Elizabeth's oven

[egalecki]

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Well, last week it was saying wait, but this week it says go on. I'll probably be doing a bit this weekend on the tile, hoping to do some stucco early next week. The weather around here is unpredictable this time of year, so I keep an eye on the forecast. Days might be good, but nights, well, they can get too cold for proper curing. A tarp and a halogen light can do wonders, though...

[mfiore]

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Sarah, I've followed your build throughout. What more needs to be done? I thought it was a finished product (I guess nothings ever really quite finished)

[egalecki]

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Well, the spaceship has landed. I did the finish coat of stucco yesterday. I was aiming to do the tile, but decided that I didn't want to clean it up when I did stucco, so I did the messy stuff first.

I was using the white finish stucco from Lowe's. It isn't hard to apply- I prefer it to the type S I was using for the base coats. The half that was in the sun set up much more quickly than the half in the shade! I had to really work at it to get it on and still be able to float it smooth.

I think it turned out pretty well- I am noticing a couple of very tiny cracks in a couple of places but I think if they don't get worse I can fill them all right without having to do a whole extra coat.

Continuing to mist it periodically. Now I have to grout the mosaic and do the other tile (maybe tomorrow).

I think I'll finish the stucco on the base next spring and give my rotator cuff a chance to heal. Seems a lifetime of not using my deltoids properly is now reaping me bad things. Physical therapy is not fun, but I will build up those muscles and learn to do things properly. Either that or I'll have to teach my left hand to be a whole lot less stupid....

[Les]

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Looks fantastic Elizabeth! Great job.

Les...

[mfiore]

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Looks great! I love the mosaic. Good luck with the PT.

[Bandrasco]

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Very nice job Elizabeth!

I love the tiles; very trendy you know.

The muscles have a way to forget how they used to work huh? Lol, I know mine are screaming for mercy.

Again, super job!

Bill

[egalecki]

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Just be careful with the back muscles! All the bending over is kinda hard on them. Stand up and stretch regularly- I fought my back all summer from being too pigheaded to stop working. "I'm almost finished with (this course, the dome, the stand...) .

I've apparently NEVER used my shoulders and arms the right way- it's just catching up to me now that I've been doing more work like this and with the nail guns, etc. at work. Dead weight at the end of the arm is bad if you don't lift it right. Imagine.

[Frances]

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Sounds like a good plan to give your back time to heal over Winter...

I have to do PT for my back, too. Another of those things where you're lying in bed going "oh dratt, I forgot to do my back exercises AGAIN..."

The oven looks great! Its really come together with that last coat, gives it a very finished look. Lovely!

[egalecki]

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My arm exercises are the same way, and I've only just started with it. I do the sort of yoga style exercises for my back too. I'm trying to get in a routine of doing them at a set time in the day so I don't forget. Only question is, morning (Not my best time of the day without coffee) or evening (when it's really easy to be too tired to mess with it)?

It's going to take the same mindset I had to develop when I decided I didn't want to weigh nearly as much as my husband... and he's 8 inches taller than I am.

[bbell]

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Looks great!

[peterlyn]

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Elizabeth, YOU ROCK! What a fabulous WFO (or is that UFO?!). I've been admiring your progress and grit - what a great testament to shear determination! You're an inspiration, girl! Please keep following-up....maybe with food?
Karen

[egalecki]

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Thank you very much. I'm very pleased with how it's looking- Frances says that it'll not be quite so shiny white after a while, which will be good.

I really need to get the rest of the tile down tomorrow or I suspect I'll have run out of time. The weather's a changin' again!

[egalecki]

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This is what greeted us this morning. I don't think we've had snow this early in 20 years.

So, I guess I really am finished for this year!

[Les]

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Bummer!

Les...

[nodoubt68]

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Oh how beautiful Elizabeth !! But your picture did give me a cold shiver...lol...looks really cold.Time to pack up and move inside :-)