So this is what spare energy feels like

[marydell]

The playroom/study/library in the front of the basement has a big metal vertical pipe right smack in the center of it, holding up the main I-beam that runs down the center of the house.  In pre-Charlie days I jokingly called this my stripper pole--it's about 3 times as big around as a conventional stripper pole, just as I am 3 times as big around as a conventional stripper.  Hrm. Anyway, now it is called the pole of doom, because while the floor has foam tile all over the place [ToysRUs has these alphabet tiles, BTW, in case you're looking to pad your kiddo's floor], the pole has just been a big head-bump hazard.  Nothing bad has happened thus far, but it's been a source of worry even when I had it kind of boxed in with cubes of foam floor tiles.

So today I went and got foam pipe insulating thingies, covered the bottom yard of the thing with 2 layers of foam, and then put a nice piece of quilted fabric around that and sewed it shut. With an actual needle and thread! And I am not collapsing into bed immediately afterwards! W00t!



This evening's activities were made possible by the generous support of the Never Touching Zyrtec Again Foundation, in partnership with the Better Sleep Through Esophageal Health Foundation, the Blood Pressure Meds Only Make You Tired For About Six Months Foundation, the Depo-Provera Can Halt Your Endometriosis Foundation, and Mobil Corporation.

Comments

[notodette.livejournal.com]

That looks fabulous!

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm really digging the fabric.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I could hear the PBS announcer's voice, too.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Yay for extra energy!

Three cheers for what you did with it!

[unhappytriad.livejournal.com]

Now that I'm about halfway through my Huge Giant Megadoses of Vitamin D to treat the scary deficiency discovered on my last physical, I'm beginning to get some energy back too. Not only do I not collapse into bed as soon as I get home from work, I'm actually starting to do some sewing. (Public Service Announcement: when you switch from the nasty hormone-laden supermarket milk to the yummy locally-produced fresh organic milk, you have to get more vitamin D from somewhere, because they do not add it to the yummy healthy milk. Without the blood test I would never have figured this out, because it did not occur to me to look at the label.)

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

Hey, well done, your craftiness! :) looks great :D

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

!!

Here in Massachusetts we call those things "lally columns" but I have no idea why.

So glad to hear you're feeling more energetic. :)