I cannot think of a worse job than being a roofer. Today is the first day of a forecasted heat wave that is supposed to have temperatures in the 100's through next Friday. If that happens, it will break a record set in 1881 for most.
The roofers are out there today and they are close to finishing the sheathing.
Here are some pictures:
This has nothing to do with the main purpose of this blog but I feel it is important to post it. My mom died today. She went in for hip surgery back in the first part of May. Everything started out swell but a number of setbacks led to pneumonia, at which point she decided to call it a life. We made her comfortable and she lasted two days. She was a week away from turning 88.
I'll miss you Mom.
We were told the roofing would start tomorrow and then that it wouldn't.
When I got home from work, a couple of guys came wandering into the backyard looking at the roof. We had a bit of a communications gap as I speak English and they did not. Well, the one guy could communicate enough.
They wanted to grab a ladder and get up there, which is a first for this project as far as I know. They said it was going to need to be completely torn off and then sheathed. That was not in to quote.
So, I'll call the contractor tomorrow and see what's happening.
When I was mowing on Thursday, I was trying to get a bunch of dead leaves out of a basement window well where they had built up. In the course of doing that, the mower hit the window and broke it. I didn't even notice because I thought I was being careful not to do that.
So I noticed the broken yesterday and realized it had to be fixed. Fortunately, Susan is into glass and keeps large amounts of it down in her glass room. I spent a good amount of time cleaning out the old hardened glazing compound out of the mullions. I had Susan cut the glass to 22" x 12". I should have had her cut it an eighth inch shorter in both directions. We ended up breaking out her glass grinder and shaving the sides a bit. I finally got it to fit but had a hell of a time with the fresh glazing compound. It got all over my fingers and wouldn't stick into the mullions. I'm going to watch something on YouTube to get some tips.
In any event, the window is in and mostly secure.
It's looking to be a rainy, chilly weekend so that means it is time for the Corbin Park Neighborhood Yard Sale.
I put out signs this morning directing people to the Corbin Park Community Yard Sale and drove around the park to see if anyone is participating. It looks like about 11 houses are participating. We've had pretty good traffic and a lot of people checking out the sales.
We have a bedroom set that we never wanted in the first place and it is on display out in the yard. It's the only thing we are selling. The price is currently marked at $150.00, but I will take $100.00. I would really like to sell it today because I want the space back in the Carriage House.
The guy that bought it (Caleb) lives in the neighborhood. He just bought the house on Washington and Buckeye that was for sale for about two hours. Well, it didn't sell that fast but it is a very hot market right now. He said they were happy to get it.
Caleb and his wife and two kids moved here from Havre, Montana.
Since I have a truck, I offered to deliver. I even helped him carry everything into his house. I really earned that money.
1:45PM: Once I was able to close up shop, Susan and I walked the park to check out the deals. I might be interested in some tires but they're not quite the right size.
The day has turned out to be pretty nice as far as the weather goes. I felt a few drops of rain but it's nice out there right now.
One last thing, referring to my post on May 29th where I talked about paying an Idiot Fee because I forgot to write down my new password.
I found where I wrote the password down today. Susan was working on the curtains and had a large piece of cardboard on the table to protect it. I wrote the password on that.
Then, when she was done, I put it back in the Carriage House.
I pulled it out today to write down the price of the bedroom set we sold. I noticed it in the corner of the cardboard. It was Grumpy307!
What a dumbass!
Well, I've got money burning a hole in my wallet. Time to go to the Hub.
