After 2 days of doing nothing but eating, sleeping and playing WoW I finally decided to actually get off my lazy ass and go get some much needed supplies at Lowes. Since I bought my house I have been putting together a list of things that need to be done. Of course this list grows larger all the time and I’m sure there is no end in site. Anyway, my primary mission was to clean the gutters and fix 6 screens windows as well as purchase 4 new ones for one reason or another did not come with the house. Secondary objectives included purchasing charcoal, mass quantities of weed and insect killer, and exchanging a 30 Amp breaker. For some reason I thought that I would be in and out in an hour. Of course I didn’t account for the extra little projects that you always think of when you goto any home improvement store. After wandering around Lowes for probably 2 hours I finally got everything I need (at least for now) and left $200 poorer.
First thing I do when I get home is start on my gutters. When I had the house inspected I was told to get the gutters cleaned. Since I am a lazy bastard I havn’t really had time to do it, with WoW and all. So I break out the hose and my newly purchased “Gutter Blaster” ($19.98 + tax at your local Lowes) which is a expendable metal pipe that curves at the end so you can blast the crud with water. I get everything hooked up, put the nozzle in the gutter and let the watter flow. After about 5 minutes of gutter blasting and trying to navigate around the spikes that hold the gutter on I found myself pretty wet. Hoping that progress has been made I run upstairs to my bathroom to lookout the window so I can determine what has been blasted away. After looking out the window at the gutters I determine that the only thing that has been blasted away has been my $19.98 + tax. So after that disappointment I grab a bucket and my ladder climbed onto the roof. This being my first time cleaning gutters I was’nt really sure what to expect. After carefully assessing the situation and praying to God I wouldn’t fall off the roof I determined that my gutters were nothing more than small swamps filled with…. well I’m not quite sure what but it was pretty gross.
After about 3 hours of manually scooping and spraying tons of crud out of my gutters I finally got them cleaned out. My roommate Aaron was kind enough to come out and lend a hand with the hose and emptying the bucket as well being ready to point and laugh at me if fell off.
