Cree buys the LED light manufacturer I blogged about

Not sure if you "greenies" out there caught it but CREE is trying to buy LED LF. ( the company that makes the LED can lights I blogged about)

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080208/cree_acquisition.html?.v=1


Pretty neat stuff and awesome to see millions of greenbacks revolving around LED lights!

Lights on! House is 100% wired!

double sinks, originally uploaded by donutboyroy.

So yesterday was a pretty big day for us here in the oldstonehouse. Adam finished up with the final bit of wiring. Sure he was waiting on us for a couple of months but whatever!

Here is a picture of the custom vanity, with the sinks in, plumbed and the lights on!

I still have to get the mirrors hung up a bit higher, but I think this will give most the idea of what we were trying to do. See more pics over on the flickr site over to the right!

LED can lights? YES YOU CAN!

So Adam (Carrington electric) came over to the cave yesterday to finish what he started some 2+ years ago. Finally 100% of all of this house is wired and rockin! When he came over he brought with him something very cool. Check it out here

What is it? ( Here is the answer incase you can't put two and two togther) A 6" LED can light! It can be installed in most fixtures that are 6" without any rewiring. Since it has its own trim you can just rip out the old trim kit and clips and slide this up into it's place!

Here is a picture of the light it throws out. Pretty white light!



Adam says they cost about $95 each but he claims that they will run for 15 years! They come with a 3 year warranty and are using CREE LED lights. Pretty cool stuff!

sinks and shelves-

front view, originally uploaded by donutboyroy.

Here is an almost finished picture of the master bath vanity set-up. We stuck with the Kohler fixtures for the upstairs, continuing it from every other faucet in the house. We like it and it was super simple to install.

We are going to raise the mirrors ( DUH!) and install 3 fixtures across that wall. Yes I have some corner trim to get in where the old stuff was ( see the gap on the left)

Along with the sinks I was able to get some shelves built in Noah's playroom closet. I recycled some old Ikea shelves and made a pretty nifty set of shelves. It should help in getting all the toys and blankets out of the way as this room will also be a guest bedroom.

Well that is it from the Oldstonehouse. Yes it is cold here (12 degrees tonight) and yes it did snow lastnight. I posted more pics over on Flickr >>>>>> for the interested.

Back to church...back to work.

Saturday I prepared myself for church. I knew I would be going. I knew that I would wake up sunday morning, grab my best clothes and coffee and fire up the Chevy. I knew that I was going to be one of the first into the parking lot. I just knew I was going to get that "up front" spot.

And Last sunday I did just that. And I think I only spent $24 dollars. I just love/hate going to Lowe's on Sunday. But.....I had to do it. It is plumbing time and I had to get it done. With a little help from the 07 DIY assistant of the year (Bill Maunz) and his loaning of the pex crimping tool, I was able to get the water supply lines in. Pretty easy to do folks. If you can arm wrestle your infant cousin you can install PEX. You measure, you cut, you slide on the ring, you install the fitting, and then you CRIMP. WAH-LAH!



So I have been bitten by the bug again. After a long long long vacation from DIY upstairs, I am back into full swing. As full swing as a new dad can be. I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I just hope that it isn't attached to a major issue.

One issue that I did have was when I was trying to install the worlds easiest faucet. (Kohler Fairfax narrow set) It wasn't the faucet that was bad. It was the sink. A Kohler sink that had a small defect where the drain goes. On the bottom where you tighten a gasket up to meet the bottom of the sink, was a small spot on the sink where the porcelain was missing or didn't come out of the mold correctly. So after 15 tries or so to get this damn thing in correctly I have pulled the sink and am planning a trip to the ugly orange box of sin and filth to return it

So folks the DIY bug is back and the project is back on track. Stay tuned for more fun and cursing.

Mountaineers are Always Free!

The legend of Owen Schmitt will live for a very long time in the hills of WV. If you didn't stay up until the very very end of the game and hangout through the 65 commercials between the end and the trophy presentation, then you probably missed this.







I don't play for the Mountaineers, but I believe that you all know that mine and Owen's views on the great state are pretty similar.

As# Clown of a man

As# Clown of a man, originally uploaded by donutboyroy.

Mountaineers are always free! But not always free to leave the program right before a bowl game! Coach Rod has decided to leave to head to Michigan, a great program up where it is ass cold. Money talks as we all know, with a 500k increase in salary per year, how can you say no?

But I am still a bitter mountaineer fan, backing my team through it all. I just wish that coach would have stayed through the season instead of being such an ass clown and kicking us while we are down.

Here's to you Rich! Now your paycheck will be as large as your ego but not near as big as the pride of the WV faithful!

The people who bought our house in Seattle are Bloggin!

www.drewandholly.blogspot.com

Drew sent me some snail mail today that had his blog link in it. They are currently working on the kitchen right now. Complete GUT!





that is how it was when we bought it. The only thing that we did was to put in the appliances. Drew has taken the next step.

By the numbers

by the numbers, originally uploaded by donutboyroy.

Organic Sheets from Target- 250 thread count - $40
Lindt 70% and 85% chocolate bars- 2 for $4.00
Superbad DVD - rented for $1.00
Dog Fish Head - Old School Barley Wine 2007- $13

In first place- you got it! The beer. A nice 15% or so Barley WIne with nice sweetness to it without the over powering dark thickness. I am going to stash 2 of the 4 away in the basement and pull them out next Christmas ( that is what the directions on the bottle tell you to do btw)

2nd - The sheets. For $40 we might be on to something. They are a little hard right now but after a few washings I have high hopes for these.

3rd- 70% cocoa bar. Nice flavor, not too sweet but sweet enough to count as candy. I don't know why I bought the 85% I don't like that stuff. Must have been the 2 for $4.00 tag!

Finally - Superbad coming in 9th place. 9th place you ask? Yeah 9th. I had to put the 5 times I stabbed myself with a spoon last night before superbad. Honestly- Just say the F word 100 times in a row, think about the geeks in your highschool that were true geeks, and pour bleach into your eyes and nose and you will have the same feeling as if you just watched superbad.

Today (Sunday) it is warm and sunny here in NC. I climbed up the Magnolia as high as I could to get some of our nice red LED lights up. I guess tonight we will see how they look.

Nothing beats a Grady

Nothing beats a Grady, originally uploaded by donutboyroy.

Things around here have been rather slow for the DIY. Sure we have plenty of things to do, and no it isn't summer paddling season. We really have no excuse other than we keep finding things to do. Things like---Fishing!

It was a great weekend to get out again with Brian on the Grady. Sure it's december and it was cold as a witches #^& but we had the desire to catch some fish. The water was a bit rough, while they called for 2-4 it was more like 4-6 with the occasional 8 footer just for giggles.

We were able to catch a good mess of black bass (good fried up southern style!) and I was fortunate enough to land a 22lb grouper and a 16in black bass at the same time!

But now it's tuesday, the tree is half decorated, and the leaves from the worlds largest oak tree are 1/2 fallen. It won't be a 'chill' weekend at all. Shopping, painting, and maybe some plumbing if I am lucky.