8.1.2017

How did it get to be August already?  Really hard to believe.  It was kind of a different day - we were expecting a bunch of deliveries at the apartment today.  Unfortunately, we have a new UPS man who doesn't bring our packages up the stairs - he leaves them right at the bottom, which is right in the small lobby we share with the dentist.  So there are lots of people coming in and out on the days he works.  These were some high-dollar items that we were uncomfortable leaving to chance.  Sometimes the UPS guy shows up in the morning and other times it's in the afternoon.  So I stayed home to be on package watch - and the packages didn't show up until almost 5:00!

It worked out well because Jim did insulation work for a good chunk of the day and I got some fire school work caught up.  It was a warm day for insulation work though so I felt bad thinking about Jim working on it!

Besides insulation, Jim did some electric work too - there are a couple places in the apartment that he's decided to do things a little different.  One of those is the outlet underneath the sink.  He has decided that there will be a baseboard heating unit there and he wanted to be able to plug it in along with the garbage disposal.  So he got that all switched out.

Back outside later in the afternoon, Jim spent his time working out details on the siding where it meets the overhang area.  This is just an example of one of the strange pieces of siding he had to cut!

Doing all the cuts and fitting the siding right up to the overhang...

This is a picture with that crazy J-shaped piece of siding installed.  He just has one more little piece of siding to put on and this side will be done up to the overhang!

The other side is just about done too...just a couple more little pieces.

While he was waiting for some pieces to dry before he could install them, he put up one of the recessed light fixtures underneath the overhang.

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