A Major Mirror Mishap

August 21, 2025 On Tuesday, August 19, I took pictures of the garden featuring basil, mint, and various insects. Bruce was getting the mower, garden rake, and shovels while I was taking pictures. Bruce and I moved dirt into the new garden bed. It was hot and sweaty work. After a couple of cartloads of […]

Our Next Big Project, the Driveway

July 21, 2025 Tomorrow, we are having our driveway repaired. The big flood we had on March 15 of this year caused a lot of gravel to wash off the bottom of the driveway aka the section by the road. We also have gravel from the driveway at the top of the hill washing away […]

Gutters Installed Today

January 27, 2025 Today, a truck pulled up from ICS. They were here to install the gutters we had ordered. ICS replaced our roof. They did great work, so I was happy to have the do our seamless gutters. I went out to see if they would need anything. The lead asked for a place […]

The Roof Is Complete!

December 19, 2024 As 4 o’clock rolled around, we noticed the roofers were starting to put away their tools. Please excuse the blurriness of the picture below. The picture window had some light reflection from somewhere. We no longer heard hammering or other work on the roof. Several men focused on getting their tools loaded […]

The Old Roof Removed from Front

December 19, 2024 The roof on the front of the house was completely removed before lunch. The roofers had even started putting down the RhinoRoof underlayment. They had started stripping the shingles and tarpaper from the back. We could hear them cutting in the roof vents with saws. They took a 30 minute break for […]

Removing the Tarpaper from the Roof

December 19, 2024 The roofers are tearing off the tarpaper now. They’ve made it down to the decking! These pictures were taken at 10:38 AM. This team of guys is fast! Read the next post on the roof replacement by clicking on the link here.

The Roofers Have Started!

December 19, 2024 Today, at 9:40 am, one team of roofers arrived. This team removes shingles. The team lead knocked and Bruce spoke with him. The boss man is going to come with a dump truck after the other roof is they are working on is completed. They took out this machine from their trailer. […]

Shingles Arrived! New Roof Today?

December 19, 2024 All I want for Christmas is my new roof My new roof, my new roof Gee, if I could only have a new roof Then I could wish you a Merry Christmas! Yesterday, I got a call from the roofers’ office. Our shingles had arrived! Even more exciting, they can start work […]

Bruce Got the Dryer Wiring Sorted

December 5, 2024 Bruce spent some time today figuring out the issue with the dryer wiring. It turned out the wiring for the dryer outlet had been disconnected at the circuit breaker. It appears part of the heat pump/air conditioning system took over the circuit breaker for the dryer. A new circuit breaker for the […]

Putting in a New Shower Head

November 29, 2024 The shower head in our shower wasn’t very good. It did not have much pressure or aeration. While at Lowe’s today, we took a page from the RV world and bought an Oxygenics shower head. When we got home, I mentioned to Bruce I was looking forward taking a shower with the […]