No Fotos -- No Internet

The library wouldn't authorize me to even view my blogsite ... So I am borrowing a neighbor's computer to log-on.

I really helped Ian ... I would measure the space, flop the sheetrock down on the floor, cut it to size ... and leave it to Ian to pick it up and screw it into place.  

I did do one thing to assist him ... using two long 2x4's and two short ones, I made some "T's" that would hold the sheetrock in place against the ceiling until Ian could get it attached with screws.  He'd place one "T" against the wall, lean one end of the sheetrock on top it, lean the other end on top of a ladder, and push the other "T" into place in the middle ... then start screwing the loose end (the one on top the ladder) and gradually remove the "T's" as he put in screws to support the area the "T's" were holding.

2 weeks now without internet access at home.  When we eventually get back on, I'll post a foto of Ian using the "T's".

Having survived a week in the outdoors heat ... guzzling liquids ... I am glad to be home and reading a book.  :-)

Sheet-Rocking

Okay ... I pulled out like 5 lbs. of nails.

All the electrical wiring has been re-done.

And now we are putting up sheetrock .. gypsum board .. those heavy chalk things with paper covering. The real challenge is going to be holding them up in the air and screwing them to the ceiling. Oh my gosh!

We've been guzzling Powerade ... & chilled water ... and our clothes are sopping wet soaked with sweat by the end of the day. Dinner at 8 p.m. (because there isn't anymore light to keep working) was a salmon bowl with rice & veggies ... and then fall into bed. Just too exhausted to stay up and watch TV. Oh yes, the wives INSISTED on us taking showers before going to bed.

All I ate was Twix for breakfast this morning ...
breakfast of champions!

Pulling Nails

I'm working on reclaiming lumber ... pulling out nails.
Can you imagine spending 6 hours hammering nails OUT of wood boards?
And I still have another 4 or 5 hours of that to go ...

:-p

Off The Net

Last Thursday evening

when the storms & lightening came through ...

Our computers and switch were unplugged.

But our landlord's weren't.

The lightening blew out 2 switches in his house

and blew the incoming router at his Mom's house.

We have been off the internet, no email,

and the magicjack phone doesn't work either.

So don't expect to hear from us until the network is back up again.

On Saturday (18th), Garrett caught a 3 lb. catfish

in the pond out in the cow pasture.

The boys are excited to know that there really are fish

in that little pond out back.

Carrying Groceries

I was carrying in groceries from the trunk of the car ... had 10 lbs of potatoes in the left hand (with some other stuff) and a 15 lb. watermelon in the right hand ... and somehow managed to not quite make it up the top step and crashed down upon the porch. The watermelon did a bounce-skid, but didn't break. The left shoulder and groin area are talking to me about mistreatment.

Other than that, we had a great time swimming in the pool today.

"Shredder" Signs

Look carefully just below the green book and on the corner of the postal envelope ... notice those chewed areas? Those are signs of "shredder" the puppy.

This was a perfectly good storage box ...

full of boxes of Mac & Cheese.

Notice the corners and all the little needle pricks along the edges ... "shredder" left his signature. The Mac & Cheese boxes had to be relocated.

A storage box under the table

shows evidence of "shredder's" attention.

We have gates to keep him out of the bedrooms

but the common room where he resides

(can't put him outside on a chain in blistering heat)

is where he leaves his little teeth marks.

To the Beach & Back

The wife just had to get out of the house and go to the beach today.

Where we parked, this is one of those back-water, lily pond kind of things.

No picture of the beach would be complete without sea oats.

Being the weekend after the 4th of July ...

I was shocked at how relatively few people were at the beach.

Same goes for looking in the other direction.

There were intermittent beautiful clouds,

A nice breeze,

and the water temperature was surprisingly warm.

Now we are home, exhausted from the trip ...

to find a mess that "shredder" (the puppy) has made ...

chewed magazines, chewed newspapers, chewed boxes,

and the foam ball kind of thing that the cell phone sits in ...

was chewed into chunks all over the floor.

The puppy is outside playing "lunge-attack"

with the neighbor's dog.

Lunch Time

It is our lunch time ... not his.

Blackened Chicken Tender with Fettuccini

And he is getting bigger and more able to reach the table.

Or to leap onto it from the couch.

So, when we eat ... he goes into the kennel.

He has absolutely no choice in the matter ...

We are so very cruel and inconsiderate. :-)

temporary wiring

To get power for the new air conditioner ...

There's a minor problem with outlets in the bedroom.

There is only one ... and it is 2-prong.