Thursday, May 29, 2008

Not much progress

An update on what's going on here:
Mark broke another storm window last night, again escaped without any cuts though.
I would say 1/3 of one side of the house is sanded. It is slow moving certainly, but most definitely would move faster if the painter were actually here. He has a pretty sweet schedule if you ask me.
Monday- off for the holiday
Tuesday- arrived at 11:00 worked till 5:00 then packed up
Wednesday- didn't show
Thursday- called Mark and said he was running late. Its 2:00 still no sign. That is REALLY late I guess.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Always something

As with all projects on this house, the siding undertaking has become bigger than originally anticipated.

On Saturday when the painter was pressure washing, I was folding laundry in our room and noticed the cat standing up with his front paws on our headboard and his nose up against the wall. I looked closer to realize he was licking water off the walls. I was alarmed by this until I went down stairs and saw how much was coming in through the playroom roof. It was nearly like being outside in the rain.

And today when Mark was removing storm windows, he had one shatter into a million pieces over his head. It was a mess but luckily the ones that were shaped like daggers had speared into the window sill and not Mark's head.

Monday, May 26, 2008

New trim

Some of Mark's handy work from this weekend.





Goodbye siding






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