Still working....

Well, today I am spending some time cleaning up the old roof and getting it into the dumpster. Jay was here last night and will come again today as he gets off work to help get the house roofing done.

The next few days before the July 4th holiday will bring an electrician in, as well as the city inspector.

I feel a bit odd because I am so much out of my normal routine. I am letting the kids watch more TV than usual so it is easier to monitor them as I work on things. I haven't been over to church in a couple of weeks now and I am usually over there involved in something a couple of times per week. This home project has really consumed my life for the time being, and it will for some time yet to come.

We head off to Hayward Wisconsin on Saturday morning for the long weekend. It will be nice to relax and spend some time with family.

Weekend of roofing

What a weekend! It is Monday morning and I am still a bit stiff from all of the physical labor over the last two days. The house remodel that we are doing is continuing and this weekend was my turn to do some work. We ripped off all of the old TWO layers of stuff from the roof and reshingled the house. We still have the new addition to shingle and the garage to rip off and put on the new. Great progress was made mostly due to the great friends and family that came to help.

This weekend could not have happened without the following people:

Jay Fries
Joel Fries
Gaylord Fries
Thom Larsen
Scott Reuterfeldt
John Bogle

Special thanks go to Jay for knowing how to roof a house and leading the crew.

More work is yet ahead for me and my helpers. Other than finishing the roofing, I still need to prepare and install woodwork in the house, lay a new wood floor in the addition, and do some other small jobs related to the project. Today the hired contractors are here finishing up some of the main carpentry work in the addition.

Thanks again to all who have helped so far, and to their families for letting them be here.

Later.

I don't know where this is going to go.....

I have never blogged before. Hopefully this will be fun to do and interesting for others to see and read.

I hope to post pictures when I learn how.

To the future.....Giddyup...