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June 28, 2008
my dad rocks.
so does my mom.
but they call me a slave driver. i don't understand why? i only had a list of 23 things for them to help with. and we (i mean they) made it through #14. i was pretty sure that anything beyond #15 was going to be a pipe dream, but hey - a girl can dream, right?
dan came down with the good old fashioned flu bug on Monday, coupled with a viral gastro enteritis and even today isn't back to 100%. he hasn't worked since Wednesday morning, and pancakes this morning was the first solid food he's had, unless you count saltine crackers or jello! then yesterday i didn't work a full day b/c i was getting the same yucky tummy feeling. i slept 3 1/2 hours and spent most of the rest of the day on the couch.
read about and see where we were in April. since then, we've just been whittling away at it. mostly because of excessive exhaustion on my part b/c of Tiger's growth spurts, but also due to the departure of various friends...
dan, earlier this month, insulating behind the tile backer, and the old window hole/new framing
dan, last weekend, on his way into the attic to install the evacuator fan and light in the shower
where we were with the shower last weekend, before mom and dad arrived
so while dan and i were either at work or sick, mom and dad did all this:
(the b's and c's were what They added to my initial list)
1. remove and store screen door off back entry and remove entry door trim
2. move mud room contents to garage/basement/living room
3. remove and store insulation from mud room
4. remove old siding from mud room and bathroom
5. build new stud wall in mud room (the bathroom already has a stud wall)
6. hang new siding (4x8 sheets are pre-primed in the garage)
here dad is holding a trim piece that says "DAVE HEERES I WAS HERE 6/25/08" but you probably can't read that...
-6b. painted new siding and trim
-6c. caulked edges where the new siding meets the brickwork
-6d. installed "shoe molding" trim around perimeter of siding
7. install new window (glass block), including install of durock inside frame
8. hang new door (we already bought it and it's the same size but a different orientation), use existing lockset.
-8b. rehung old screen door
9. insulate mud room, using insulation from #3
-9b. used extra siding from exterior on interior of mud room
-9c. painted, caulked
10. hang durock in shower
11. build cubbie in shower above knobs using thin durock
12. finesse the floor - pour a skim-coat of concrete to make the water flow Towards the drain
13. tape/mud durock seams
14. build threshold into shower
And they cleaned the Garage. and washed the bike. and did a Bunch of laundry, dishes, and nurse-maiding.
#15 was to lay the floor tile in the shower, and we didn't get there because the concrete was (and is still) drying/curing. we thought finessing the floor might entail sanding down around the drain, but instead of knocking Down the high spots, dad brought Up the low spots. maybe, just Maybe, later today i can lay that floor tile and then grout it monday. and seriously, we thought getting to #11 would be phenomenal.
and here's the top of the cubbies and the header where we've left Some brick exposed, and the other side of the shower entrance where you can see the old porch ceiling, and the faucet knobs, a mop bucket spigot and the threshold.
beautiful isn't it?
so how to thank them? i hardly know where to begin.
your host for this episode : carrie; June 28, 2008 10:16 AM