woodworkers and commercial construction supply houses. Really a great job. But things started to change in life, so i started to look for something different. Something more. But right before I did I met Joe Harmon. Joe had what I thought was a bass drum in a bag. It turned out to be one of the tires for a wooden sports car. After talking to him for a bit I learned that he had no sponsors. IT can't be cheap so I put someone in touch with him and wah-lah! The kid is rocking out with some major sponsorship...some wicked tools

http://www.deltaportercable.com/splinter/ is the delta site.

Here is his personal site without all of the advertising

I haven't caught up with Joe for over a year. I think I will give him a buzz in the morning.

Hillay and Obama are doing what?

THis has NOTHING to do WITH DIY, Houses, stone, concrete, noah, kayaking, or Raleigh. But it is very funny

See more funny videos at CollegeHumor

The boys of summer are back

Well at least on my laptop streaming live out of Seattle.





How cool is that!? MLB.com allows me to stream in live HD (well as HD as streaming can be) all of the Seattle Mariners games! Even when I can't be hanging out at the Safe with a cold Redhook, I can be in Raleigh NC with a cold Redhook, loading the dishwasher with baby bottles and sippy cups and never miss a play.


MOJO RISIN'!