One Step at a Time!

What would we do without Edward? He came and fixed the step on the cottage deck, and did so in about 20 minutes. I may have mentioned Edward in a post or two along the way. He's a bit of a hero around here. He does excellent handy-work and understands our budgetary constraints. Most importantly, he knows how to use Spit and Glue when it's called for and makes no apologies about it. Thank you Edward!

Spit and Glue and Wet, White Paint!

Could we have picked a better day to paint the front porch of Moms cottage? In a word, HELL YES. After all, Sis is still out of commission, there's only one of me, temps are in the 90's and so is the humidity! But we decided to go ahead in spite of it. Injured Sis would sit and supervise, and I would paint until the heat drove us indoors.

We started around 10:00 AM. It was slow going and sweltering as the sun moved too quickly in our direction. It wasn't long before I was standing directly in it, my face was wetter than the paint, and redder than red! I was ready to call it quits, but behold, along came our friend Edward who showed up to have a look at the flat on the lawn mower. Instead he picked up a paint brush and the two of us had it done within a couple of hours. The photos don't do it justice and we still have to paint the floor, but we're getting there. Only 4 decks left to be painted.

Another Deck Down!

With only one more porch/deck to power-wash before finishing all six, we're feelin pretty cocky. Finished the main porch yesterday without a hitch. I used Romans favorite hose nozzle instead of the powerwasher and it was fine. I don't like dragging that thing out. So we'll start painting this weekend! It'll be great to have a few things finished before Mitz comes in July.

Two Steps Forward.........

At the risk of being exploitative, I'm posting this anyway. This happened to Sis last Monday on her way to work. She's pretty banged-up and uncomfortable, but not critically injured. Barely making it to work and back each day, she's in no shape to be swabbing decks and mowing lawns around here, so once again we're behind it all. I noticed yesterday that the lawn tractor has a flat!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!

Two Decks Down, Four to Go!

Georgia people love their decks/porches. Almost every home has one, and almost without exception you'll see a couple of rocking chairs or a porch swing drifting in the wind when you drive by. You know the scene, Ms. Scarlett O'hara sittin on one of um, swattin flys and drinkin mint julips...... Spit and Glue is no exception. Matter of fact, we have SIX decks.

The down side? Someone (us) has to keep them clean. Most of the time it's a matter of a broom and a hose. But a couple of times a year, they have to be power washed. This is a huge job, so we take them on one deck per weekend for 6 weeks straight!

To date, we're 2 decks down, with 4 to go.