Electric Bush
WOW! A computer! And ME?!?! I actually have a few minutes to write an entry!
As my lovely wife has mentioned, my dad was here for the better part of 2 weeks to help us out with the repairs that I'd probably need a few years of education or experience to even begin planning out. We've made a lot of progress on the electrical work and we're almost there! Unfortunately, he's got the gameplan in his head so we'll have to postpone the rest of the job until the folks come back up here next month.
Last week (Melissa mentioned) my boss let me take a few days off so that I could take advantage of my dad being here. We made a ton of progress and it set the tone for the rest of my very tiring weekend. I should call Thursday "Adventure Day." The first part of the day was electrical. A lot of yelling through the ceiling and some frustration searching for wires through the insulation but nothing too exciting. That is until after lunch...
Flash back for a minute. It all started when we had dinner at the neighbors earlier in the week... We were going to have some barbecue out on their balcony deck where they have a good view of our backyard. Yada yada yada and we noticed that they've got vines in their backyard that climb up the side of our garage and go over the roof. We said "maybe we should trim that." They said, "we've been planning to take it down for a few years now." We said "we'll do it this Thursday." So before we ate, we cut the trunks of the vines with a saw so that they would dry up a bit before Thursday. They said, "You've cut it, you better make sure to take it all down." We said, "you bet."
Fast back forward to Thursday. After lunch we set the ladder up in front of the garage and climbed up to take a gander at the damage. HOLY SHNIEYKEYS?!?!?!? The vine grew all the way from the ground up to the edge and across three quarters of the roof!! It's been up there so long that it was making its own topsoil!
As my lovely wife has mentioned, my dad was here for the better part of 2 weeks to help us out with the repairs that I'd probably need a few years of education or experience to even begin planning out. We've made a lot of progress on the electrical work and we're almost there! Unfortunately, he's got the gameplan in his head so we'll have to postpone the rest of the job until the folks come back up here next month.
Last week (Melissa mentioned) my boss let me take a few days off so that I could take advantage of my dad being here. We made a ton of progress and it set the tone for the rest of my very tiring weekend. I should call Thursday "Adventure Day." The first part of the day was electrical. A lot of yelling through the ceiling and some frustration searching for wires through the insulation but nothing too exciting. That is until after lunch...
Flash back for a minute. It all started when we had dinner at the neighbors earlier in the week... We were going to have some barbecue out on their balcony deck where they have a good view of our backyard. Yada yada yada and we noticed that they've got vines in their backyard that climb up the side of our garage and go over the roof. We said "maybe we should trim that." They said, "we've been planning to take it down for a few years now." We said "we'll do it this Thursday." So before we ate, we cut the trunks of the vines with a saw so that they would dry up a bit before Thursday. They said, "You've cut it, you better make sure to take it all down." We said, "you bet."
Fast back forward to Thursday. After lunch we set the ladder up in front of the garage and climbed up to take a gander at the damage. HOLY SHNIEYKEYS?!?!?!? The vine grew all the way from the ground up to the edge and across three quarters of the roof!! It's been up there so long that it was making its own topsoil!
check out dad sweeping the topsoil after pulling all the vines off the roof.
The whole process took about 3 or 4 hours. And after we were done, there was nowhere to put the clippings! There was so much of it. We have to get rid of it little by little.
the view from the neighbor's yard.
After all of that, we had to rest for at least an hour. Being under the sun burnt us out. But this is the last full day of work... so it's back to the electricity. Dad went back into the ceiling and I went back to connecting switches.
So? What to do in the absence of our electrician? (I know Melissa's an EE but how does physics and photonics have to do with running romex?) We're going to get working on the floors of course! We'll keep you updated on our progress. Same bat time. Same bat channel!
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