Monday, July 14, 2008

Raising The Roof

For the 2.3 readers that have followed me over here from folkbum's, you'll remember that at the end of February, I had a wee bit of a problem at my place up north. Things are starting to finally pick up and things are definitely looking better.

Here is how it looked at the end of February:
Here is how it looked at the end of April, after my vehicle was extracted and the snow had finally melted:
And here it is from yesterday:

They are supposed to hang the new overhead door this morning. Then it is a matter of getting an electrician to wire the place for lights and outlets. That shouldn't be too hard as that most of the wiring is still intact. It will require just stringing across the beams so that we can have some lights and an outlet on the far side of the garage. I'm also planning on replacing the pedestrian door, as that it is rusting out and the frame was slightly damaged from the roof collapse.

Then comes the fun of schlepping everything back into the garage and finding a proper home for it all. That's not a chore that I'm looking forward to, but it will be nice to have life finally back to normal.

7 comments:

  1. Well, at least the floor is clean! Looks like they did a good job..

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  2. I couldn't see the cold beers in the refrigerator.

    So you're expecting us to bring them?

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  3. Glad to see everything's fixed up all nice-n-perty.

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  4. this would make me the 4th commenter--which is well above your 2.3 average. keep it up. :P

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  5. Dad,

    The beer is in the walk-in cooler on the lower level, where it would be closer to the pool table and the wall-sized TV.

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  6. So let me get this straight.

    You drive 300+ miles one-way into the NorthWoods.

    You then go to the lower level (no scenery) to watch a super-size TV (no cable) and play pool (not swim, fish, or shoot bears and chipmunks).

    And you call ME nuts??

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  7. It's 300 miles round trip.

    I need something to do during the nights.

    There is a river in our backyard, but to get to it, you have to go through a mosquito-infested swamp. The river is supposed to have game trout, but I've never seen anything bigger than four inches in it, and it's not deep enough for a swim.

    Chipmunks steer clear of me, I wrastle the bears, and if you were wondering about the turkeys, I debate them on the blogoshper. :)

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