Mission Accomplished

"over the stairs" fun

Jodi cutting out the caulk
The end result Lauren, Daniel and Colin at the Aquarium

After spending most of last weekend on a ladder I'm looking forward to a bit more relaxation this weekend. Actually, for me and for Jodi. She was a real trooper and having a 2nd set of hands made the job go quicker. Colin had his first friend down for the weekend and that helped keep him and Lauren busy, and away from the upstairs mess. That was a huge win as it rained all day Saturday. They were rewarded with a trip to the aquarium

We were pleased that the ceiling popcorn came down as easy as it did. The wallboard behind looks pretty good. The mess on the ground was everything we thought it would be. A call has been made to our local painter and I think we'll leave it to the pro for some minor taping repair, primer and paint coats.

So me and my Peet's coffee want to know what is on tap for the weekend:

• Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby tomorrow morning


• Colin's Basketball game in the afternoon.


• Time to clean up the garage a bit


• Watch some college hoops


• Read

Down to OBX

Forecast Wet and Windy for the beach this weekend. Why go? Time to remove the "popcorn" ceiling upstairs, aka "acoustical ceiling". I hate this stuff and if it were not starting to look ratty I would likely leave. We have no idea what the condition of the drywall is behind it so this will be a real discovery process. Fingers crossed.

Colin is bringing a friend down and hopefully that will enable Jodi to help a bit.

Want to help?

Here they are...

A new digital camera arrived and we're back in the picture business. Here's the long awaited 3 wisemen. The picture was taken the day I took them up the attic (after the Epiphany). The were fun to make, both Jodi and Colin helped with the painting.

Camels for next year.

They're Done

The Wisemen are done and out on the lawn. My camera decided to die so no pictures yet.

Weather to the right: expecting 74 today. Nuts, after 30's last week. We'll take it.