Tuesday, June 29, 2010

What a weekend......

So this was a big weekend for us............... We decided to re-shingle the house. We've been on a very strict cash only budget. So we had to save up all our extra Money so we could pay cash for the supplies. Next door did there's and they stripped them and had someone come single for $900, We pondered this for a moment and decided we could do it on our own so we could save some money.
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Well exactly 1/4 of the way through the job, I can confidently say we were both regretting our decision. We had Conned Ryan and Missy to come down and help us out, which was awesome, But i think it was more then any of us bargained for.
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We stripped the roof Friday night with the help of Jim and Billy (from across the way). Then Saturday Morning came early (really early for Brad who had been suffering with his allergies all night, so he ended up with only a couple hours of sleep). We worked like crazy and we were all so tired by about 1'o clock. By about 3 o'clock Billy from across the way showed up again, He gave us our extra boost of energy, Jim popped by for a bit as well. We are grateful for the help we got.
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As soon as the last single was laid we quit, we left the mess and put kid's to bed and went to bed ourselves. We took all of Sunday to recoup. We did not leave the house once sunday. Next door had missed us a church and then did not see us all day, and finally called at night(which we did not get to) And finally he caught Brad monday morning at 7'oclock on his way to work, He wanted to make sure we were still alive. Which we were but not by much.
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Anyway I can pretty much guarantee that will not happen again. Next time we'll spend the extra to hire it out.
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1 comments:

  1. It sure looks fabulous guys! Way to go and you sure deserved a day off!

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