©Cracked Concrete ~ Undine DeFilippo 2014
I have really enjoyed reading all your comments ! It has helped me make up my mind as to what to write about next. Your comments have encouraged me to share things of a positive nature. Anyhow, I'm grateful for your comments and hope you understand that NONE of your info is used or sold... You can always contact me via e-mail... just click on the link at the upper right corner. The winter of 2013/2014 was especially damaging in the Northeast USA. The severely cold temperatures caused heaving and consequent cracking of five inch thick aggregated concrete on my walkway and needed to be replaced ! SO ? WHAT's a WOMAN to do ? IF I CAN DO THIS, SO CAN YOU !!!  ©Underground Electric Line ~ Undine DeFilippo 2014 See that RED ARROW ? Well...that's pointing out a LIVE electric line running underground from the house to the garage. Hmmm... GET TO WORK !!! { here we go again ! } BUT DON'T GET ZAPPED OR WRECK ANYTHING HERE !!!  At first I was careful cracking and lifting out the concrete around the electric line... then I became impatient and used the large sledgehammer to make it break faster. GO AHEAD ! JUST GET ANGRY AND SLAM IT HARD !!! Concrete is HEAVIER than I imagined !  I dug out several buckets of dirt, embedded a few pavers vertically in cement to keep my project from shifting... poured in SEVEN FIFTY pound bags of gravel which is supposed to wisk moisture away and prevent winter's heave... Laid a double thickness of landscape fabric over the gravel... poured sand over that and started to lay pavers on a slant for rain water run off...  I used my handy dandy rotary cutter and custom cut pavers to fit odd spaces... trimmed the landscaping fabric... and filled in all the seams with more sand.  I know it's eclectic...
that some would say, "ya shoulda used GRAY colored pavers to match the remaining concrete" ... butt ... y'know what ? I'm HAPPY ! I did it MYSELF and it's works for me ! IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT so...GO AHEAD and tackle that project of yours and know YOU CAN DO IT !!!
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 © LED LANTERN ~ Undine DeFilippo 2014 It's common to expect an average of 200 Wedding Guests, but WHO wants to be responsible for collecting and watching over all those GIFT CARDS loaded with $ $ $ CASH $ $ $ Our Family recently had just such an occasion to prepare for. I was glad to discover this LARGE LANTERN, with 3 LED candles, and a latched door, at a HOME GOODS STORE ... AND... happily went to work redesigning it to suit the vision it invoked.  © Painting the Lantern ~ Undine DeFilippo 2014 First, I spray painted the DULL ~ DULL ~ DULL charcoal grey metal top with GLOSS BLACK. Then I got some thin Foam Board, Magic Markers, Rulers, White Paint, Exacto Blades, Elmer's Glue, Black Contact Paper, Odds n Ends of Pre Cut Wood Ornaments... and had me some FUN transforming the lantern into an Edwardian House that accepted ANY size GIFT CARD in the slot and can be reverted to the lantern whenever so desired ! The LED's can be turned on from the original switch located on the underside to create a glow ! I LOVE TO READ YOUR COMMENTS !
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