Mitey mite

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Making Progress

We were told that we had a couple of weeks while they worked on the outside before we had to have everything out of the way inside. So imagine my shock yesterday morning when the crew foreman told me that he needed to work inside! I bought a couple of days' time, but I am frantically packing things up and moving the big stuff into the dining room. The Professor is off on a trip to the Himalayas, so it all falls on me. But I got revenge -- I donated the Professor's dining room table, chairs and china cabinet to charity. Well, truthfully, he knew I was going to do it, although I don't think he was too thrilled about it. (It's only thirty-something, after all, but it's far from a classic.) Guppy and Storm came over and helped me move that out to the garage ... actually, now that I think about it, they moved it and I ran around in circles and tried to look useful.

Today the sun is shining and they are working on the roof. Here's what I came home to:

It looked like this on the back:

Bet you wish you had a guy growing out of your roof! They are putting up the framework for a covered walkway to the garage.

And this is my background music: nyraaaa, nyraaaa (the saw), bang, bang, bang (the hammer), fwwt, fwwt (the staple gun), punctuated by an occasional rumble from the air compressor. I'm sure it will grow old with time, but right now it really is music to my ears, because it means we're moving forward.

When I first got home, all the workers were resting. They were sprawled out on all my benches, and some were laying on pieces of wood. I really wanted a picture, but I was afraid they would think I was tryingto document laziness or something, so I didn't take one. But they were really cute. And the good news is that the foreman found my fabric coolers from Saturday. The crew deliberately hid them so they wouldn't be stolen. They did a great job of it!

posted at 3:14 PM
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At 5:04 PM, Tracy S said...: Yeah they didn't steal your coolers... Now you can breathe easier knowing they are good guys. I am so excited about the cover going up on the porch.. Man they are moving right along.