Category Archives: New Roof for the Old Vic

Day 3: Yeah. Easy. But, as has been shown…we just don’t do easy. Of COURSE we kept it. There was never even a serious question. Continue reading →

Day 2 dawns: I resolved that when I ruled the world…ya wouldn’t have to actually MAKE coffee…before you’d HAD coffee.

I also resolved to NOT use any power-tools today. Continue reading →

Day 2…sort of. Okay…day one and some ‘O-dark-thirty.

It was the middle of the night and I couldn’t sleep.

They had brought me The Devil’s Horns…and I had to give them back. Continue reading →

Day 1–continued: This was about the time the wife (safely in another city away from the destruction) called and asked what I was doing.

That may not have been a properly worded answer. Continue reading →

Day 1–I’m a builder…a doer. I’ve been repairing and creating things all my life. One thing you learn quick…at least if you’re going to accomplish anything worthwhile…is that ya gotta tear stuff up before you can make things better.

…and you can’t be even a little bit shy about it. Continue reading →

Friday 1/23/15–I had thought it was going to be easy to sit back and watch somebody else do the work. I’ve been in construction long enough to do so. But there was a key difference here; this was our house. It’s a HUGE, complex job.

I was utterly terrified. Continue reading →

Sources say I’m getting my weather window next week…and the roofers are coming Monday! Woot!