Posted on 05/09/2005 5:21:35 AM PDT by SheLion
I haven't gotten any quotes, except on materials, because we are doing all the work ourselves - thus the increase in her piggy bank :)
I suspect I'll being posting pictures of me swinging a hammer reshingling the roof in the very near future........
"...pictures of me swinging a hammer..."
Well, make sure I'm out of the way, ok?
but seriously, good luck.... i added on a porch to my mom and dad's house a few years back with my dad, and yes, there's a darn good chance your little girl's piggy bank may need a financial planner by the time you're through... :-)
I'm actually very good swinging a hammer - and I have done roofing before :)
Before my husband became a computer geek he was in construction for nearly 25 years, and growing up I was always right there helping my dad with stuff because my brother had no interest, so there is very little we need to contract out.
Good for you! That's it! I need to go find me a Gabz... :)
Thanks - I love the good natured ribbing that comes with being around FR :)
We're planning on putting on a porch, but that will have to wait until at least next year. We're turning the attic into usable space for storage, closet space (there are no closets in this house) and office space and we have already built a deck up there.
I guess you can guess we like doing this kind of stuff!
"I guess you can guess we like doing this kind of stuff!"
Girl, I hope so!!! :)
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!
And it gets better - I LOVE to cook and am good at it :) I really don't want to go back to "work" work, and so this year I am going to try my hand at selling the pickles, preserves, jellies, etc. that I enjoy making from the stuff I grow in my garden.
sorry, I have no sisters :)
I'm also going to try growing and curing my own tobacco.
One thing I do not like doing is going to the grocery store - but in order to eat this evening I must do so - the school bus will be delivering my child shortly and then I must depart.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the hijacking of this thread.
So Sorry, She Lion!!!!
Ya see, now you blew your cover!!! Your a guy, AREN'T YOU GABZ!!!! No way, I don't believe it...... Now you're gonna go ahead and say "Actually Hand Em, Mr. Gabz has to beat me away with a stick in the bedroom, too....", aren'tcha, Gabz??? Come on, fess up.... :-)
Come on, Gabz!!! Not one flippin' sister??? Are ya sure???? Maybe she just got misplaced???
You're too funny!!!!!!!!!
I voted Republican because I agreed with their smaller, less intrusive government platform. They no longer embrace that platform and are now, in fact, bigger spenders than the democrats and equally intrusive. I don't feel they are the lesser of two evils or worth the vote, and I'm not voting for a party I don't agree with on that issue. Therefore, that leaves me only third parties. My vote would be wasted if I voted for big government dems or big government pubbies.
I don't get why I still have it. Deleted temporary files, cookies and history,what else can I do?
I've rolled my own since I retired (EARLY, at 62). Saved a ton, you're right. Oh, and HELLO, GABZ!!! Thought you were dead.
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