10.25.2016

First thing this morning, Jim took my car to the auto repair shop in town to get my yearly inspection done.  Unfortunately, they were busy and told him to bring it back after lunch.  So he had to bring the car back, stop and pick up more diesel fuel, and head to the property.  After lunch, we headed back to the shop where my car passed with flying colors and got its new sticker for the year.  One car down, two more to go!

Jim got the other side of the trim installed underneath the gable rake boards.  He then had to move his scaffolding planks even higher.

So nice...Jim is able to use his table saw and out feed table again!

Building up shingles to the top of the window frame...

More detail work...Jim had to make flashing for the top of the windows, then put the starter boards on. 

Working on cutting and predrilling the shingles that will go above the window frame...

Putting the shingles on above the window...

...and on the other window.

End-of-the-day picture - all the detail work around the windows is officially finished.  Almost every piece today required cutting, painting, predrilling or something else that required Jim to crawl in and out of the window and go up and down the stairs 100 times!   Plus, the weather was really chilly - temperatures never made it out of the low 40s and with a brisk wind, it felt like the 30s most of the day.  I hesitate to put it in writing but they are talking measurable snow on Thursday - yikes!  It's quite the adjustment to working out in the cold (or in my case, sitting around in the cold!).

 

After all the shingle work was done, Jim transitioned to more car work.  He basically has the new calipers on, which is good because we can then send the old ones back to get our deposit returned.  The only issue was that he discovered that they sent the wrong rotors, so he'll have to exchange/reorder new ones.  But things have progressed well on the car work without too many major issues - not usually the case when dealing with a 20-year-old vehicle that's seen its share of road salt!

 

High 43/Low 28

 

Time to settle in with the remote to watch the Indians vs the Cubs in the World Series at the same time as the Cavs home opener with ring ceremony and raising the banner!  Go Tribe and Go Cavs!