Jackie’s right, ’tis been entirely too long without a post. Trouble is, I haven’t really had anything “blogworthy” happen in my life. There are plenty of blogworthy things going on in other’s lives, but it’s not my business to write about them. So. Let’s go…conjuring a post from thin air.

Saw a Flick.

On Friday night we went out with J & T. Had a little dinner at Max & Erma’s, then went next door to the new Atlas Theater by Great Lakes Mall to take in a movie. We saw Leatherheads which, while predictable, was funny. Have you ever noticed that many movies based in the ’20s seem to have that witty banter thing going on? This one had an overabundance of it, particularly between Renée Zellweger and George Clooney. Stephen Root, as usual, played an eccentric. This being a sports movie, I almost expected him to make a reference to Obscure Sports Quarterly.

Anyway, the theater is pretty nice. It seems all the theaters use digital projectors. The picture was amazingly crisp; too bad the only glasses I had with me were my sunglasses. So I alternated between seeing the picture kinda fuzzy or seeing it kinda dark. Worked out okay, though.

Bought a Mower.

Here’s something sure to get everyone’s heart thumping: we finally bought a new lawnmower. Since we moved to this house, Jul and I have been using the Honda that Dad bought back in 1988. Before that, we used a hand-me-down Toro that I got from my old boss. So this is the first mower I’ve ever purchased. I told Julie that the snowblower we bought a couple of years ago was the engagement ring; the new mower is the wedding ring. So now we’re finally committed for life.

Got What You Asked For.

A really boring post, conjured from thin air!

I’m free! All my spare time was consumed by this carpentry masterpiece and now I’m done.

Bear in mind the pictures below (siding work on the back and the drywall inside) were taken last week. This picture of the siding nearly complete on the front of the house was taken today. Inside, the ceilings have been sprayed and the drywall will be done tomorrow (just a little sanding left). Painter figures he’ll start on Monday.

I couldn’t quite get rid of the pinky colorcast. This was shot just before sunset. The color of the siding is an off-white. These guys have been siding the house for at least three weeks now. I don’t think it would take me three weeks to finish siding the house.

This was shot standing in the great room. The kitchen/eating area is to the left. That bow shaped drywall masterpiece is an art niche. The original plan called for a pony wall up the stairway but we would have none of that. Stair caps and railing for us and it only cost as much as a used Buick.

Dave says…
Happily, I can reach through the internet, connect Joe’s camera, and download the photos Joe hasn’t share with us. I give you: the first artwork to grace the art niche.

I have to agree with Joe. This is the slowest-moving construction crew ever. I mean, even worse than the Bob Tomsich Crew of Not Lovable Misfits who put our house together. Maybe we’re being overly judgemental, though. Perhaps this crew takes so much pride in their work, is so methodical, so thorough, that it takes a month to side a house. The framing crew took what…five weeks? They don’t have Amish framing crews up in BC (we jealously horde those guys here in Ohio), so they have to do with the less efficient “Yankee” crews.

p.s. What the hell is a “pony wall?”

Joe speaks to the unedumacated…
Um, a half wall.

The Unedumacated replies…
Ah, okay. Good call. A…uh..”pony wall” would’ve looked cheap.

Dave says…
Sweet! It’s good to see that The World’s Slowest Construction Crew can now work out of the rain!