Grinding Hard on a Friday Night: Venetian Plaster, Web Scraper, Home Reno

What I'm up to on a Friday night…

• Just got back from hardware store. Third time this week :/
  • Gearing up to try my hand at Venetian plaster. It's a way to make walls look like marble.
• Went to an office. Dusted off a web scraper program. Using it to scrape state business by name, specifically "roofing" and "exterior". It should generate a comprehensive Excel list of all the businesses with those keywords. It sorts by city alphabetically.
  • I'll then have my virtual assistant contact each roofer based in nearby cities to set up a time to come out and give quotes. (This property is condemned. Bunch of holes in the roof. Terrible shape.)
• As the scraping program is working in the background, changing to plan of attack for finishing off the current house I'm living in and renovating. Textured the walls today. Hopefully it'll be dry tomorrow to airless paint spray. Objectives:
  • Bathroom
    • move vent into wall
    • decide if adding fan (electrical & duct)
    • choose where to put mirror electrical box
    • drywall & plaster
    • redo bath plumbing
    • refinish tub & caulk
    • LVP flooring
    • vanity and plumbing
    • trim out shelf and vent stub
    • replace shower head with LED version
  • Kitchen
    • re-pipe sink with PEX
    • stain, glue and nail ceiling beadboard
    • decide what to do about chimney: enclose or paint
    • install steel door jamb
    • paint door trim
    • test if wall microwave works, electrical rough in
    • PVC panel under sink with drain
    • decide: refinish or replace trim?
    • mask, prime and paint walls
    • self-leveler + LVP flooring
    • vinyl countertop & sink
  • Basement remodel start
    • window replace
    • cellar door fuck about
    • waste plumbing stub out
    • vapor barrier + ridged insulation
    • steel stud framing + treated shower platform
    • rough in wiring
    • interior door to laundry + lock
    • STOP
• An hour later, scraper still chugging along. Quick late night dinner.
• Ok, almost three hours later. Scraping complete. Big hairy Excel file… second program to sort by city… aw, there is a bug. Well, almost got there.