Neena's Pride & Joy

Bill added another row of red rock on one section of our retaining wall. He had the dirt work guy while shaving the ground for the driveway to put that dirt on this area so it can be leveled out. For some reason Bill doesn't want to mow at an 80 degree angle next to a high wall. Of course, moving all that dirt is my job.

Grandkids came for the night so they pitched in and it took no time for that dirt to be leveled out. These boys are amazing. At 9 & 7 their work ethic is tremendous. I  finished the smoothing out because their little sisters were hollering at them to come drive them on the Go Kart. We do let them have a little fun when they visit/

So proud of these guys.

Throwing Our Hands Up

We have given up on the roofers fixing our roof. Bill and our yard hand, Steven, went up and found the problem areas. Steven was a roofer in his previous life and knows his stuff. They just kept shaking their heads. To stop rain from coming in the roofer stuffed pink insulation in to the crevices. That insulation is now a pink sodden mess that has to be pulled out. Steven introduced us to a Fles Seal for roofs that fixes everything. These roofers say they are metal roof specialists.

We are just waiting for a Mechanic Lien to be put on our property. The roofers say the Contractor we hired to do this portion of the building has not paid them anything. We have paid the Contractor what we feel is the amount owed due to the roof still leaking. The Contractor is gone! His house is up for sale and no one is living in it. This is a contractor who has bought from us at the rock yard for a couple of years now. Bill has taken all kinds of pictures to show the shoddy workmanship from the roofers if we have to go to court.

 Here is Bill and Sutton, the seven year old grandson, working on getting everything watertight on the roof. This kid has no fear. Which may explain his multitude of Emergency Room visits. Bill likes it that he has someone like him who wants to go high. I don't like to go high for any reason but will if Sutton isn't around.

No It's Not Finished

Bill worked his little tail off to surprise me with the next step of the pantry being done. He thinks it's okay to stop with a spotted room. Wants to add the shelving and call it done.

Can't add the ceiling until we know for sure the garage roof leaks are fixed. There is one little leak right above this room. He says I have a very special pantry with lots of natural light coming in from the big garage window. It was so funny; he kept trying to keep me away until he had covered all the drywall screws. He wanted one thing done before I saw the room. Now to find the time to do all the taping and mudding then texturing, then base and case, then door, then painting, then putting the shelves and cabinet in, then hanging the light, then the room will be finished for now.

The flooring will come much later. It will be done when we do the rest of the house. Want to be sure it will match what is in the kitchen.

I can get so many boxes unpacked when this room is done. It is the food pantry and the Butler Pantry. Every kitchen and serving dish box will be unpacked and I can get to my stuff. This is the stuff I love to use. I use the good dishes even when it is just us sometimes. When the girls were young and had friends over we would eat in the dining room. We would use the good dishes so show them we respected them and their friends and thought it was a special evening. Why have something and not use it?

Smart Key

I can now add locksmith to my resume. These new Smart Keys are incredible! After installing you can rekey the lock to match your existing locks. It takes approximately 10 seconds to do this. You don't have to take anything anywhere it is done right on your door.

That's all you do. It is so easy. If you are going out of town and a neighbor is checking on things for you, all you have to do is reset one door to another key and when you get home rekey it to the one you want. No extra keys floating around the world.

 I finally got around to putting the deadbolts on the entry doors from the garage and rekeyed them. Now where to put the rekey tool and keys? Normally they would go into my office but that isn't built yet. We'll find a spot and then hopefully remember where that spot is if we need to rekey.

He Loves Me

Most guys get their wives flowers, chocolates, diamonds to show their love. Bill knows just what to give me to make me excited.

An Industrial size of "Great Stuff" my beloved expando foam!

I can finish fixing the potential death sites of mice above our walls. An evening with flowers and wine would be nice.

Size Does Matter

The extra table and chair closet is painted and ready to be filled. Oh no Bill it isn't big enough. Our family will just keep getting bigger which means even more folding chairs and more tableswill need to be accommodated.

The folding chairs come out beyond the door frame. We will add a sturdy shelf  above all this to put the coolers and the wood chairs on, they are super lightweight. It is wonderful having these problems. Love our family!

Thanks Phelps'

Our dear friends, John &  Gailynn, just finished a big add on remodel to their house. Last week John called and said he was cleaning out the garage and came across building stuff they didn't use. Wouldn't you know it was two 5 gallon buckets of drywall primer. Guess what we are ready for? Dry wall Primer. Great coincidence.

Almost done with the coat of primer on our table and chair closet. So much fun using what our friends used in their house. I am a goofy sentimentalist when it comes to things like this. Thank you for thinking of us as a way to get rid of your unwanted leftovers. You know us well.