Paw Paws Place

My day off so I could just piddle around the house and do nothing. I cleaned up the stucco chips that I knock off the house a couple of days ago. I trimmed a bush so when we paint the house it will not be in the way. I tried to drill into the rock on my house to repair the storm drain down spout. I could not get the drill to go in the rock. I will have to see if any of my friends have a hammer drill. I took some of the concrete blocks that were stacked up and put them where I could use them later. My contractor who was supposed to be here all day Friday has never shown up. He was supposed to have hung the door this week, oh well. The framer’s did show up and finish the job today. Of course not to my satisfaction as there are some mistakes. The electrician’s have just now shown up and are roughing in the electric. Yesterday I forgot to mention that my high schools buds met for breakfast. We always have a great time shooting the bull and I mean bull! I remember going to restaurants and s...

Well as you can see we have another step completed in the room. They have insulated the outside walls and completed the firing strips. Look real close to the one picture up high in the corner. That little wire is the wire for my alarm system. It is suppose to be outside of the insulation. After the men left I went out and tried to pull it out. Guess what, it is so tight I would need a tow truck to pull it out. Now I will have to cut it and splice a piece to it. I hope that will work for the alarm people. Friday we are supposed to have the electrical done. I say suppose because nothing seems to get done the day I have been told it would. But I understand construction is a funny deal, getting people to show up is a trick. I got an email from my daughter Sandy about the deer feeder. She says she may have to buy stock in Wal-Mart as they eat a 50 lb bag every couple of days. If it were me I would only fill it up once a week. They will continue to come even if it is empty for a couple of d...

Not much going on in the way of construction on the room. In the AM they are supposed to put up the firing strips for the drywall. On Friday the electrical work is going to be done so getting close. The council meeting today was not much as usual. Things are really slow in the city these days. We did finally give permission to the owners of an old church to tear it down. Some people did not agree with that but you can not please everyone. Take care be Blessed... Encouraging Words “ Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” ( John 17:17 )

You never know what you have to do to your house until you start remodeling. I am finding out that codes have changed and it applies to remodeling. The electrician came out today and I have found out I have to have an outside light at the back door. Never had one but now I will, no big deal sounds like a good idea anyway. As you can see we now have windows, and they are hurricane impact. Which means I will not have to board these up during a hurricane. I am going to have the entire house painted. I started looking at cracks in the wall and looked at what I found. You can see that the stucco in some places is bad. Somehow water got behind it and I had to chip it out. It will be repaired before we paint. Oh well what is next I ask myself? The door that you see in the photo is being hung as I write. It is a wood door that is covered by fiberglass; it will not warp or rust. I am now thinking that I might build a little screen room on the back slab. I can move my Bar B Q and fire wood from...

The week end went by in a hurry, but it was a really nice week end for us. Weather wise in could not have been nicer. Saturday morning the kids were playing in the Flag Football playoffs. Tyler’s team won their game but poor Luke’s team lost. I am proud of both of them for being involved in some kind of sports. I don’t think I would like for them to play football in High School, it is too much of a risk. Both boys got medals as you can see by the pictures. Saturday afternoon was spent in front of my TV watching college football (my favorite). The Gators squeak by anther win over South Carolina. If they intend to play for the Nat’l Championship they better bring it up several notches. Sunday was church day for us; as usual our preacher had a great message. After church, back in my chair to watch the Dolphins and Bucs play. The Dolphins won it in the last 39 seconds of the game. YEA I am a Fish fan so I love it, poor Bucs…BOO Hoo. Well the windows showed up today, but no workers. It woul...