Windows and Trim and New Paint - Oh My!

We have window trim again!! Well ... at least on two of the windows. The trim for the remaining window needs to be ripped a bit, so will get that one done later. And a couple of the vertical 1x2s are up.
We made great progress today. Terry worked past the front side of the house and ventured to the south side. He tore off some trim pieces that need to be replaced. The remaining sides shouldn't take long at all - hopefully anyway. I must admit ... I am beginning to tire of this ... and working 7 days a week.
We all ended up with no extra wounds today. We did end up with one less working drill though! Somehow Terry managed to drop one of his cordless drills from the top of the ladder. He really wouldn't admit to me what happened. I was in the house at the time, so, unfortunately, I wasn't able to witness which saddened me because I'm always up for a good laugh. While I'm on the subject of dropping (if I don't put this in the blog Terry will have some comment I'm sure) ... I was on the north side of the house painting the peak and dropped my cell phone which landed in the basement window well. After Brendan retrieved it for me it is still in working order - whew! Oh ... and I might add that Terry and Brendan went to Home Depot while I was high on the ladder! (Don't worry about me guys! I'll be ok!)
It was another beautiful fall day. Rustling leaves beneath our feet and a beautiful blue sky and the good Lord watching over us from above.

We Turned the Corner!!!

We now have new paint on THREE sides of the house. Terry has still been finishing up the East side, but I ventured to new territory. Brendan helped yesterday and cleaned/moved some stuff from the North side of the house.
We also had a minor mishap and Brendan acquired a new hole in his head. :( He and Terry were going to put up some trim with the air gun. The hose came off the compressor, recoiled, and hit Brendan in the back of the head. Head wounds bleed rather profusely, but the wound was very small - so no hospital visit required! He had a headache for a little while, but later on was able to help again.
We were so tired by the end of daylight. The last little while we painted by troublelight again. I really am surprised men in little white jackets don't show up! We got our tools cleaned up and cleaned up ourselves. Chad's job is at Margo's Vienna Station, so we called and ordered supper from him to bring home. We practically mauled him when he came through the door ... we were famished!!
We gained an hour today with the clocks being set back an hour. Terry thinks it's an extra hour of sleep ... I informed him he was sadly mistaken and it's an extra hour of painting! I know, I know ... the number of daylight hours is the same.
Hopefully today we will be able to get the 1x2s and window frames back on. I will concentrate on the North side of the house and finish scraping and maybe get that side done. The weather is suppose to be beautiful.

He Does It AGAIN!

So ... guess what he did this time? He backed the truck INTO the house! Terry has a mark in the dust on the running board of the truck that he lines up with the crack in the driveway to know when he needs to stop. Obviously he didn't line them up very good! Ya just gotta laugh!
Well, we didn't get as much done last Sunday as we had hoped. Things always seem to take longer than we anticipate.
We did get the trim board back on the peak - that was a feat in itsself ... cuz I had to go up the ladder WAY further than I was really comfortable with ... but I managed. Terry was on the roof and reached over and nailed the trim in place.
When Chad came home from work, we sent him up to remove some gutter. I really get nervous when the guys are on the roof like that.
We also got the pillars up on the porch to form the arch-way I wanted. It looks really nice!
This weekend is suppose to be very nice again, so hopefully we'll be able to progress to the north or south sides. The boys are here, so they help tremendously and do some of the strong-arm stuff to give us a break.
HAHA ... had to come back and amend this post ... the little yellow kitty sitting on the steps is not one of ours. Murphy is one of the neighborhood cats and is very friendly. When we're outside, he is usually with us. I think he gets lonely. I've heard that he 'belongs' to the people a couple of blocks away, but I'm not sure.

No Mishaps

Its was a great day for us Saturday and we felt like we really made progress. The entire east side of the house has at least the first coat of paint!!
I will finish up the porch today putting on the second coat of trim. Terry will second coat the green and trim above the garage.
Chad will be home from work mid-afternoon, so we'll send him to the roof and have him start pulling the gutters.
We had a lovely anniversary supper last night at LaCasita. This restaurant is becoming our mexican fav. We been there off and on for many years, but lately we've become regulars.

Will We Turn the Corner Today?

The snow is all gone and it's nearly 60°. It will be a beautiful day for painting. Notice that Terry is covering the truck with plastic? LOL ... hopefully there'll be no repeat of last Sunday's fiasco.

Oh! and Happy 6th Anniversary to us!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

We woke up Wednesday morning to the ground blanketed in white. It was beautiful!

It's a good thing he's cute!

I've been told that I'm falling down on the job ... so I will try to get caught back up. We haven't done anything on the house since the splatting paint last Sunday. That's not to say other amusing events have not occurred.
As most of you know, we have a rather large extended family which includes our cats. The newest addition - and youngest - and naughtyest - and most entertaining - is Little Stink Pot. This is not his 'given' name, Socks, however, I believe we're going to legally have it changed.
Terry and I retire to the bedroom about 9pm each evening. There's usually a show that we watch and then the news and then Jay Leno's monologue. (Usually after the first commercial during the news I'm usually watching my eyelids). Stink Pot invariably finds something to haul onto our bed and play with. Various toys have been ponytail holders, hair clips, rubber bands, mini scotch tape dispensers, rolled up plastic bags - you get the point - whatever he can find anywhere he thinks is his for the taking and amusement.
A couple of mornings ago, Terry was soaking his contacts and left the contact case ON the bathroom cupboard. Yep, you guessed it, when he went back to put them in - they were MIA! Where were they? They could be anywhere in the house by now! We looked high and low ... finally Terry spotted them - even being as blind as he is without his eyeballs in, as I say - they were under our bed. They were not simply under the edge of the bed ... oh no, Stink Pot was having a hay-day with them ... they were under and about in the very middle of our king size bed. So consequently Terry had to find something long enough to drag them from under the bed.