Roofing and Other Things!

Oh, my goodness!

Louis Dean has been up on top of the house every day since Halloween working on the roof.

He's actually roofing half of the back side and was trying desperately to get past the part that's leaking before the rains came in Saturday night. He nearly made it.

Silly me......I thought he would just get up there and roof over where the leak is.

I knew where it was from inside the house. There were wet rings and damaged plaster.

However, it must not be that easy to find when you are on the outside.

And Louis Dean explained that you can't just roof a spot because the water might be coming in from higher up and rolling down. I don't understand but he's getting it done.

This isn't his first roofing job!

I like the way this photo turned out.

It looks like it's at night but I actually snapped this while I was up on the ladder and shooting into the sun. Thursday, Friday and Saturday were all pretty days to be outside so that made for good roofing days.

What was I doing while he was up there?

Hovering. Checking on him. 

I hung out in the sewing room doing the budget and paying bills.

Then I filled a month's worth of medicines for both of us.

That took awhile.

I cleaned out the nasty awful dirty refrigerator.

I don't know why my fridge looks like hoarders live here.

All of my sisters have refrigerators that when you open them - they look like a picture from an appliance store!

Thursday I used a lot of what was in there to make a good meal.

I didn't know if Louis Dean would want a bottle or a can of that good Canadian beer we bought on our vacation. Produced and bottled right there in Creston, British Columbia where Bev and Brian live. He chose the can and poured it into a frozen mug.

Friday I cleaned out the nasty awful dirty freezer for the first time in forever!

We have had a mysterious wet spot just in front of the coffee cart.

Louis Dean turned the water off to the ice maker thinking it was that.

The ice maker didn't really work even half the time anyway.

But the spot kept getting wet.

We thought we must be spilling water when we made the coffee.

Well, the problem was all the ice build up in the lower pull out freezer part of the fridge.

I found things down in the bottom that I had no idea what they were!

I did find some pinto beans and some BBQ beef so that made a good supper for Saturday night - 

especially since I baked up some homemade cornbread and sliced up some onion.

Back in the summer when Deanie and Charlie gave us their bunk beds, I had painted the two walls that the bunks would use - meaning to paint the other two walls later.

Later arrived.

I prepped it on Friday and painted on Saturday.

At least this wall, I did.

Then Louis Dean came in to tell me his nail gun had bit the dust so he was going to go buy a new one. He got so frazzled at Home Depot when he couldn't get anybody to help him that he went over to Lowe's - which is just across the street. An older gentleman there was able to help him and he finally found one and came home. However, he had bought knee pads and he said he must have left them in the buggy because he didn't have them. He was in such a state that he said it wasn't safe for him to drive so I stopped in my tracks and took him back up to Lowe's.

He looked in all the buggies and didn't see them so he went inside and bought another set.

When we got home I was getting something out of the trunk and guess what?

There was the missing set of knee pads!

They were dark colored and was on top of something else that was dark colored so Louis Dean didn't see them. By this time it was too late to go back up on the roof and rain was about to move in so he secured all his stuff and called it a day.

I've left the art table set up for weeks now and I sit down and paint for a few minutes when I can.

One more session will finish this Santa off!

Details on the tree and some on his face plus maybe a pair of glasses and I will call it done.

This is going to be my giveaway Santa this year.

I'm really late - last year I had already had the drawing.

I'm thinking I will start with this post and will count every comment as an entry.

Louis Dean will draw the winning name on Monday, November 19th.

Since I work in oils, I may not get to mail it until December 1st since the reds take so long to dry.

I may use the old trick of putting the canvas in the oven with the light only on.

That speeds the drying up.

In between everything else I'm packing up all my fall decorations and storing them away.

This takes a good while to do.

Louis Dean and I went in the storage building and did some clearing out and cleaning up on the side we had not done yet. Two years ago we cleaned half of the storage area for my fall and had meant to clean the other half for the Christmas trees. Still not done but we hope it will be by the time Christmas is over.

Saturday night was time change and I wait to change it when I wake up on Sunday morning.

That way I get to own that extra hour!

This morning I took my coffee out on the kitchen deck.

It was so beautiful today! The honeysuckle is blooming and so so so fragrant!

It smells as strong as a Glade plug in!!

The wind was stirring the pecan trees overhead and as I looked up, I was reminded of the Holy Spirit.

I cut a small bouquet of roses, honeysuckle, lantana and rosemary and drank my coffee from my oldest and most treasured fall mug. That's how I spent my 'extra' hour. It was lovely.

We were actually - wait for it - early - at the Cowboy Church this morning!

After the service, we went over to visit Reaoma.

I love the way they have the living room all decked out for Thanksgiving.

I want to bring my book and just sit in here by the fire and read.

Louis Dean looked extra handsome today!

I took his picture.....

and then he took mine.

He keeps telling me we need more pictures together!

I wanted a pic of this tree as I plan to put one up next year in the gazebo.

Reaoma was in the dining room and the lady was just finishing feeding her when we arrived.

All she had left was Jello so I fed that to her and we sat and visited at the table.

Agnes is her table mate and she is such a sweet happy lady.

She has Alzheimer's disease so she forgets what she just said and repeats it.

What was so funny today was Louis Dean was all dressed in his Cowboy boots and hat and had a nice tie on and a tie tack and a pin. Agnes kept looking at him and would say, "You look GOOD, Honey!" Over and over. Then she's say his shirt was pretty or his tie and then his pin. After every comment she would reach out and he would take her hand. After awhile, he started to get embarrassed and by the end of our visit he was having a hard time getting his hand back.

I think Agnes wanted to keep him!

He told her he'd be back next week and she said, "Lord! Honey, don't wait so long!"

My sister, Luann, was at my house when we got home and she came bearing a gift!

A Christmas Camper Cookie jar!

Doesn't she look every bit as cute as the cookie jar?

I fixed us some grilled cheese sandwiches - we are still eating on that good Tillamook cheese we brought back from Oregon - and tomato soup for lunch. We ate and visited and had such a nice time.

Luann went home and I went back to work......

This was my last wall to paint and I'm happy to say I got it done.

All the things are off the wall and the dresser is clean and tomorrow I will finish the room.

Tonight I hung some things on this wall.

I filled two bags with stuff for the Goodwill so the walls are not nearly as full as they were.

While I was working in there this evening I was text chatting with a friend and she was putting up her Christmas. I carried a tub of fall stuff out to the storage building and my eyes landed on a new tree I bought last year after Christmas. 

The next thing you know I have it sitting pretty in front of the window!

Sharilyn, you inspired me!!

That gets me all caught up on my journal entries!

Now I want to share some of Summer and Sabrina's pictures from their weekend trip to Ceiba, Puerto Rico, a small island they had not been to before.

It was beautiful and they had a great time!

This picture right here says it all!

But this is my favorite!

Three smiling faces!!

Summer has really enjoyed her time with Sabrina and Rayne.

I think it shows!

Sabrina took this pretty picture.

It reminds me of a painting.

They arrived by ferry but Summer had a terrible time being seasick so - for the return trip to Humacao - Sabrina hired a plane taxi!

Summer got to sit in the co pilot's seat!

A great ending to a wonderful getaway!

She will be back in Texas on Saturday and then a week later Rayne and Sabrina fly in for two weeks.

Then Summer returns to Puerto Rico on December 3rd so she will only be here for 23 days before going back.

I'm thinking Puerto Rico is her Happy Place, what do you think?

I'm also thinking I may be gearing up for a visit there myself sometime soon.

It's after midnight and Louis Dean is already in bed asleep so I think I'm going to call it a day!

I'll be keeping tack of the comments by writing the names in a notebook and then cutting them in strips and putting them in a hat.

Okay!

See you tomorrow!