Rainy days and Sundays...

I woke up at 6:30 AM today. I read for a bit, put a pot of coffee on and then shaved and showered. I want to get that molding early before Home Depot fills up with shoppers. I looked outside and guess what? IT'S RAINING!!!

Now at Home Depot and there's a problem! No matching molding here. Went to Meijer's to get a few things, then headed for Lowes (10 miles away) figuring I must have picked it up there. NO! None there either!! I finally gave up an bought a piece that's the same size, but not the same look. I'm bummed...

Got home and cut the molding. Carla was frying two pounds of chicken gizzards for their breakfast/lunch and Jake was helping. I forgot I don't live alone and used the air nailer without warning them first, scaring the crap out of them both with the loud bang!

BTW, those chicken gizzards are quite addicting!

After spackling the holes, I put on a coat of primer on the bare wood of the attic steps and the new molding. Then it was time to leave. Jake and Carla made an offer on a house and today they are having it inspected. Since I haven't seen it yet, I'm going over in my own car and check it out. Before we left, Jake checked the rain gauge and we've gotten just about 1/4 inch, but the rain seems to be stopping. Hey, it's better than nothing!

Nice, nice house. The owner was a building contractor, so he basically updated everything along with adding on a family room, all done professionally and with high-end stuff. My only comment is that you could hardly call this a "starter house." I've had starter house and they sure didn't look like that! I checked the mileage on the way back and its right around 11 miles from my house.

When I got home, I took the rest of the pork loin that Jake had shredded this morning, added some BBQ sauce and put it on low to warm up for dinner. I changed clothes and started watching some taped TV shows.

They got home around 6:45 PM. Having never paid for a home inspection myself, I was interested to see what you got. Turned out to be a very comprehensive review of all the major items in the house (roof, furnace, A/C, etc.), with the report in a loose-leaf binder, along with information on how long things should last, and so on. Very professional and well worth it, in my opinion.

At my suggestion, we ate on paper plates (sandwich, chips and a dill pickle pears to cleanse the palate) on my bed while we watched the last two taped episodes of Fight Girls (it was a reality show about American women training in Thai martial arts and then going to Thailand to fight)

At the show's end, they departed to their bedroom and I watched my two Sunday night shows. I fell asleep before the final judgment on Iron Chef America. Jake woke me at 11:00 and asked if he could turn the TV down. I said turn it off and I switched to reading a bit before finally sleeping.