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Pammi and I are getting ready for beercation and selling our house so we can go travel full time
I've been going through the spare bedroom and throwing stuff out. I've also sold a bunch of stuff and made several trips to Goodwill
I've replaced the cheap laminate flooring I put down almost 20 years ago
Pammi painted the kitchen and ceiling downstairs, while I've cleaned the deck and an=m getting ready to stain it next week
Today, we sanded down the butcher block countertops we installed about 10 years ago. Link here https://tvwbb.com/threads/new-countertops-and-a-celebratory-steak.58084/ Not sure if the links to Photobucket still work, but here's a couple pics of today's action
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We're using a coating/sealer called Waterlock. It's pretty stout stuff!
2 more coats, and a week to fully cure!

But it'll be beautiful for the new owners!
 
Today is a big day in mine and Pammi's history
In 1980, I reported to Fort Knox for basic training and a HUGE life change
In 2003, Pammi and I closed on our house. Kinda sad that it's our last few months in it, but big adventure awaits!
 
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The Sacrifices Made By The Declaration Signers… | Michael W. Smith

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Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.

Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: “For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
 
I needed to replace a part on something in the back yard and was about to order one and I remembered last time I needed to replace it, I bought two so I would have a backup.

I knew it was in the garage, somewhere <sigh>

I found it, in about one minute, put away in a box where it made sense it should be. This is out of character for my garage and I was wondering if someone snuck in and did some organizing while I was not around.
 
DanHoo said:
I needed to replace a part on something in the back yard and was about to order one and I remembered last time I needed to replace it, I bought two so I would have a backup.

I knew it was in the garage, somewhere <sigh>

I found it, in about one minute, put away in a box where it made sense it should be. This is out of character for my garage and I was wondering if someone snuck in and did some organizing while I was not around.
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We've been remodeling, decluttering, AND getting ready for a houseful for beercation!
Table saw was still pulled out, miter saw was sitting on top of that, air compressor and toolbox with air tools were still out, cans of paint everywhere, floor wasn't swept and all of the trash that missed the can hadn't been picked up
I told my family to forgive my FEMA garage!
I've been working on it since Thursday and it looks a TON better!
 
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