Friday, March 15, 2019

Day 147, "Every picture has a story"
A picture from October of 2008.  Perhaps I have used this before but the story is.  The siding of the house above the story board was shingles.  I am guessing they were as old as the house.  They just would not hold paint.  I painted and painted and it would hold for maybe 2 years or so and then the peeling would start.  The house looked BAD.  Finally I purchased Hardi-board shakes and we primed and painted them before they were put on the house.  I purchased a pneumatic nailer, rented scaffolding and the work begin.  IF I remember right I put up 1100 shakes which meant I used 3,300 nails.  It was a LONG summer project but here I am as the last shake was nailed.  For the record I do NOT smoke cigars but the occasion was special and I do not remember getting sick!  That was 2008 and MUCH has been done since then.  The house is a pit for work and money as one could guess of a 113 year old house.  As time marches on I am beginning to enjoy wood working and other things MORE than house projects..........

I played tennis at 7:30 this morning and that is it until Monday.  My body needs a rest.  Terry had an appt today so we went to that but most of the day was spent reading and I did take couple of dips in the pool.  Next week I will rap up the tennis team and also Terry and I will host maybe the last pool party of the season on Thursday.

I split my FP between pretennis and post tennis this morning.

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