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Risk of fire on neighbour’s property worries Souris West homeowner
A woman in Eastern P.E.I. says she's worried about the fire risk around her home because a vacant lot next door is full of downed trees and branches that she fears could spark a wildfire. CBC’s Steve Bruce reports
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7225577?cmp=rss

Stray bullet hits nearby Surrey home after another house targeted twice
The homeowner, who did not want to be identified for safety reasons, said the bullet came through the window and then into a door frame inside.
#Crime #SurreyExtortionShooting #Surreyshooting
https://globalnews.ca/news/11890582/stray-bullet-hits-surrey-home-another-house-targeted-twice/

Stray bullet hits nearby Surrey home after another house targeted twice
The homeowner, who did not want to be identified for safety reasons, said the bullet came through the window and then into a door frame inside.
#Crime #SurreyExtortionShooting #Surreyshooting
https://globalnews.ca/news/11890582/stray-bullet-hits-surrey-home-another-house-targeted-twice/

I Need a Nap

I’m stressing out about home improvement projects, big time. 

1–800-GOT-JUNK was here today. I had so much shit for them to haul off that they had to send a second truck. That sounds bad because it is bad, but it’s not as bad as it sounds (talking in circles much?). The first truck was about 1/3 full before it go here and they actually fit everything into the first truck, but they had to pull a few things out from the previous stop and move them to the second truck so that they could go to a different facility because they were metal and get recycled differently? That’s what they told me at least.

The bad part is that we’re going to be scheduling another pick up next week. All of this so that we can clear out our cellar storage space so that a work crew can get easy access to the exterior walls so that they can close up any gabs between the house and the foundation. All of that so that we can qualify for a Massachusetts loan and rebate when we buy and install a new AC unit for our central air. They are coming to do the foundation stuff on June 12th and they just asked if we wanted the new AC unit on the same day. Do we? I thought we were going to wait until the fall but they said the loan and rebate paperwork will be complete by the 12th so why not do both jobs at once.

Ummm… okay?

My head is literally spinning. There’s also a customer project at work that is stressing me out too. I am just Mr Stress today. You know what would be nice? Not being stressed. That would be nice.

The good news today? I took the last week of July off from work. Turns out the new Spiderman movie comes out that week. Might we be sneaking in a matinee? Could be. 

Okay. That’s enough of a mental health minute for me. Back to stressing out.

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Homeowner Spends Entire Dinner Party Explaining Which Light Switches Guests Free To Use

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/culture/homeowner-spends-entire-dinner-party-explaining-which-light-switches-guests-free-to-use/

Busy Busy

Today is Sunday. The last day of May, 2026. It is about quarter past 8:00am and it is 48 degrees out. It is warmer than it was for most of the day yesterday. Thanks for nothing, mother nature.

I have a home owner type project going on this weekend that is both overwhelmingly intimidating and completely kicking my ass. That’s probably why I am writing this post rather than actually working. That’s okay though. I guess. Maybe?

We are doing a long term sort of thing. At some point later this year we are going to upgrade our HVAC system. We had a guy out to do some routine maintenance on the AC unit and he told us it’s pretty much at death’s door. Shit. The upgrade is going to cost a fortune, but Massachusetts has some solid rebate and loan options if you qualify. Now in order for us to qualify we have to have some work done on the house to bring us up to code. 

One of those upgrades requires me to clear a three foot wide path around the outer walls in the cellar. Unfortunately for me, about 60% of those walls is made up of storage and closet space, all of which is full to bursting with crap. I have to clear all of that out which wouldn’t be too bad except that our cellar interior is also full of crap… well, crap, a laundry room, an office space where I do my morning exercise and my music stuff, and a living room. Basically, I have to pull everything out of storage but the only place that makes sense to move it to is already full of stuff. Shit.

The solution then is to purge. We’re going to book a visit from a junk removal service. They are going to take as much of the shit as I can pile up. Then we’re going to book a second visit and they will take the rest of the shit when I pile it up where the first load of shit was piled up. After that I just have to move furniture away from the walls. It’s going to suck to the high heavens, but it is worth it. We have all of that storage space (which was a huge selling point when we bought the house) but it’s all full. Now it will be cleared out for the most part and we can get to work filling it with new useless shit. Bonus!

So that’s my big project for this weekend. My smaller, less important project is already finished. On Friday night after work I mixed two songs. I wrote them on Monday, Memorial Day (I think the last time I wrote about them in a post here I said I wrote them on Sunday, but it was Monday). I had the bass, drums, and rhythm guitars done on Monday. I put the vocals on both songs on Thursday morning before work, and put the lead guitars down on Friday before work. Then I mixed them and uploaded them to my alonetone.com account before bed on Friday. For the first time in ages I submitted something to the RPM Challenge’s Record Every Month challenge thing. 

I accomplished something musically. That felt good. Maybe next week I can accomplish something photographically too. That would also feel good. Creativity is good for my soul, or something like that.

So Much for Grand Awakenings

What Can You Do

Okay… time to start my day and see if I can’t get some stuff done. Happy Sunday, everyone.

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Did your property go up in value last year? You'll be paying more taxes in Edmonton
The owner of an average single dwelling house assessed at $492,500 would pay $5,104.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/did-your-property-go-up-in-value-last-year-you-ll-be-paying-more-taxes-in-edmonton-9.7213232?cmp=rss

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- Walk-through video of every room
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I Nearly Got Swindled into a Bad House Purchase | Daily 491

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