Eric and I just finished putting starter strip for vinyl siding on the North side of the house. Starter strip, although invisible, needs to be really level so the rest of the siding doesn't look stupid. Also, the starter strip has to start kind of level with the other pieces around the corner from it... again so the siding doesn't ultimately look stupid. Anyway, anyone with a bit of brain, not currently being used as a warm comfortable house for a family of rodents, with minimal experience with vinyl siding or competitive sports, should know that doing either activity with someone you are currently involved with or live with is a TERRIBLE idea.
That said, I am now inside out of the cold, late September rain with a glass of wine while Eric puts together dinner. We aren't fighting, but a bit of separation is good after such a strenuous activity as drilling about 15 painstakingly level screws into the side of my house that took, collectively, approximately 20 minutes because our neighbors stopped by to chat for a bit. Ha, try it!! It's really hard to calmly explain the thoughts in your head while you're playing construction twister- he's balancing the level at "level" position while you're sneaking in with a drill that has a 2" screw perched on it, hoping it doesn't fall off before/during your best efforts to drill it through the right slot in the starter strip, some metal flashing, and a few other layers, all the while you're crouched impossibly low to the ground and a dog is probably licking you in the mouth. The moment you look out the corner of your eye to see if it's YOUR dog french kissing you, the level goes unlevel and you drop the screw.
So, now that you know where we ARE, let me start with where we started with this project. We bought a house... I guess technically (and literally), I bought the house... me, a woman, with some general ideas about how to make a house better. When I am out of ideas, I call my dad (HI DAD!) I usually get my mom on the phone, though (HI MOM!). Anyway, after purchasing a house, I started collecting all of the power tools I've ever wanted... and not wanted. I put them in "the blue shed" which is one of two sheds that were deposited seemingly randomly in our back yard... It's my wood working shed! However, it's too small by about 500 square feet, so I do what I can. We didn't really plan to do any large projects when we moved in to this house. Okay, so maybe we planned to replace "a few" windows. Right, time for a photo. Here we are after our first bike commute from this homestead. I'm blocking out the address so the "next blog"gers don't try to steal all of my cool tools.
Anyway, enjoy my first blog post, and if you don't then probably don't read the next one.
Cheers,
B
