{"id":7191,"date":"2017-10-01T18:28:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T22:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myhobbitshed.com\/?p=7191"},"modified":"2017-10-01T20:49:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T00:49:25","slug":"i-asked-for-one-apple-cinnamon-muffin-she-gave-me-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhobbitshed.com\/2017\/10\/i-asked-for-one-apple-cinnamon-muffin-she-gave-me-three\/","title":{"rendered":"I Asked For One Apple Cinnamon Muffin………She Gave Me Three."},"content":{"rendered":"

Lady Galadriel Elf Queen of Lothlorien: And what gift would a Dwarf ask of the Elves?<\/p>\n

Gimli the Dwarf responds: Nothing. Except to look upon the Lady of the Galadhrim one last time, for she is more fair than all the jewels beneath the earth.<\/p>\n

Legolas the Elf who is part of the Fellowship along with Gimli asks later on what he asked for from the Elf Queen.<\/p>\n

Gimli replies: I asked her for one hair from her golden head……she gave me three.<\/p>\n

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I asked the other day for an apple cinnamon muffin that the Editor made up at her school with the children in her class. She came home with three……<\/p>\n

And that my friends is how the brain of a Lord of the Rings nerd works. A line from the movie pops up into my head and then I apply it to a real world situation. Or vise versa for that matter. Yeah, I get it. I know there’s something wrong with me. \u00a0So you just have to bear with me. Maybe someday I’ll snap out of it. Probably not any time soon though so don’t hold your breath.<\/p>\n

Welcome once again to the Hobbit Hollow Construction Blog! Glad to have you back as always.<\/p>\n

So son Terence is doing well over at Manhattan College in the Bronx. He has found that he has developed a taste for the chocolate milk at the school cafeteria. He may have already gained a couple of pounds. I hope he’s learning something there at school, as well. That would be nice. Isn’t that what college is supposed to be about? I better not have to go into my pocket to outfit this kid with a whole new wardrobe cause he’s gained too much weight or there’s going to be hell to pay.<\/p>\n

So I got this app called Spotify for my phone. It’s really great. You can download music of all kinds into your phone. It really is unbelievable. \u00a0You create a playlist of whatever songs you want and store them on your phone. Then you can listen to commercial free music while you’re working. It’s great. I downloaded every Beatles song the other day. Most of them anyway. So I’m over at the house listening to this Beatles song that I’ve always liked and I’m listening to the words and they just struck me as very strange. ” A soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the national trust.” \u00a0From “Happiness is a Warm Gun.” What does that even mean? And how does something like that even pop into your head? I thought weird stuff popped into my head. Those guys thought of some really strange stuff! I’m actually thinking I’m going to be alright.<\/p>\n

So on the Hobbit house front we had Jeff the mason stop by to help us out on finishing a couple of items. \u00a0At the four corners of the house I wanted to finish the exterior of the concrete with a product called \u00a0Sika 1-2-3. I needed this done before I start the siding and the horizontal trim work below the windows. So the timing was pretty good. Check it out.<\/p>\n

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Jeff applying the Sika 1-2-3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After he applies this to the wall and it dries a bit you put a horizontal broom finish on it. It gives the exterior of the house a little texture if you will. Check it out. It’s not fully dried here.<\/p>\n

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The four corners were done in a similar fashion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So now I can begin the horizontal trim and the siding without having to protect it from the mess you make with the Sika. We’re good to go.<\/p>\n

The other thing he did for me was on the inside of the house. In the hallway we had some serious honeycombs in the concrete. If I remember correctly it was basically the last truck of the day got a little tight at the very end. ( Honeycombs are not something you eat. In the world of concrete this is a void where the concrete did not consolidate properly leaving a void in the finish.) I had to set up a scaffold for him to work from. He used a product called structolite with cement added to it. You apply that to the ceiling and then trowel it til it’s nice.<\/p>\n

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Jeff applying the bonding agent to the ceiling before he starts putting the structolite on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you look closely you can see the honeycombs in the ceiling. You can’t just patch the spots or the ceiling will look stupid. You have to patch the whole ceiling.<\/p>\n

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Hallway wall finished nice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This isn’t a very good picture of how it came out. It looks good though. I had always planned on doing this regardless of the honeycombs. That’s why there are no design details in the hallway. I wanted to be able to show people the different ways that you can finish concrete.<\/p>\n

I spent the day doing a bunch of odds and ends. One of which was getting the window templates made for the curved window trim. Hmmm. That took a lot longer than I thought it would. (Like most things at the Hobbit House.) I also continued my quest with the electrical. Which is starting to come together pretty well.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, one other thing I completely forgot about. Went over to that Mother-in-Law’s house for dinner Wednesday night. You know, to pay a visit and all. Actually the Editor made the meal and Mother-in-Law did the side dishes. So I get there and my Mother-in-Law is walking around in a nightgown. What’s up with that? So I said to her, “Are you going to get dressed for dinner?” I mean, it was 6 pm! \u00a0I don’t understand. Why do I always have to be the bad guy and state the obvious. I’m getting these dirty looks. I really don’t know how I get myself into these situations. Now it turns out she’s going to come over on Wednesdays and cook for us. (She is a pretty good cook though.) But if I get home on Wednesday and have to watch her traipsing around my house in a \u00a0nightgown the deal is off! That’s crazy. Why did I agree to this again?<\/p>\n

See you soon!<\/p>\n

Jim<\/p>\n

Another picture.<\/p>\n

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Grasshopper on the side of the house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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