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  • Stupid Stuff on TV

    I decided not to play volleyball tonight. I was tired and felt like I wanted to take a break from pretty much everything tonight. So I just did a bit of touch up painting in the patio and ate cheese and crackers in fro…

  • My recently stumbled across vegetarian lifestyle faced its biggest challenge today. It is payday and that means a trip to the bank during my lunch hour, which also means a trip to the Sub Shop a few doors down. My usua…

  • Scrub Scrub

    With my patio getting hopefully pretty well sealed up, I've started to give it a more thorough cleaning. I took a break from cleaning yesterday evening and I was pondering what to do with the former planting area turned…

  • Getting Sealed Up

    I finished the upper seam today and it went quite smoothly. I also did some work on a tricky corner where the patio roof bumps into the corner of the garage roof. I have another day off tomorrow and I will continue …

  • Ho Hum

    Today's meatless menu included corn flakes, orange juice, potato salad, macaroni salad, pop, minestrone soup and something from a local eatery called spanky's bowl which consists of broccoli, potatoes, cheese and corn. …

  • Day Two

    My second day without meat was rather uneventful. I was planning on working on my roof yesterday, but midweek showers meant a delay until Sunday. The forecast if for warm and sunny. I also have my first volleybal…

  • A Close Call

    While involved in a long overdue tidying up last night, I came across a forgotten parking ticket I got last month. My luck at avoiding parking tickets in Eugene finally ran out while shopping for Puerto Rican postcards …

  • ???

    There was an older man in the store today looking for lights with his wife. Somebody else was helping him up at our counter when out of the blue he said that I looked like an ex-P.O.W. What the hell does that mean??…

  • Bad News...Good News

    The bad news is...the seam between the clear panels and the white ones is leaking like a sieve. The good news is...the lower seam between the upper and lower white panels that I sealed on Sunday is keeping the patio b…

  • The Clean Up Begins

    This evening I cleaned up my patio some and cleared out the garage enough to pull my car back in. I also removed that roof jack that has graced the middle of my covered patio for the last year or so...that felt reall…

  • A Good Day

    Today turned out just dandy...exactly as I had hoped. I had a nice, relaxed day and still managed to get a lot done on my roof. I started out watching some football on TV, then heading on out to Home Depot for some cle…

  • Somebody reminded me how shabby my yard was looking, so I spent about an hour pulling weeds and trimming bushes this evening. My eBay auctions still have no bids, but I am going to make the bold prediction that these s…

  • sheep

    I found out yesterday that in addition to cats, a dog, chickens, roosters and rabbits, my neighbors now have a couple very cute black sheep! They are not sure if they are violating city ordinances by having them...and t…

  • This evening's rain held off just long enough for me to screw down the last two clear roofing panels. The corner at the chimney is still wide open, but I could find only one spot that was dripping that shouldn't be. Th…

  • Not Quite There

    This evening after work, I got all the wiggle boards put down and two of the remaining four clear panels put up. I probably would have had time to do the last two panels if not for my baby brother who called me aroun…

  • Getting Back To Normal

    I played volleyball tonight for the first time in about three weeks tonight. It felt good to play again. I was on a twice-a-week schedule before this darn roof turned my life upside down. I got off work early today an…

  • Almost There

    I've got about half the roofing on now...and it is the hard half. Here's how things are looking now: I have 18 of the 20 white panels cut and installed. All that remains are the two white panels around the chimney and …

  • Despite my late and lazy start, I was able to get quite a bit done on my roof. I put the finishing touches on the framing and painting and got started on putting on the roofing panels. The most nerve wracking part of t…

  • Puddles

    I awoke yesterday morning to puddles in my patio. It wasn't unexpected and didn't rain much. I had all the tools tucked away in the garage and it hasn't rained since. In fact today it is sunny and will be getting rath…

  • Ouch!

    My legs, arms and hands are littered with scrapes and scratches from the last week and half of hard labor on my patio roof, but I got my worst injury this morning. I was jumping up onto the counter area next to the fire…

  • Update from the Left Coast

    Speaking of coincidences...my sister called me this afternoon with a funny story. She works at the University of Oregon (here in Eugene) and was just leaving work at 4:00 when she encountered a large man who asked her i…

  • Here is how my project looks after today's work: The new part of the roof is almost complete. I still can't believe that the new roof will only be eight inches lower than the old at the north end. I would have bet mone…

  • Out Damn Spot!

    Not quite as much progress as I had hoped, but both my helpers will be back tomorrow and I feel that I will be in good shape after that. Here's a picture of me (all sweaty and dirty) after the evening clean up: We've …

  • Nearly There

    A little bit of work this evening and most of the old roof is gone: I should have two helpers tomorrow and if all goes well, I hope to get the last bits of roof removed and the new section of roof framed in. Here's how …

  • Well, I don't have the roof completely removed as hoped, but considering my help never showed up, I'm happy with how much I was able to accomplish by myself: Except for a bit around the edges, all that is left is the …

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