Weekend Recap
We made some progress this weekend- towards what I'm not exactly sure, but things certainly look different. It started out Saturday afternoon with the cable guy showing up for what amounted to no real reason- we called him out last week for poor reception which we realized was our own fault minutes before he arrived. Luckily for us we never had to admit that because he was discovering all sorts of problems (none of which have ever affected us) and he ended up there about a hour and a half fixing the imaginary problems. Clint and I used that time- myself to strip trim, and Clint to consult with him on ridding the house of the countless wires that were running across it. The cable man also came in handy here, snipping some from the pole in the alley for us. I'm sure the cable company doesn't appreciate our use of his time, but we certainly did.
This was taken from the back of the house looking to the front.
Sunday was a bit more productive- or at the very least destructive. We started the day by disassembling the shed with the poor sap who paid $40 for it. We actually felt bad as he drove away because we're both fairly certain he'll never get that reassembled. It came apart in a series of about 500 screws and various aluminum pieces- and came complete with some of the biggest and most disguising spiders I have every seen. We muttered for the rest of the day "I can't believe someone actually paid $40 for that shed." We spent the money wisely- to subsidize Billy's manual labor with pizza since he graciously came in for demolition backup. The three of us proceeded to remove the bricks that were mortared into the concrete, and we sledge hammered the concrete, which was up to 8" deep in some places. I can't say when Billy will get his feeling back in his forearms (he did learn a lesson about working out in the morning and sledge hammering in the afternoon though), or how Clint will get out of bed in the morning, but we made some progress. I almost titled this photo "after", and we had a good laugh about how this doesn't fit the description of most people's "after" shot.
Sorry this one's a little blurry- I can only assume Clint couldn't hold his hand steady by the end of the day. This one was taken from the front of the house looking back.
This was taken from the back of the house looking to the front.
Sunday was a bit more productive- or at the very least destructive. We started the day by disassembling the shed with the poor sap who paid $40 for it. We actually felt bad as he drove away because we're both fairly certain he'll never get that reassembled. It came apart in a series of about 500 screws and various aluminum pieces- and came complete with some of the biggest and most disguising spiders I have every seen. We muttered for the rest of the day "I can't believe someone actually paid $40 for that shed." We spent the money wisely- to subsidize Billy's manual labor with pizza since he graciously came in for demolition backup. The three of us proceeded to remove the bricks that were mortared into the concrete, and we sledge hammered the concrete, which was up to 8" deep in some places. I can't say when Billy will get his feeling back in his forearms (he did learn a lesson about working out in the morning and sledge hammering in the afternoon though), or how Clint will get out of bed in the morning, but we made some progress. I almost titled this photo "after", and we had a good laugh about how this doesn't fit the description of most people's "after" shot.
Sorry this one's a little blurry- I can only assume Clint couldn't hold his hand steady by the end of the day. This one was taken from the front of the house looking back.
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