The End of Month Number Four

March 31, 2019

There has been a lot going on over here although I have been rather negligent in posting. John and Amanda and kids had been here for a week. John started a project in the den which will take a bit of finishing up on our end. He did the roof repair for us so we canceled the roofer who hadn't called us back anyway. He did an excellent job and it will make the insurance man very happy.

Then we all took off for Tybee Island where we met up with Christine and Jason and the kids, and Julia and Will. We spend three nights there. We walked the Island quite a bit, went to check out Savannah with Julia and Will, ate a lot, shopped a little, and took a great nap.

Unfortunately the last night of our mini vacation, John got the stomach flu and without to much discussion about that all you need to know is he's much better.

So enjoy the pictures. 

The roof. 

The Ugly Shutters

Tybee Island.

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Unfortunately I was late in capturing this picture. It was a stream of about twenty five 7 year olds out with buckets and sticks to pick up trash. The cutest part was the old couple that rode past us on bikes who remarked they looked like a bunch of young inmates out on garbage pick-up.

Major Treehouse

Golf carts are a major form of transportation on the Island but this guy had it down.

Our trip to Savannah. 

Forsyth Park and neighboring homes.

A couple we decided to stalk.

The Confederate Memorial

Day 2 - The further we go the behinder we get.

Day 2 of the roof had us running off to Swainsboro Supply for more wood. The further John went into the project the more extensive it got. 

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Cue the music . . .

So as we wait for the continuation tomorrow let me tell you about our fireplace in the room we sleep in. If you happened to read an earlier post we exchanged an old log burning gas heater for a new one.

The old for the new . . .. . . minus the dog.

If you look closely at the first picture you can see on the left side of the opening a piece of the metal tube that was showing. We weren't quite sure what it was but it appeared to be there to block up the fireplace so you could run a ventless log gas fireplace. Well the last week we had been looking at it and asking each other if it appeared to be getting lower. Finally we knew we needed to investigate.

 All John did was tap it with his hammer. This is what happened.

Things are looking up. We re-positioned the metal sheeting to block the fireplace,

All better.

Luckily what ever goes up doesn't always fall through the roof.

Today I want to concentrate on roof work. We knew when we bought this place that there was a bogus patch job on the roof. As most roof repairs go it was a lot worse that we expected, go figure!

When we got here we found that the roof over the screen porch was damaged from years of leaking. This in turn damaged the floor of the porch. We also knew that this was a repair we would have to fix before we left for the summer. Little did we know that the insurance company felt the same way. 

This was the hole in the roof over the screen porch. It looks like it has been leaking for a while, huh!

 As fate would have it John needed us and we needed him. Using his vast experience we used his roofing skills to start the demo on the roof. And, when it comes to these types of jobs there is always more that will need to be fixed as things become exposed . . .

. . . like the board he just picked up in his hand that easily broke off.

This whole part of the roof wasn't even attached. He had to get a ladder, put a jack on it, and prop it up as he reinforced the beams.

We shall continue tomorrow.  As he started the tear off, dad and I went to Lowe's for roofing supplies.

Mom'sday

The thing about Mom'sday is that if I don't want to do it I just ain't gonna do it and the best part is there is no guilt.

So with that said I'm not going to post any updates although there has been many, some small some not so small. Until tomorrow . . .

Good night.

Playing Catch Up With A Baker's Dozen

This is where I sat with my morning coffee and contemplated life.  I watched squirrels and cardinals while I admired the nice job of raking John did. That was last weekends work. 

I want to fill you in on this weekend.s work and play "catch up" here.

We mostly did odds and ends over the weekend. Monday we drove to Vidalia (the L is silent by the way) to go to Lowe's for drywall for the bedroom. So here is a baker's dozen pictures of what we have done.

I started to paint the trim in the tiny hall with the four doors that lead to the living room, bedroom, upstairs bedroom, and screen porch. I'm deciding on blue, blue, or blue.

We put up the drywall. Here is a Before and After picture. The other picture is of the closet in that room. It still boasts the original wallpaper. John had to make a lot of holes in the walls to run wire from the attic.

Next is the hallway I painted. The exterior door has some type of lame framing. I got tired of looking at it, it was time to paint. I went as high as I could without using a ladder. We may just have to break down and buy a Walmart ladder. We have a 3 foot ladder and a 12 foot ladder ( the one I fell off) each are not what I want to be climbing on. But for now, they worked. Not sure what color the walls will be. I'm only on my second coat on the woodwork. The ceiling and walls are old bead board and shiplap. Each are a pain to paint.

Before

After

Next is four pictures of some outdoor work that has been done. We scrapped the north side of the shed. John calls it his future bnb. We plan to art it up a bit.

The next two pictures are of a brick design we created to cover up an old rusty bucket turned upside down with another plastic upside down bucket that covered an old propane tank what must have been used back in the day. All it was good for was something for Nutzy and Kepper to pee on.

And last but surely not least . . . my tired old husband taking a sit down. When we first got here everything was so filthy. That grating was in the front door screen. It is a rather unique antique piece. Of course the screen was torn, the door was dirty. John took it off and spray painted it. He re-screened the door and painted it. We never put the grate back. Well after Nutzy decided he'd try to walk through the door while it was shut. we thought it was a good idea to reinforce the new back screen door.

And with that we say, "Good Night".