O Brother Where Art Thou

Rain was expected Sunday night so Ed skipped church in hopes of getting a big chunk of the roofing done before the storm. All morning, it was getting darker and darker. Finally at 1330, the skies opened up and it started to pour. Totally frustrated, Ed came down from the roof where it was just too wet and slippery to work any longer. He spent some time tarping plywood and tools, and setting buckets under drips inside the garage, and gave up for the day. Good thing it doesn't really rain here all the time, or we'd be in trouble!



Another 1/2" of rain overnight, which brings the total to 4 1/2" since Dan and Abraham left 2 1/2 weeks ago. Ed started up again to see what he could get done in the morning, as we were expecting company. Ed's brother Paul and his wife Cecilia, whom we hadn't seen for two years, were scheduled to arrive Monday, and Ed wanted to get some work done before they got here. He was working on fitting the plywood radius (radiui ..radiuses?) for the eyebrow dormer. Cut and fit, cut and fit, cut and fit.







Finally family arrived, and after Ed came down from the roof and the dog stopped barking, we went inside to visit. Ed was pretty good about first things first, but it didn't take him long to convince Paul that he would just love to climb up on a really high roof and help Ed build stuff. Yeah! You'll never see that on a vacation brochure! There was a lot of joking and laughing and male bonding going on up there. Both Paul and Ed seemed a lot happier up there working like donkeys than sitting around talking on the porch. Go figure.

Tuesday they were back at it bright and early, and managed to get 8 sheets of plywood up on the roof. Having Paul here to work with Ed really underscored how much easier and faster things would be if Ed had another carpenter here to help him. Things just went so much smoother, and safer, than with Ed working by himself. Next time Paul and Cecilia come to visit, maybe Paul will bring his toolbelt and a framing hammer!




During the day a roofing company came by to give us a bid on the shingles. Another company will be coming by Wednesday. It will be such a relief to get the roof on this beast. Wednesday morning everything was wet again. Ed went back to his "real" job and Paul and Cecilia, went to have a "real" vacation. Thanks again, Paul for the help, and Cecilia for keeping me company.