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10/10/2003: "Trying to get into the habit again..."
Of posting stuff here!
Just been so busy, and it's way easier to just vegetate that last waking hour in front of that other, bigger CRT that has 500 channels to choose from. But of course I watch the same dozen channels all the time so all the rest are really just fluff.
So what have I been doing you may ask? Well, a lot of work on my Mom's house and even a little on the cottage here as well. At her house, she added a sun room on the back, had her kitchen and bathroom doubled in size, and tiled half the house. Problem is, after throwing the second incompetent general contractor off the job, it was all done inside, but the outside was completely unfinished...
OK, so don't ask me why, but I said I'd finish it all for her. So I had to shingle the whole addition and half the front that was ripped apart, trim all the new windows, install soffit and fascia boards on the addition, and then paint the whole house.
All in my spare time of course, and whilst still keeping up with the never ending and eternal renovations at my house, and oh yes, of course, still trying to finish the cottage so I can rent it out and start getting some return on all the cash I've dumped into it so far.
So I find on the front of her house the sheathing is rotted in spots, so I rip it all out, skin it with new plywood and then Tyvek it. Then just do the shingles on it and it's ready for paint. You can see here the new shingles are white. Here's another shot to give you an idea of how many shingles it was (a lot!).
Here's the new addition, I shingled it all and trimmed the windows, but you can see there's no fascia or soffits yet, here's the other side of it. Here's a closeup of the roof valley, without the trim on. I have to add a few shots of the addition all finished, I thought I had taken some, but I guess not.
But I do have a pic of the front all painted and done. Not bad, all she needs to do is have the front walk done and plant some shrubs and of course put gutters up and the whole house is pretty much done.
And I still found time to bake cookies with Sarah and Danny, which kind you ask? Oatmeal chocolate chip with walnuts of course!
The only downside to enjoying candy and sweets as much as I do is this. Yup, that's me enjoying a root canal a few weeks ago!
Grace and I haven't been downtown to enjoy some pho for at least a month now, so I ordered a few vietnamese coffee makers from quickspice.com so I we can enjoy a cup at home now. But I think I feel a hankering for some pho coming on...
We also had a nice bonfire in my fire-pit when the kids were all up a few weeks ago and roasted marshmallows and made s'moores too! I have a bunch of wood stacked up and if I get all my scheduled projects done this weekend (one crucial one is closing the pool) we'll have another fire Sunday night.
OK, that's it for me. Glad I posted a few pics and hope I didn't bore the hell outta y'all. I've had quite a few more things going on I didn't even mention. I'll post more and try and "back log" until you're all caught up on my goings on last month or two, K?
aiigghht, 'nite all...
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