Hotter than blazes, busier than heck
Summer is definately here. Rolling heatwaves come in during the week, weekends cool off and then on Monday the heat starts rolling in again for another round. Not being a warm summer person this is a little distressing for me and I am looking forward to fall. I hate to wish my life away though so try and enjoy each day.
For the past three weeks we have been doing a complete roof tear-off. This house, built in 1921, has had four roofs put on and none torn off so that is left to us. It has been an interesting history lesson as we peel off each layer of different colored shingles and even floor linoleum used to patch the roof with! Down to the original shake which is quite a sight to behold. The roof looks so different in shake but it is a pain to tear off as each piece is nailed on. We are replacing the whole thing with shake looking metal roofing which looks real nice so far. Finally, my vision of a little brick cottage/farmhouse is moving forward.
This weekend is our village's "summerfest" so I spent a few hours yesterday in the church kitchen helping make piergies, golabki (cabbage rolls) and brownies for the large community chicken dinner. I was the only non polish person there and made sure it was ok that I helped, lol. They claimed they'd take ANYONE so I got to stay.
For the past three weeks we have been doing a complete roof tear-off. This house, built in 1921, has had four roofs put on and none torn off so that is left to us. It has been an interesting history lesson as we peel off each layer of different colored shingles and even floor linoleum used to patch the roof with! Down to the original shake which is quite a sight to behold. The roof looks so different in shake but it is a pain to tear off as each piece is nailed on. We are replacing the whole thing with shake looking metal roofing which looks real nice so far. Finally, my vision of a little brick cottage/farmhouse is moving forward.
This weekend is our village's "summerfest" so I spent a few hours yesterday in the church kitchen helping make piergies, golabki (cabbage rolls) and brownies for the large community chicken dinner. I was the only non polish person there and made sure it was ok that I helped, lol. They claimed they'd take ANYONE so I got to stay.
