Tuesday's Tiredness

When I woke up this morning, I was still pretty tired, but I needed to get up so that I could get some work done before Stan got here. I made myself a cheese omelet using the egg whites from some of Kathleen's yokes. Then I loaded up the dishwasher and started it up.

Then I went upstairs and took the laundry downstairs. I washed the light clothes first as Kathleen said that is what she needed most. Then I went back upstairs to go into the attic, but just as I was getting ready to climb the ladder, the front doorbell rang, so I went downstairs to see who was there, it was Todd Mix, who I had called the other day to come out and check out our roof to see if he could fix the leak that developed with the downpour that we had last week.

He said that the biggest problem was the fir needles in the valley, normally I would clean them out when I cleaned out the gutters, usually about five or six times a year, but since I got the Leaf Guard gutters, I have not had to clean out the gutters, so the valleys have gotten neglected.

While he was here he cleaned out the one valley and put a couple tin shingles in the valley where the leak was coming from. I also am having him come back and clean off the front roof and install some copper strips at the center peak and also the two peaks of the dormers. Hopefully that will help with the moss problem on the front side of the house.

So when Todd left I noticed that the washer had finished so I unloaded it and put the whites into the dryer and turned it on. Then I loaded up the dark clothes and then went back to my next task of climbing up into the attic and remove the old bathroom fan and canned light fixture. The hard part was just getting to where they were.

I do not think that anyone besides myself has been really into the attic; I know that a few of the children and Kathleen have been to the opening, but crawling through the rafters and all the other beams in the attic is really hard on the knees.

I have put down some wood in places where I have moved around frequently, but there are an awful lot of places where it is just ceiling joists to kneel on. The there is the problem of not enough room to conveniently use tools, so everything I tried to do took two or three times as long as it should have.

I finally was able to remove the two things that I had planned on removing, and even traced a couple wires to find out what they were connected to. The next task was to make it back to the opening, so that I could climb back down the ladder retrieving my tool bas and light as I went.

After sealing up the trap door in the ceiling, I went back into the bathroom to clean up the insulation that fell while I was removing the light and fan. Then I went downstairs and took the light clothes out of the dryer and put the dark clothes into it. Then I took the light clothes upstairs folded and put away the clothes.

Well, it was far too nice a day to spend inside, so I thought that I would blow the fir needles off the driveway, so I did that and then I decided to rake the leaves off the back lawn and then mow it. So by the time that I got it all done I was pretty tired, so I cleaned up and decided that I would make myself something to eat.

I decided to have a veggie burger on toast and also have some of the mac and cheese with tuna from the other night. By the time I got done eating it was 1430 so I emptied the dryer and went upstairs to fold and put away the dark clothes. Then I went back downstairs and emptied the dishwasher and put everything away.

Since Stan had not called yet, I thought that I might as well read the paper and the mail. Just as I was finishing the paper, Stan called and said that he would be over in a little while. He had stopped off and picked up the plywood, drywall, some lumber and a new bathroom door, so helped him unload his truck and then we went to work.

The floor joists had been notched where there must have been a pipe go trough it at some point in time, so we cut a 2x6 into four pieces and scabbed them to the existing joists. Next we cut a piece of plywood and nailed it to the joists, we needed to shim it in a couple places and since it was about 1800 Stan decided to call it a day.

He needed to pick up some fiber board to lay down on top of the plywood and thought that it would be too late to get started on it when he got back, so hopefully we will get to that tomorrow.

When he left I went back to reading the mail and watched Fox news. Kathleen reheated the roast and noodles from last night, there was not quite enough, so I used the rest of the mac and cheese and tuna. She also had some Jell-o for good measure.

Well, that was my day, I am pretty tired, but at least I feel like I got a few things done today. Here are a couple pictures of the bathroom that Kathleen took yesterday. Enjoy and good night!

This is where we needed to replace the floor, notice the walnuts in the second photo!