#marshaltown

[stochastique-blog]

sharing something like this...

An Iowa Democratic candidate came out in support of Church/ State separation and she gave a Shout Out to Atheists and non-believers in Iowa.

That is Great. We need people like that in the Senate and House and every other political body.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/09/11/ia-senate-candidate-atheists-i-see-you-and-i-support-church-state-separation/

[lesego-sm]

@mishaalganjaz #contentcreator #Media #marshaltown #johannesburg #gauteng #southafrica #Africa #africanphotography #africanprint #portrait #Portraits #nikonphotography #nikon #d810 #nikond810 #photography #photooftheday #fashion #cute #happy #art #instagram #picoftheday #beautiful #followme #JustGoShoot #Camera #PhotographyLife https://www.instagram.com/p/CMN1jHDDRwa/?igshid=1mmyzr7k3relp

[samdamp]

When a plasterer does his kid Nutella on toast, if you know you 😉#plasterer #Plaster #plastering #spread #topspread #even #firstcoat #skimming #nela #refina #marshaltown #onthetools #dampsam #skills #tradesman #tradie #ifyouknowyouknow (at All Dry Damp Proofing Ltd) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHAmHukFVnm/?igshid=czbwtxpx60hp

[moth--orchid]

Welcome to Marshal!

Enjoy yourself as you leisurely stroll through endless faces of Marshal everywhere you go! May or may not be over-exaggeration… You’ll have to visit to find out!

! Exclaimer ! May induce nightmares about Marshal. You have been warned.

The town WAS hacked, but it isn’t harmful at all! Please just don’t click on the arrow on the map which opens the villager list! It’ll crash your game. Doesn’t bring any harm to it but you’ll just lose your progress from when you last saved.

[brickmason1973-blog]

#habitatforhumanity #allmasonryconceptsllc #atlwestmasonryllc #brick #marshaltown #wrose #ngabrickincmasonrysupplies #residential #construction #subcontractor #contractor #turnkeymason #brickaccent #tuesday #newhomes #blessed (at Mableton, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ZcFgVnHcx/?igshid=1v6n6xpii5bo0

[chaotic-archaeologist]

My final two Hanukkah presents couldn't be more appropriate.

[random-anthropology]

Archaeologist tag meme by @chaotic-archaeologist

Rules: repost, please for the love of god don’t reblog. Non-archaeologists are also welcome to participate!

What kind of trowel do you have: A super pointy Marshaltown. 

Area of expertise: Canadian fur trade

Preferred drink in the field: Water

Tool that you have that no one else seems to have but should: dental picks. The only way to pick up those tiny seed beads!

How long have you had your current pair of field boots: Far too long.

Preferred music to dig to: Anything upbeat - my supervisor has some great playlists that she shares with us.

Favorite piece of archaeology related media: The Mummy!

Dream place to excavate: the fur trade post that was built by one of my ancestors.

Favorite artifact that you’ve handled: a piece of intact beadwork. No backing, no thread, just hundreds of glass beads in a flower pattern.

I tag: anyone who wants to play!

Thanks @djeheuty-bros for the tag. :-)

[diwhynot]

Pillow Talk

Let’s talk about bedrooms. The place where you fall into your blankets at the end of the day, where you cozy up with a book, have your coffee. My bedroom has always been a kind of oasis, an “even if the rest of the house is a disaster, this space is under control” kind of place.

Right now, we don’t really have one. Our one complaint about the new house is that the bedrooms are... really weird. There’s two on the main floor, a little 10x10 shoebox and a ~10x20 which is supposed to be the master with like 50 DOORS, including one that opens straight into the kitchen. 

The problem? In the apartment, we had a really nice bedroom setup. I scored a 1960s dresser and nightstand set off of Facebook for like $50 and refinished it, and we are in love with it. But it doesn’t fit anywhere! The master is long but so narrow, and with all the doors (okay, there’s only 3, not 50, but STILL) there’s not a single space of wall where we could feasibly cram our bedroom. Right now, this is the room we’re sleeping in, amidst a mountain of boxes and the strange yellow-brown color scheme the previous owners chose. It’s not ideal.

Then, Yann had the idea that we should turn the attic into our master bedroom. I loved this idea, because there’s a finished room in the attic that’s actually the biggest space in the house and immediately started pinning like crazy coming up with ideas. But there were inevitably a bunch of unexpected problems and surprises: so buckle in, because this is the story of the renovation that turned out way bigger than we planned.

For some background, this is what we were starting with:

Not exactly a clean slate! The room had wood panelling for the walls, which was not in great shape, and the very first thing we wanted to do was rip up the old carpet, because ew.

This was easily the room that needed the most work in the entire house, so OF COURSE we decided this was going to be our bedroom.

At first, our plan was just to repaint the walls, tear up the carpet, and lay some luxury vinyl plank (LVP) flooring in its place. With a fresh coat of paint, it actually started to look a lot better!

This is where the adventure really began. You see, this room turned out to be full of surprises. After painting, we started to take up that gross carpet, the carpet padding, the tack strips, and the baseboards so we could see what shape the subfloor was. Instead of subfloor though, we found... linoleum??? 

Like the kind that would have been in a hardware store bathroom in the 80s. That got pulled up stat. My hand is still blistered from getting the putty knife in under all those tile pieces. (It’s remarkably similar to the way my hands get beat up in a more normal summer when I’m on excavation; though it’s usually from using a Marshaltown trowel on hard soil, not peeling up 30+ year old linoleum. I guess this is a kind of archaeology too!)

Finally, we were down to the plywood subfloor. That was that, we were exhausted, and I think I slept around 10 hours at this point.

EXCEPT.

Underneath the plywood was another surprise. Peeking around the edges where the plywood didn’t quite meet up with the wall I saw WOOD FLOORS. I could have danced. I was secretly hoping the whole time we would find some kind of beautiful original hardwood under all these layers, and here it was!!! 

Okay, so maybe it’s not beautiful, but it’s original. They’re tongue-and-groove boards, about 6″x1″ nailed straight into the beams and OH BOY are they solid. This is the point where Yann began to think I was crazy, because now I couldn’t dream of putting down LVP, I wanted those wood floors.

And now here we are, almost two weeks into the new home, and we’re still sleeping in a temporary bedroom which is essentially a bed and boxes of clothes. The plan is to remove the rest of the plywood and sand down those wood planks before refinishing them, which should take... like two days, right?

Right???

There’s also the issue of the paneling though. After we got the other flooring up, we realized that the bottom edge of the wall with the window was completely rotted out, and so we’re going to have to replace that too. After all that painting, lol. That was a lesson in not getting ahead of ourselves I guess.

So, there you have it. What was supposed to just be a cosmetic change ended in us basically un-finishing the attic so that we could refinish it.

But by god, I have a hammer and a dream.

Inspiration for the final look:

[sulfuriousacid]

Archaeologist Tag meme by @chaotic-archaeologist

Rules: repost, please for yhe love of god don’t reblog. Non-archaeologists are also welcome to participate!

What kind of trowel do you have: I use a 5.5 in. Marshaltown pointed trowl

Area of Expertise: Polynesian Archaeology

Prefered drink in the field: Water

Tool that you have but no one else seems to have but should: not really a tool but a camp stool or chair is a life saver if you dont screen on a tripod

How long have you had your current pair of field boots: Five years

Prefered music to dig to: Havent been on a team where we’re allowed to play music yet. I feel like just having a radio on would be a nice mix of music and chater tho

Favorite piece of archaeology related media: The mummy

Dream place to excavate: Nan Madol would be super cool

Favorite artifact that you’ve handled: a tatoo needle I excavated in Hawaii

I tag: @lochnessmonsterofficial

[jamht1972]

[the-dapper-souls]

The coach #maninsuit #photographylovers #photographylife #photography #meninsuits #melanin #canon #coach #keepcoaching #clean #grey #greynwhite#minimalism #minimalist #jozigram #jozi #jozivibes #marshaltown (at Gauteng)

[sulfuriousacid]

I’d like to add to the hardware store taxonomical project by discussing archaeologists in the ecosystem. Archaeologists tend to be transient in the hardware store ecosystem and avoid each other chronologically much like cats sharing overlapping territory although conflict is unlikely if archaeologist meet in the vicinity of most excavation tools, disputes over trowel preference can be spirited and drawn out. This can be avoided by hardware stores by simply not stocking marshaltown trowels as these are prime selection and most archaeologists will move on to other areas if inferior trowels are the only option

*releases pack of dads into home depot* go……be free

[samdamp]

It’s been hard work but finally got the new kitchen extension skimmed with sharp angles. Time to dry out then on to the nexts stage. #plasterer #plastering #plaster #finish finishing finishes #britishgypsum #boardfinish #multifinish #bankholiday #renovation #insulation #plasterboard #nela #refina #marshaltown #experienced #hardworking #spread #handboard #anglebeads #boardbeads (at All Dry Damp Proofing Ltd) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEhbwGplbeo/?igshid=1n92s4q88ikdh

[moth--orchid]

This is what happens when you hack in multiples of the same villager... and gets asked to deliver an item. 

Just in case it wasn’t clear from the photo, I gave it back to the same Marshal. I guess this is how it seems like when we send ourselves letters with gifts attached. 👀  Yes Marshal, I will see you today! Yep, what a gentleman you are for sending yourself a gift and wrapping it up. Don’t worry, I didn’t walk that far! You should say hi to Marshal yourself, he’s staring at us.

And before you ask, yes, I do have a DA for my Marshal town xD But I’m not making the official post yet, I’m waiting until I update the town with a few more things! If you’re in the Facebook group Animal Crossing New Leaf Addicts though, you can find the DA there! 😉

[djcitycoc]

Watch "2021 Chevrolet Camaro Ames, Boone, Story City, Marshaltown, Nevada Iowa 214171" on YouTube

[gothamcitybeatle]

Nobody watches TV in Marshaltown, Iowa

Radioactive Lawrence Welk to give you psychic damage

Florence Antique Mall in Florence, KY