Half Horse

Timmy was a wee little pony that loved to play in the pasture with the full size horses... I am sure this is along the lines of what you would expect from a post entitled "Half Horse". However this is not a story about a wee little horse rather it is a tale of a young lad who was so impressed by his fathers brut strength that he referred to him as being half horse. Perhaps the identity came from occasional horse rides around the living room or a well timed horse like laugh. Actually I don't think any of these had anything to do with the label the lad placed on his father. No, the title came when the boy stuck his hand up his fathers shirt and rubbed his back. There was hair there. Yes hair, hair like you would find on the back of a horse. And so a connection was made that the father must be half horse to have hair like that on his back.

Amy - I need a wax job! Remember all our talk about you being Hitch and me being Albert? Well, in the movie Albert has his back waxed. It is time. When my son tells me I am half horse the hairy back has gone too far. Any guesses which son it might be? Yes, sweet Jack. The boy who loves to say it as he sees it. No filter. He stuck his arm through my shirt sleeve and moved it up and down my back for a minute then offered his assessment of the situation. Doesn't that just make you feel good?

It is a good thing I am only half a horse because a full sized horse would not have been able to crawl through the attic like I did today. I finished installing the can lights in the dining area and after wiring it all up I was happy to see that everything worked. Glad I didn't have to go back and trace any wires on that project. A full horse would probably have had a problem there but not me. Nooo, a half horse has skills like that.

So the carpet glue has been a bear. It has kicked my butt. I finally decided to pull it up on google last night and found some interesting things. First, we decided to incorporate the remaining glue into the new floor and simply seal it. I have read some things that say sealer wont stick to the glue. That creates a problem. Also found the secret to glue removal. It is as simple as boiling water and some scraping action. I dumped some boiling water on the floor. After some scraping I hooked up a wire brush to the drill and that seemed to work very well. I will be testing more tomorrow. I hope I can pull it off and get these floors cleaned. I don't want to go to all the trouble only to have the floors not seal and become a problem. Back at it tomorrow.

Natty and the activity days girls in her class - Mack and Ashley - were back over at the house today to finish up their boxes. They did good. I hope they like their boxes and get some use out of them. It was a fun project.

One last thing... A horse is a horse of course of course and no one can talk to a horse of course, unless of course the horse of course is the famous Mr. Ed.