Well another week has flown by again. Things are starting to feel a little normal. Nicole and I were able to attend the Latin Mass on Saturday morning, first Mass since mid-March!! Afterwards we headed home for more work around the house. We're taking care of a lot of items that have been on the punch list for some time. An impending visit from the in-laws is helping motivate us as well. Here's the photo recap from the past week. Thanks for reading, enjoy...(oh, and click on the pic for a full-size image)
A while back I mentioned that a spring storm had torn a couple of roofing shingles from the house and needed repair. Below are pictures from the shingle's point of view. I still wish we would have put dormers on the house when we built it 15 years ago..
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| View from the shingle's pov. |
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| Another shingle pov looking toward the hop yard. |
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| My pov from atop the ladder. I wasn't nervous but dang those roofing shingle get HOT! |
Our next project was to wash, stain, and seal the entire deck. Our deck is 10'x52' not counting the deck along the sides of the house, plus railing, and spindles, and... ugg. I'm glad we only have to do this every so many years.
When we came to the pool side of the house I noticed these little things on the pool vacuum hose. Yes, those are baby grasshoppers. 48 years on this earth and it's the first time I have seen baby grasshoppers. It was pretty cool.
We think Nicole may be considering starting her own painting company. She has painted the upstairs bathroom, the upstairs hallway, the laundry room, and kitchen. Here she is working on painting the outdoor trim work at the back of the house. The kids say she's addicted...
Sunday being a day of rest we didn't do too much around the house. B suggested we have a picnic outside beneath the locust tree. We took some sandwiches and drinks out and spread out a blanket. It was ridiculously peaceful for about two hours in the afternoon. It should be a summer Sunday obligation.
Monday was back to the deck. It's a lot of deck. It's a lot of spindles. It's a lot of stain. 10 gallons thus far and I hope to have it completed by the middle of next week God and weather permitting.
Wednesday I spent the morning with by brother in Christ, John Bradford, from
Wilderness Outreach. We both wanted to push ourselves so we pushed to nearly 16 miles at
Clear Creek Metro Park. We were dead at the end but it was worth it. We had a great conversation about masculine spirituality, the formation of good men, and shared ideas on how to help more people toward Christ. Thanks brother!!
Sometimes you wonder how some species have made it this far. These are frog eggs in the pool skimmer. We woke up Thursday morning to find that some frog had laid eggs all over the surface of the pool. Cool but not cool frog!
Buttercup, our next door dog-neighbor joined us on the deck Friday to watch the kids swim. I think she wanted to get in. I can only imagine what my filter would look like with frog eggs and Great Pyrenees hair clogging it!
Saturday took us completely by surprise. I woke at 5 as I often do for coffee and morning prayer and to see Nicole off to work at the hospital. About 10 minutes after she left she called me to let me know she had harvested the first whitetail of 2020. She was a little shook but fine, the 2007 pilot wasn't. I'll take it in Monday to see if it's worth repairing or if anyone would like to gift us another vehicle, we are open to it. It still runs fine so I was able to bring it back home for the time being.
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