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Month: November 2005
November 27, 2005 – Shed Roof
I’ve completed one side of the shed re-roof and I think I’m done unless the weather continues mild into early December. The first step was to pound 2×4’s horizontally on the roof into the rafters and through all the shingle layers. I had to put a few 2×4’s vertically to try to take some of the bigger swales out of the roof. These give me a footing on the rotting roof and give a solid surface to screw the metal roofing into.
From up on the roof, you can see the boards.
The plan for this building is to save the part that has a new roof and build a new structure in the footprint of the part to be torn off and put in doors in one of the new sections on both sides so animals can go through or be restricted to one side or the other. It will give us many more options than we have now.
November 26, 2005 – Lori Line
Nana treated the girls to a Lori Line Holiday Concert. Here are the girls all dressed up for the show!
Kraig and I worked on framing in an office in the basement and should be ready to hang the sheetrock next trip up.
November 25, 2005 – Thanksgiving
We celebrated Thanksgiving in Minnesota at Nana’s house. Here’s the crew (-kids).
There was snow that day which the kids enjoyed.
November 23, 2005 – Good Neighbor/Unrelated Tragedy
During the big storm about a week ago, we lost one of the posts of the clothesline. Now, we use the clothesline a lot and this fact must not be lost on our neighbor. He noticed the line was not upright and just happened to be driving by with his tractor and post hole digger attached and stopped by to dig a new hole.
It saves a lot of time with the hand post-hole digger!
He told us a story of a 35 year old man who borrowed someone else’s tractor and post hole digger and went out himself to put in a new fence line just last week in the northern part of Marshall county. The next day, the tractor was found, with the post hole digger still spinning, and the man found dead about 100 yards away, missing his arm at the shoulder. I just hate to think of it.