And The Garbage Disposal Goes Grind, Grind, Grind

Mike was on travel last week for work and flew back Friday evening before 10pm, picked up the car at the parking lot then drove straight to Payson and was there before midnight.  That is one of the wonderful things about Payson, it is close to Phoenix (but also far enough).  It is easy to make a day trip if you need something you cannot get in town or you forgot something at one house or the other.  Laurie once drove into Phoenix from Payson to spend time with our daughter-in-law's mother who was visiting Phoenix.  When she got to town, she found she had forgotten to bring the apartment keys and they both drove to Payson and then back to Chandler.  She says it gave them a lot of time to talk.  Would have required a lot more talking had we bought something in Heber or Show Low.  Mike was happy to be back from Hawaii and much happier to be in Payson.

While Mike was on travel, Laurie proceeded to put all the pantry items back on the new shelves we installed.  She found that as the shelves were loaded, some of them began to bow in the middle near the back of the shelf.  This made her be more cautious on how she placed the items on the shelves.  Due to that, we decided to add an extra support (had some leftover from the install) to the middle of each shelving section.  Mike thought he could do this without removing any of the shelf items and proceeded on the longer wall first.  After some work (and marks in the wall), he was able to get the vertical support behind the shelves.  He then realized that he had to attach the shelf brackets to each shelf and the vertical support before that support could be attached to the upper support rod.  It took quite a bit of effort (would have been easier to remove the shelf items), but he got all the brackets in place and now came the time to secure the vertical support.  As the picture shows, the support was very close to making the connection but not there (close but no cigar as the saying goes).  Mike had to get under the shelving unit and with all his strength push up on the vertical support to get it to lock in place. We then decided it would be better to do the short wall shelving unit when it was empty, especially since it has all the heavy kitchen appliances.  So that project will wait until Mike comes up again.

Vertical support with shelf brackets, they still need to be attached to the shelves

After the brackets were attached, the support did not quite make it to the support bar

With some huffing, puffing and pushing, the vertical locked in place

A friend wanted to see the pantry full, here it is with the added support

Even the drawers are full of stuff and the A/C duct box stores items too

The last part of the pantry upgrade is the installation of our new whole house water filtration system.  Mike pulled out the tanks and set them up in the pantry so he could lay out how all three pieces of the system would go in the area we had.  After he got an idea of how he wanted to make the connections, we went to Home Depot to scope out what we could use to put it all together.  The system comes with a pre-filter, a small unit with a filter cartridge that last about 9 months; a large filter tank that is charcoal or carbon based; and a water conditioner tank.  This system received really good ratings and it does not require a drain as most water softeners do.  The only issue we have with the system so far is how to connect it.  The house water line at the loop in the pantry is 3/4" and the system has all 1" connections. Not only that, but the pre-filter requires a male connection and the tanks need female connectors.  We can make the lines 3/4" throughout the whole system, but that means reducing all the 1" connections to 3/4".  Not an easy or cheap task as our four hours at Home Depot proved.  We have put the install on hold as we do more research into our connection options.

So Mike moved on to another small task on the current list of things to do and that was the installation of the new garbage disposal.  Laurie picked up a 1HP unit through a Black Friday sale for cheaper than most 3/4HP units.  We do not have one in the house currently, but Mike has replaced a few in our past houses.  While he started working on that project, he decided to also fix the kitchen faucet.  It has been dripping lately and he wanted to get new washers for it.  It is the same faucet that came with the house and we were hoping it would last until the kitchen was remodeled.  When he started to take it apart, Laurie decided it would be better to replace it with the new unit we bought on sale many years ago which has been sitting in storage.  Might as well use it instead of putting more money into the old one.  So now the project became a kitchen sink remodel.

Step one was to remove the old faucet hardware and all the current drain pipes.  Removing the pipes gave Mike better access into the cabinet as he had plans to rebuild the drain design to make it better.  Our current drain has two p-traps and there should only be one, which the disposal paperwork confirmed with a drawing for our type of sink layout.  Mike then cleaned the sink where the old faucet was and installed the new one.  The old sink had a separate sprayer in the base and this one had the sprayer built into the head.  This left a space for an in-sink soap dispenser that came with the unit.  After getting the faucet secured to the sink, he made all the water connections and ran a leak test.  At first it all seemed good, but after a few seconds he found a leak in the cold water hose near the valve.  A trip to Home Depot gave us a new hose and the faucet was drip free.

Making the connections to the faucet

We bought this faucet not long after getting our Payson house, should have installed it years ago -  it is so nice

Laurie decided the disposal should go in the right hand sink.  She felt that would be closer for dumping food as plates came to the sink.  Mike removed the current drain in that sink and installed the mounting hardware for the disposal.  The disposal came with an easy install kit which uses a rubber gasket for the seal, but the indentation for the drain hole in the sink is so deep, Mike had to use plumber's putty for the seal.  Once the bracket was in place, Mike connected the disposal with the self-locking bracket.  He then laid out all the drain pieces we had in order to construct the new proper design.  He found he needed two extra extensions to make it all work and off to Home Depot for the 2nd time in an hour.  The extra extensions made all the pieces fit perfectly.  Now was the real test to see if the disposal worked.  We knew an outlet had been installed under the sink for the disposal and the dishwasher (one plug each).  Both breakers have never been turned on since they were not needed so Mike flipped on the one labeled disposal.  Not remembering which socket was for which appliance, he plugged the disposal in to the lower outlet and it came on.  That was strange as the dishwasher breaker was still off and the disposal switch was off.  So he tried the top outlet and nothing.  We tried again with the wall switches flipped on - same results.  It had been years since the wiring was done, we thought maybe it had not been tested and the wall switch had not been connected.  We started to go through old photos to see if we could tell anything about the lines that were run, but every picture of that area had something covering the wall and the wires.  Mike was resigned to taking all the plates off and testing all the connections when it dawned on him that we had done the final testing and what we thought were the disposal and dishwasher outlets, in reality were the opposite.  So he turned off the disposal breaker and flipped on the dishwasher breaker (both are 20A).  He then tested the bottom outlet and nothing, then the top outlet and again nothing - that is until we turned on the wall switch and GRIND, GRIND, GRIND!  Success! Laurie was so happy to have a disposal and not have to fling food into the garbage like her ancestors did. Now we have to change the electrical panel labels to reverse those two breakers.

The grandaddy of disposals (1HP) and the new drain design

The upper outlet is the disposal connection, not the dishwasher as previously thought

We had to figure out which switch was which - the one on the right does disposal

Recently we purchased extra sensors for our outdoor/indoor thermometer.  Many years ago, Mike got our original unit free through a work incentive program and it came with one outside sensor that we installed on the porch.  The receiver stays in the house and shows us the outside and inside temperatures and some minimum/maximum information. For storage purposes, Laurie wanted to see how cold it was getting in our sheds and our crawlspace. Since the unit we have will monitor three outdoor sensors, we bought two more that we can move around.  We set them up and placed them in the sheds for now.

New sensors, the bigger one records temp and humidity and will be used in our crawlspace

Enough with the house fix-ups, it was now time to make the house ready for Christmas.  Laurie found a Pinterest item for making Christmas trees from tomato plant stands.  So awhile back we bought two at Home Depot and we applied garlands and lights to make them look like small trees.  We removed the lights on the two front posts next to our driveway entrances and placed the trees over the posts.  They now look like small trees with short trunks.  We put out our thrift store moving reindeer in our front weed patch and some lighted balls in the front real trees.  Then we put icicle lights on the roof line and red lights on the railings.  Before the day was done, we had them all wired to the house outlets and on timers.  It took a little longer than expected, but this was the first year we did any serious outside decorations and we had to sift through all the stuff we brought from our Gilbert house.  Lastly, we put up our inside tree and decorated it. The Payson house is now decked out for Christmas, as are many of our neighbor's.

Our Christmas lights as seen by our neighbor across the street (picture texted to us)

Stats: 3 Home Depot trips; 0 Walmart trips
Remodeling expense 11/29/15-12/07/15: $25
Remodeling expense to date: $52,486

Pantry Facelift - Part Two

It is the Thanksgiving four-day weekend and we only had two days to work on the house.  On Thanksgiving Day, we drove to Pinetop (about 4 hours round-trip) to spend a few hours with Mike's dad and his wife Mary.  We had a good time, but it took a big chunk out of the day and we were very tired by the time we got back that night. Mike was scheduled to fly out of town for work again (yes - destination Hawaii) on Sunday for a week, so that left us with only Friday and Saturday to get another pantry project done.  This time - new shelves.

Since the remodel, we had been using some garage type shelving in the pantry as a temporary solution.  This gave us time to figure out what we really wanted and we could then re-use the original shelves in the shed.  We started looking around a few weeks ago and found that Lowes had the best selection of wire shelving (these were a tight mesh design - better for cans) in the lengths and widths we wanted (we did have to settle for 16" instead of 20" deep shelves) and at a good price.  While Laurie was down in the Valley recently, we made a trip to Lowes and found some kits that would fit our needs.  We also found some wire drawers that would work in the design.  Later we stopped at Home Depot just to be sure they did not have something in the store that was not online (yes, it does happen).  They could not some close to what we found at Lowes for the bulk of the shelving, but they did have a wire four drawer package at almost the same cost we paid for two drawers at Lowes.  Score!  Laurie took all the shelving boxes up to Payson on her return trip.

These shelves use a main support bar horizontally across the top from which the vertical support bars hang.  The key was to make sure the top support bar was screwed into as many studs as possible (instructions only require wood behind three of the five holes per support).  We have found more than once that having taken pictures of our walls prior to installing the insulation/drywall have helped us remember what is behind our walls.  We used them recently to verify where our electrical wiring was when we put the pellet stove vent through the wall.  It might not have been exact, but it gave us a good idea.  In this project, the pantry interior pictures showed us that, along the top of the long wall, there are two 2x4 boards and the right upper corner of the short wall includes the main support beam to the kitchen.  So that meant every screw in the support on the long wall would go into wood and at least the two right screws in the short wall support would hit wood.  It was now a matter of finding studs for the other three holes.  We lent Mike's new stud finder to our son as it has an electrical wire option and he is using it for his house remodel.  So Mike used a Black and Decker unit we have had for awhile and which he has used before with no issue.  He tested and retested the area in question and found what he thought were studs, but to be sure he drilled a tiny hole to be sure and found it was always off.  After many tests, he finally found one more stud to use and the other two holes went into drywall anchors.

The first support to be installed

Once the horizontal brackets were leveled and secured to the wall, the rest of the installation went fairly quickly.  We placed two vertical supports on the short wall to support six shelves.  Once we had the proper spacing, the vertical supports were also secured to the wall into either a stud or drywall anchor.  The shelves are attached to brackets, which attach to the vertical supports, by aligning the bracket along one shelf wire and pressing down on the shelf for it to slide into a slot on the bracket (a small feat in itself).  Then it was a matter of spacing out the six shelves on the wall, though they will probably get moved again when Laurie puts everything back in the pantry.

Spacing the vertical supports on the short wall

Attaching the support to the wall

The finished shelves on the short wall

The next task was the column of drawers we planned to go above the A/C vent box in the corner.  Each drawer has a wire shelf attached to its top which allowed us to space out the drawers and have storage space between them. As a result, the four drawers took up one full set of supports.  The vertical support placement was more critical for this section as it had to be the same width as the drawer supports.  Once we got one drawer together and placed, the rest went in smoothly.  Then we marked the holes in the vertical supports, removed the drawers and attached the supports to the walls.  Then, of course, we had to put the drawers back up.

All supports in place for the long wall

Wire drawers setup in the corner

Testing the drawer pull-out length and built-in stop bars

Last but not least was putting up the shelving on the long wall.  The whole wall is 96" and the shelving on the short wall used about 17" (16" shelf plus support) of that space. The drawers used another 23", leaving us with 56" to place the 48" shelves that came in the kit - perfect fit (which was the plan, of course).  We put up two more vertical supports secured to the wall and six more 16" shelves. Hopefully this setup will provide us with more storage than we had with the garage shelves.  If nothing else, the pantry looks very organized and clean.

The long wall shelves installed with one food container used to help set the spacing

We did find some time on Friday night to go to the Swiss Village Christmas lighting event in which all the shops are open with carolers, snacks, hot chocolate, Santa/Mrs. Claus and rides for the kids.  We walked through the shops and then met our friends Bob and Denise.  It was one of our recent colder nights, but still fun to get out.  Mike left Saturday night for the Valley and his business trip on Sunday.

Stats: 0 Home Depot trips; 1 Walmart trips
Remodeling expense 11/24/15-11/28/15: $81
Remodeling expense to date: $52,461

Pantry Facelift - Part One

We are slowly completing the majority of our house projects. The current list of planned tasks consists mostly of organizing stuff we kept from the Gilbert house, repainting some rooms, painting the master bedroom, and reworking the pantry (along with many other small items too numerous to mention). Larger projects like baseboards, flooring and the kitchen all require time, money and, most importantly, decisions. We cannot install the baseboards until we choose what kind of flooring we want (carpet was a short-term solution) and get it installed. We cannot get the flooring in until we install the kitchen cabinets. And, we cannot install the kitchen cabinets until we make a decision on the appliance color and whether we will buy ready made cabinets or Laurie will make them herself. So, in the meantime, we continue to whittle away at the smaller projects.
One item Laurie has always wanted was a water softener system, even at our Gilbert house.  We never made it happen there because we did not have the proper water loop and the only location for the loop and system would require a professional installation, therefore a lot of money.  When we remodeled the Payson house, we had a loop put in the pantry for a future water system.  As we mentioned in the last blog, we finally bought one (actually we bought it twice) and are working towards installing it.  This required the pantry to be painted as it is one of the two rooms that never got its first coat of paint.

To paint the pantry we had to first remove all the food, stored items and shelving.  Laurie took care of most of this during the week, leaving only one shelf to take down when Mike came up for the weekend. This made our living area quite cluttered again.  Once all the items were removed, Laurie cleaned the walls and then painted the room.

Some of the pantry items were placed on the floor and available tables

The food items were put back on a reconstructed shelving unit

Painting completed . . .

. . . throughout the pantry and ready for part two

While Laurie was painting, Mike had his own project to do for the pantry and that was a box to protect the air intake vent for our A/C system.  The intake opening is in the hallway through the pantry wall and then the vent feeds into the crawlspace through the pantry floor.  During our last semi-annual inspection of the heating/cooling system, Laurie used a new company and the tech recommended we protect the air intake vent so it would not get accidentally damaged if something fell on it.  We drafted up a design for a box to build around the vent and bought the materials at Home Depot.  Mike built a frame for the box out of 1x2s and then covered it with paneling Laurie liked.  The box turned out really well, but, when we installed it in the pantry, we had not taken into account the wood pattern in the flooring so the box clashes a little.  We may end up painting the box in the future, but for now it is functional.

The box frame . . .

. . . and with paneling attached (the glue was still drying)

The completed box in place over the air intake duct work (as seen in painting pic above)

The pantry is now ready for new shelving (no more garage shelves, we will have wire shelving) and the water softener system.  Each will be installed on future weekends.

Stats: 2 Home Depot trips; 2 Walmart trips
Remodeling expense 11/10/15-11/23/15: $631
Remodeling expense to date: $52,380

New Old Stuff

After our East Coast trip, Laurie returned to Payson with Mike's mom for the week.  We are planning on having her come up one week each month, to help give Mike's sister a break, and because his mom really enjoys going to Payson.  While they were there during the week, they visited some thrift stores and sales.  They found some items that Laurie wanted Mike to look at when he arrived for the weekend.

About 3 months ago we purchased a water softener system that was on sale at Home Depot. In reviewing Home Depot's daily deal, Laurie noticed that the same water softener was on sale for an even lower price than we had originally paid so she ordered it (at the reduced price) and returned the one we purchased in July. Water softeners are not small items and Mike felt she was nuts for going to the trouble to return and reorder to save $170, but, as Laurie reasoned, when you are saving for retirement, every little bit helps.

On Saturday, Laurie took Mike back to a church rummage sale where she was considering purchasing a sleeper couch, chair and ottoman set.  We had not been planning on replacing our current furniture, but the couch we have been using for a few years was getting a little worn and the extra chair will be good for guests.  By the time we showed up to look at it again (first time for Mike), they had reduced the price and we bought it.  After we got our trailer and loaded the items, we found there was quite a bit of cat hair embedded in the cushions.  We decided to take them to the car wash and use the high-powered vacuums to remove as much as possible.  After we ran out of cash, we got the rest of it off at the house using a shop vac and some pet hair removal tape.  The new furniture looked really nice in the room, but there was not enough room for our old sofa (we had hoped we had enough space to fit everything).  So we contacted Mike's niece and nephew who just bought a new house and offered it to them.  They were very excited as they needed the extra seating for guests who were coming for the holidays.

The final configuration will look different, but it fits for now

Before our vacation, our friend Bob, who runs the surplus store in Star Valley, told us he had a used table saw for $150.  Mike has a folding saw he uses, but not a regular one.  He ran over to take a look at it and it was in good shape and came with a caster base so it could be moved around easily.  Mike did not have time to pick up the saw that day, but told Bob we wanted it and would be back in November to purchase it.  So Mike went over to Bob's this weekend and picked up the saw.  Just as with the couch and chair, when Mike got to Bob's, he had reduced the price since the last time Mike was there (who says procrastinating doesn't pay off).  Hopefully it will be a great addition to Mike's current set of tools.

It runs, but needs a little work to make it level

Mike took the truck and trailer back to the Valley to deliver the sofa to his niece and nephew and took his mom back to his sister's place.  Not a highly productive weekend, but it was good to be back in town.

Stats: 1 Home Depot trip; 3 Walmart trips
Remodeling expense 10/21/15-11/09/15: $0
Remodeling expense to date: $51,749

The New Shed Completed (Finally)

After Mike left for the Valley, Laurie took care of caulking and painting the new shed over the next few days.  Luckily she had good weather (except for the mornings being cold and the afternoons, in the direct sun, being hot) and was able to complete the work.  She had enough paint left over from our other shed to finish one coat on the new shed.  She was quite sore after the long days of painting this very large and tall shed.

The shed is now a nice green color to match our other shed

Just a photo to show Laurie's dedication working into the twilight hours

As we stated in our previous blog entry, the new shed was not able to be completed because the company sent the wrong color shingles.  We were told that the installers would bring the correct shingles and finish the work on Friday, 10/16.  On that Friday, Laurie kept checking for updates and was finally told, late that afternoon, that the installers returned to the Valley due to bad weather.  There had been some rain that day in Payson, but none at our house.  We were not happy, but it was rescheduled for Monday.  On Saturday, Laurie received another call from the company telling her the truck was going in for service on Monday and so the work would have to be pushed off one more day to Tuesday.  That date was going to make Laurie's schedule very tight because she had to return to the Valley no later than Tuesday evening in order to have sufficient time to prepare for our Wednesday trip to the East coast.

The weather threatened to be bad, but it held off enough for the workers to get the new shingles installed and allow Laurie to get on the road in the afternoon.  That was cutting it too close.

The shingles are finally going on

Workers completing the task with clouds all around

Our finished 10x20 shed

Stats: 1 Home Depot trip; 0 Walmart trips
Remodeling expense 10/13/15-10/20/15: $0
Remodeling expense to date: $51,749

Our First Fire and a Shed Shift

Since this past weekend, Laurie has been successful in getting rid of some of the larger unsold garage sale items through the Payson yard sale website.  She also spent time cataloging the large quantity of left over articles that were to be donated to the local thrift stores. This will allow us to get an accurate donation value for our 2015 tax return.  While all this was going on, the couple who wanted our old 8x10 shed came and began the extraction process.  Laurie said it took them almost a full day to get it up on blocks and dig trenches so they could position a small trailer under it.  That was the way it stayed over night and the next day they came back with newer trailer wheels (they were afraid the originals would not hold the weight) and got the shed settled on the trailer.  Laurie said it took some time to maneuver the truck while pulling the trailer/shed in the back yard to align it with the gate opening, then off it went.  They used hurricane straps to secure the shed to the trailer and Laurie said the trailer only tipped a little when they turned onto the street from our driveway.  The family are Christians and so they said a group prayer asking for God's protection over the endeavor.  She got a call a little later that they made it down the steep airport road safe and sound.  Now our yard looks really bare.

After a full day, the shed is elevated with a trailer under it

Day two - the shed is now on the trailer with better wheels

The trailer with shed had no problem going through the double gates

And off the shed goes to its new home, only a couple of miles away

The corner of our yard, the barest it has ever been

On Monday, we delivered all the boxes to two thrift stores on main street: the Senior Center and the Humane Society.  We decided to split it into two groups as we had a LOT of stuff and didn't want to overwhelm the volunteers who accept the donations. The people there were very thankful. Now the only boxes left in the house contain items we will be keeping that haven't made it to their final resting place yet.

In preparation for the new shed being delivered on Monday, we had to level (within 4 inches) a 10x20 spot in the yard. Mike started to rake out the area where the old shed had been when our neighbor Chris came by and said we should use the quad.  We had pulled the large dilapidated workbench out of the old shed to make it lighter and the new owners were not able to fit it into their truck. So Mike hooked it up to the quad and hauled it in circles over the area we needed leveled. This worked fairly well until the workbench fell apart.  Then Mike got one of our metal ATV ramps and stacked some bricks on it, that worked even better.  Once we had it smoothed out, we found we had a 7 inch difference from one end to the other.  Between the two of us (and a number of blisters), we were able to move dirt from one end of the plot to the other and make the area level (within an inch) for the install.

Mike using neighbor's idea and workbench to level the ground

Using an ATV ramp added the finishing touch

Along with some manual labor to clear the tire treads

The top of the stick shows how much dirt we had to move

Laurie ran the string every way to be sure we were as level as possible

Sunday was a lazy day and we started with breakfast in Pine before going to the Fall craft fair.  The restaurant was crowded and breakfast was not as good as it has been in the past and neither was the fair.  They had some different booths this time, more people selling antiques than crafts, so we left there earlier than expected and made our way north of Strawberry.  We had plans to visit friends who were up from the Valley camping.  It was an interesting visit because the guy is the brother of the couple we had at the house a couple of weekends ago.  We have not seen his family either for quite some time and now we got to visit with both brothers in the same month.  We met them at their campsite and sat around their smoldering fire catching up on each other's lives.  It was a great visit and good to see them again after so long and we invited them to go on the planned Jerome quad trip in the Spring.

Mike had made plans the previous weekend with our neighbor Chris to go on a quad ride.  While he was getting ready, he learned that Joan, our neighbor from across the street, also wanted to go.  Once they all got saddled up, it ended up being Mike, Chris, Joan and Joan's husband Bob.  Chris led the pack and they went down the same dirt trail Mike and Laurie had taken last year when they first got the quads, only this time they went the opposite direction.  Mike remembered the steep hills and now he was going down instead of up.  Quite the thrill!  They almost made it safely to the main road when Joan tipped her quad on its side (got a little too high on the road bank).  Mike and Chris were ahead waiting for them and went back when they saw the accident.  It was surprising to see nary a scratch on Joan, though we found out later she had hit her head fairly hard.  The guys righted the quad and they took the easy way home.

After completing the pellet stove install, Laurie agreed to have William Bailey, the guy who sold us the stove last year, stop by the house for an initial startup/checkup service.  He inspected the venting (inside and out), said everything looked good and then proceeded to explain the operation and maintenance of the stove.  Not long after, we had our very first roaring fire.  We went over the things we should do on a daily/weekly basis and, when we had no more questions, off he went.  We let it run a little while and then shut it down.  To be sure we knew how to start it again, we fired it back up a little while later and had our second blazing fire.  This time we only kept it on for a few minutes as the day was not cold enough to keep it running.  We are now ready for winter.

It took almost a year from purchase to fire

The last activity of this weekend was the new shed install.  The guys showed up late morning and began putting it together.  After the floor structure was in place, the installer checked for levelness and added a relatively flat cement brick to the lower corner we had filled in.  So we did not do too bad in our leveling job - yay for us! When they were about half done, we noticed the asphalt roofing shingles they had brought were not the color we had ordered.  Laurie contacted the company and found they would not be able to get the correct shingles installed until Friday.  So the guys completed the job up to the point of laying the shingles and away they went.  We then transferred a lot of stuff out of the workshop to give us room to move around.  The items will only be housed in the new shed temporarily until Mike can sort through his stuff and move his tools.  Laurie is planning to paint the shed this week and so we started to caulk the joints.  We thought we had enough to complete the job, but ran out about a third of the way through.  Laurie will need to complete both the caulking and paint before she leaves at the end of the week.

The new shed has a galvanized steel base, so no concrete was needed

All of the pieces were stacked on this trailer

The flooring was upgraded to one resistant to insects and moisture

This consisted of six pieces nailed together and screwed into the floor

Two end caps and the trusses are ready for plywood roof

Still not sure why we had a mixture of radiant barrier roofing and not

The doors are in and all the trim pieces are waiting to be installed

Tar paper and flashing were the last items for install before calling it a day

As if that was not enough work for the day, we also moved our 10x20 car canopy from the front to the back to protect both the car and the quads until we can fit the quads in the workshop.  In trying to move the canopy, we got lucky in that our neighbors Chris and Bob saw us and jumped in to help.  We were thankful as it was just a bit too unwieldy for the two of us to move on our own.

This will keep these vehicles protected for now.

Stats: 0 Home Depot trips; 1 Walmart trip
Remodeling expense 10/05/15-10/12/15: $85
Remodeling expense to date: $51,749