 All right, we're a little crazy, but it's Saturday and we've decided to come check out lumber prices We need to redo our deck in front of the house urgently And we need about 62 by 6 by 8 treated pieces of lumber deck lumber We're gonna sell kidney each pay for this And possibly Chevy we don't want to make that kind of sacrifice so kidney first Yeah, so let's go inside now. We're gonna see what their prices are at here. We have no idea what to expect I haven't looked at lumber in well so long since before all of this mess started happening There we go crazy Feel crazy Penner building center the only people open in the area on a Saturday We were gonna go to grunt all lumber, but apparently grunt all lumber closes at one o'clock on a Saturday You know the time of the time of week when everybody wants to do their rentals and stuff. That's right I'm gonna need my muzzle and say Getting very close to the point here where we're not gonna need these anymore Let me show you what we're working with And we don't really show the front of our house a lot so You guys may not even have seen this front deck the way it was before already So the owners before us what they did They built this deck on to sell the house. It was a really good feature. I I really like it. However, they did a They did a little cheap they'd used regular untreated two by fours for one and and Once they were done they painted it with deck over and This is what deck over does the very next year. This whole deck was finished last summer It's about a year a year old This is what it's looking like now. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna replace this top part with treated two by six deck lumber That's designed to be out here and then we're gonna seal it next month So it'll last a long time. I've already started taking off Some of the boards here, but it's very difficult because what they've done here you can see this What they did was they when they screwed these boards down They screwed the screws in really deep and then they filled the top with drywall mud To even it off and then painted the deck over over that for a smooth surface so it was a different way of doing a Doing a deck so Yeah, this looks pretty terrible, right? I don't want this to be the first thing people see you when they Come to visit So yeah, you're tracking in all that paint stuff too Let that be a lesson to you The deck over is terrible the same thing happened to my parents deck. They used a brown deck over It's sort of like a paint that's made for decks But It's not it's not good. It's not good quality. It always peels. The best is just to seal it So what we've gone and got now is a nice maple sealant We just got one can here for now, but we may need to go get another one a maple sealant. It's in here So it's exterior tintable wood stain with semi transparent finish Like I said, we tinted it to the color of maple Maybe because we're Canadian. I don't know maybe because we just like the color mostly because we like the color That's what we're gonna be doing out there. The wood we got is outside. I'll show it to you We got 62 by six by eights treated lumber and it cost us $1,500 Canadian which would probably be just a little over a thousand American Let's take a look This here is what? $1,500 looks like today in lumber. It's not too bad Lumber has actually come down on price by 27% since from last month So it was cheaper than it was and it's still expected to continue going down But we needed to get the project started now. So now is the time to go and buy it You know, it's been worse, but it's been a lot better to for price Hopefully we got everything we need there. We may need to go get a few more things just to finish it up I Think it's gonna be good. It's gonna be a lot bigger of a project than I thought it would be of course But that's the way it always is. That's the way it always goes At least we'll have a nice new finished deck and then my nephews from Britside are coming over Next month sometime if everything works out and and they're able to and Hopefully we're thinking that they're gonna help us stain it so we can probably get it done in a very short amount of time I was a little nervous to be honest going to the lumber store At first what we were gonna do is we were gonna use the pressure washer and blow all of that red paint stuff off of there And then restain the wood that's already there And we started realizing that more of the boards were rotten than we thought because they weren't treated They weren't made to be out in the rain For that long and it was just done a little bit cheap But hey, maybe that's all they could afford to do at least they had a nice deck, right? And it was a nice selling feature. It is really nice. We've used it quite a bit We like sitting out there first thing in the morning on the weekends having our coffee but uh, you know It just needs a little bit of an update So that's what I'm gonna be doing there We got our wood from EG Penner Which is the building supply store here in Steinback and It is a little bit expensive But again, like we were saying earlier, it's the only place that's open On Saturday and they're only open to like five o'clock. I don't understand some of the most of the stores around our area. I Understand most stores are still or a lot of stores so closed on Sundays. It's a it's a very religious faith-based area So a lot of companies don't Don't open on Sundays. I understand that part. I was raised in that as well So I understand I understand don't want to work on Sunday. Okay, I get that but why Saturday too Right like the all the other building stores around here And a lot of other businesses are closed on Saturdays Remember I went to go get a helmet from the Honda dealership in town Last Saturday or a few Saturdays ago and they were closed on Saturday. I Don't know if they closed early. I don't remember if they're closed all together only open Monday to Friday And then they're only open till six during the week So normal people who work Monday to Friday Don't have time to even get to these stores to buy anything. That's my problem. I'm like Saturdays. That's renovation day That's when people want to work on their decks when they want to work on their vehicles when they want to have fun You know, they might need the recreational vehicle tuned up or you know They're hot there their bike or their quad might need a little Apart or something so they can go have fun for the weekend But maybe something small broke. They just need to go buy a part so that they can get going No, we can't do that because on the day when we all have time to do these things The stores are all closed So we can't go and give them our money It just doesn't make sense to me Saturdays. That's the day you want to be open late. That's when everybody's gonna give you their money Right, right. Am I right? Coffee couldn't believe it. So E.G. Penner was the only place that was open We were gonna go and buy our lumber from Grunthal lumber because they have a lot better prices But hey Grunthal lumber wants to close at 1 p.m. On a Saturday when I want to go give them my money do some projects. Hey, I Guess E.G. Penner gets my money instead I'm just thinking from a straight-up business point of view here. Like I Would want to maximize my profits On the days when I know You get it you all get it you you're probably a bunch of business owners out there Who knows I've said it before I don't know who's on the other end of these cameras, you know You could be a big CEO of a big billion-dollar company. I have no idea. I'm talking to you right now. It's pretty cool pretty cool Congratulations on all your success. I wish you all the best Who knows maybe we're all just a bunch of employees a couple of truckers working for the big man Maybe we're between jobs right now. I don't know where you're at in your life right now We're all about right now. I'm happy with I'm happy with And we're a mat specifically right now with my coffee Exceptionally happy with things are always changing, you know things are always changing life sort of gets reassigned but Yeah, we we've invested quite a bit into this house already who installed the air conditioner top of the line air conditioner We're putting in a new deck in the front. We've put the fence around the yard We're going to be redoing the cover on that carport later this summer. Maybe in fall before winter and We'll be repainting in here and We're redoing the floors before we have our first child Which we have no news on yet. We we still have no news unfortunately for you guys. I know it's We'll get there but before we do have a first shot we want to put new flooring in here there's a couple of spots on this floor where it's coming up a little bit and It could hurt a baby crawling along it and we just want a little bit higher quality floor We also want a floor that's water resistant So that when you know spills happen You don't have to worry about you know If you forget or if you aren't able to get to wipe it up immediately Is this stuff if the floor gets wet like it's it's happened the floor gets wet and like there's a crack over here where They didn't do very good meat there and if you get water in there You have to dry it up immediately drop everything and go and dry it up immediately because If you don't it'll soak into the floor almost right away and swell up and the only way to fix that is to replace it I'm gonna go to my arm over here. That must be some some dog snot Diesel from the nose looking at that when I was holding the camera Yeah, that's what's going on around here I've changed my schedule up a little bit with my vlogs here just to make things a little bit less stressful on me There's a lot going on especially in summertime. I want to get out there and aside from you know projects like the deck and The motorcycle I want to get out there on the motorcycle this summer and enjoy it and make it worthwhile It's a little bit expensive to Register and ensure motorcycles in Manitoba compared to other places around the continent and around the country and around the US So I want to make it worth it. Okay, it's it's uh I want to make sure I get my riding in So I've changed my schedule a little bit with these vlogs You're still gonna be getting a vlog every day But I think it's going to be more consistent this way because I've been falling behind a little bit And if I didn't have time to edit Well, you guys just didn't get a video. There was no video on the internet Maybe that doesn't bother you but the consistent the lack of consistency bothers me So if I don't have time at the end of my day say I worked till 8 o'clock get home at 8 30 I don't have time to edit. So I just put my files on the computer and go to bed. Well, no video tomorrow I'm gonna adjust my schedule a little bit here so that we can have a video out at a regularly scheduled time again Maybe 4 a.m. Central time like we used to we can get it scheduled to release or maybe 10 maybe noon Maybe you can leave me some suggestions down below in the comments section there of what would be a good time To release my video. I always liked releasing it at 4 a.m. Because then it's It's available ready for everybody to watch with their coffee in the morning here in North America where the bulk of my viewers are and For people in Europe where the next big chunk of my viewers are it's ready for them when they get home from work They can sit down relax eat supper and then watch some sugar Josh Same thing with Australia too. I think Australia gets released in the middle of the night Then doesn't it or late in the evening But it's hard to make it a perfect time for everybody around the world because my my biggest chunk of viewers is here in North America The next biggest chunk is in the United Kingdom in Europe and the next biggest chunk is in Australia That is where the majority of you guys live the Anglosphere is what we'll call it the English-speaking countries Obviously because I guess I speak English so it makes sense. You can you can understand me Make sense, but there are a whole pile of you scattered throughout the rest of the world and you know I'm glad you're here as well. That's awesome. Yeah, we'll see how this works Okay, we're gonna try this for a little while and see how this works Brits is at work right now. I am at home With the commander. He's been very busy devising His latest schemes to take over the world Dude man, you got to act fast now Gotta act fast man Time's running out. I Know stressful. I get it deep breaths. That's good He's got a little bit of a wart on the top of his head there We don't touch it a little bit too old to have surgery on it now And it doesn't seem to be bothering him and it's not cancerous. So Just don't touch it we have Chevy right here and Let's rest the guys Well the other end of our massive mansion and There's a weasel. Hey diesel everybody wants a quick hello from you. Hello. Say hello Okay Hey guys perfect perfect Can't have a video without the weasel and it people get upset. I Think there's a wiener around here somewhere too. It's not me It's a little wiener. Oh There he is You're in here crying because mom's not home, you know, I'm cool too, you know You don't have to yell at me. Geez. You're just not you're just not The facts are you're not as cool as mom He is a one-owner dog. That is my wife's dog Brits dog. She's had him since he was like since he was born pretty much And I am just I fall short from him In his eyes, I am just not the brightest crayon in the in the crayon box and He doesn't He does respect me. He listens to me. I was gonna say he doesn't respect me He does respect me. He listens well, but he gets sad when Brits not here. He's sad He goes in sulk's in his room over there. I'm special too Special too. They just all the dogs you all get more excited for mom than for me But yeah, how's it a little chat updating you on on what I've been doing here this weekend? Tomorrow I want to take the bike out for a ride We'll see if we can find the time too because I've also got projects to do I'll be riding into work every day this week. So if I don't get it out tomorrow We got all week. The weather is going to be great. It's finally summer time here in Canada We're gonna get a full three months of summer. I know I was joking around that we only get two weeks of summer I was being a little I was exaggerating a little bit for people who thought I was serious We we do have pretty good weather from about mid-May to mid-October Good weather for riding motorcycles. Maybe if you're brave, you can go a little further or start earlier, but That's riding season here from May 15th to the end of October. I think It's up to you. Sometimes we have snow by the end of October too Whoa, we have such brutal winters here that when summer comes around we like to seize it and make the most of it So another reason why I want to change the schedule up a little bit make it a little bit easier on me While still providing content for you to watch every day I'll see you tomorrow everybody. Thanks for hanging out. This is just a little chat Little hangout session Have a great weekend