S-Day Minus 6 1/2 or 7
Well it was great yesterday, to read in the Vincennes Sun-Commercial about "Friday football: Unbeaten Salukis are dominant again" in their 56-18 win over Oblong. 8-0 ... I can only imagine how Sumner and Bridgeport must be "buzzing". Way to go, Salukis - keep it rolling!
Once again, it was predictable to see not one mention of last week's 56-0 spanking of Lawrenceville in The Sumner Press. I have, thus far, not taken the bait and written a letter to the editor ... perhaps I'll wait on that until Red Hill takes both home and away games from Lawrenceville in hoops later this winter. :-)
We are in the final stages here of preparation for S-Day (Siblings Day) and our first of many visits from you all.
Yesterday our new Larson EasyVent storm door was installed. Wow, what a difference this one is compared to the piece of crap the prior owners had down there. Bruce, the installer, did a great job and the door looks and works great. One thing I will need to do is add some weatherstripping behind the frame ... I noticed a little bit of light peeking through between the storm door frame and the house door frame. I don't really want to caulk that, but I think a little rubber weatherstripping pushed in there might be a good thing.
Janice has applied the final coat of "Posh Red" paint to the entry door of the garage, and it looks really good. What a change from the crappy teal color these doors were. She added a fourth coat to the front door and sidelight frames, and will add the final coat to that today, along with starting on the downstairs walkout door.
Yesterday, I put up four 8 foot x 16 inch sections of wire shelving to help organize the unfinished section of the basement. We will need every inch of it, as we prepare "The Dormitory" for our Thanksgiving onslaught. That was quite a job, but it turned out quite nicely. The area of the basement where I mounted them is a perfect spot for having shelving for stuff to get stacked and off the floor. I even improvised a system for holding up the front of the wire shelving level, before putting the wall bracket arms on ... a rope, suspended from one of the floor joists, to hold the shelves at the correct level height, while putting up the wall bracket arms. Pretty ingenious, if I don't say so myself.
Friday night, and last night, we've done additional artwork hanging. One thing the siblings will notice (probably) is that there is a dearth of "Hazel" art. This is due to Janice wanting to have those pieces reframed and put under glass to preserve them. We have the "Turkeagle", one of the famous "Poppy" paintings, and Mom's "Study of Fruit" paintings. All will have a prominent spot in the house, but I must say the "Poppy" painting needs a little work. I'm hoping our local Michael's experts will be able to repair the slight tear in one section of the canvas that happened during the move. We were very upset to find that this was damaged during the move. :-(
One other thing that is a bit upsetting is finding out that Elwood has developed a dangerous and destructive habit that we are working to break ... jumping up onto the top of the railings of the balcony/hall and staircase coming down from upstairs. I caught him last night as he was clinging for one of his nine dear lives, and gave him a bad scolding that sent him scurrying under our bed for a good twenty minutes. So pardon the cat claw scratches on the railings ... I'll get around to fixing them, but probably not for a while.
Anyway, today our agenda includes:
Once again, it was predictable to see not one mention of last week's 56-0 spanking of Lawrenceville in The Sumner Press. I have, thus far, not taken the bait and written a letter to the editor ... perhaps I'll wait on that until Red Hill takes both home and away games from Lawrenceville in hoops later this winter. :-)
We are in the final stages here of preparation for S-Day (Siblings Day) and our first of many visits from you all.
Yesterday our new Larson EasyVent storm door was installed. Wow, what a difference this one is compared to the piece of crap the prior owners had down there. Bruce, the installer, did a great job and the door looks and works great. One thing I will need to do is add some weatherstripping behind the frame ... I noticed a little bit of light peeking through between the storm door frame and the house door frame. I don't really want to caulk that, but I think a little rubber weatherstripping pushed in there might be a good thing.
Janice has applied the final coat of "Posh Red" paint to the entry door of the garage, and it looks really good. What a change from the crappy teal color these doors were. She added a fourth coat to the front door and sidelight frames, and will add the final coat to that today, along with starting on the downstairs walkout door.
Yesterday, I put up four 8 foot x 16 inch sections of wire shelving to help organize the unfinished section of the basement. We will need every inch of it, as we prepare "The Dormitory" for our Thanksgiving onslaught. That was quite a job, but it turned out quite nicely. The area of the basement where I mounted them is a perfect spot for having shelving for stuff to get stacked and off the floor. I even improvised a system for holding up the front of the wire shelving level, before putting the wall bracket arms on ... a rope, suspended from one of the floor joists, to hold the shelves at the correct level height, while putting up the wall bracket arms. Pretty ingenious, if I don't say so myself.
Friday night, and last night, we've done additional artwork hanging. One thing the siblings will notice (probably) is that there is a dearth of "Hazel" art. This is due to Janice wanting to have those pieces reframed and put under glass to preserve them. We have the "Turkeagle", one of the famous "Poppy" paintings, and Mom's "Study of Fruit" paintings. All will have a prominent spot in the house, but I must say the "Poppy" painting needs a little work. I'm hoping our local Michael's experts will be able to repair the slight tear in one section of the canvas that happened during the move. We were very upset to find that this was damaged during the move. :-(
One other thing that is a bit upsetting is finding out that Elwood has developed a dangerous and destructive habit that we are working to break ... jumping up onto the top of the railings of the balcony/hall and staircase coming down from upstairs. I caught him last night as he was clinging for one of his nine dear lives, and gave him a bad scolding that sent him scurrying under our bed for a good twenty minutes. So pardon the cat claw scratches on the railings ... I'll get around to fixing them, but probably not for a while.
Anyway, today our agenda includes:
- Mowing / blowing leaves
- Switching out the Twin-size beds in the "Burgundy Room" with Mom and Dad's Queen-size bed and dresser and side tables
- Hanging additional artwork
- Going to Home Depot for some additional stuff we need (a recurring weekend theme) ... LOL
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10/15/2006 08:51:00 AM
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