Look what happens when you clean it

 
 
 
  

Religion is going to kill us all

The world is full of religious fanatics and I for one belive that religion will eventually kill us all. Everyone thinks that they are right and not a single one of them can prove it, but they are all willing to die for it. Let me try and be nice here because I have some really choice words for you all. YOU ARE WRONG!!! Innocent people are dying because of something you read in a book, why can't you just read your silly little book and hope and pray that it is real in the end?? I'm not saying that I don't hope and pray myself, but I keep it to myself. If I don't believe that is my business, and if I do believe that is my business also. I'm tired of hearing about this holy war, I hope you all die SOON, so the rest of us can get on with our lives.



IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Better photos

Jimbo, how we lookin??

This is my 4th attempt to post this, so I'm not writing much. Just wanted to say thanks to my father-in-law Jim for coming down this past week and helping me put this deck together. Through all the heat (90+ degree days, rain, power outages) we accomplished one hell of a good looking deck. I know that it isn't quite 100%, but that really isn't our fault, we are about 12 decking boards short and that is due to the lumber yard bringing us some real garbage. Well I took care of that today hopefully, I went and replaced those boards and I am now just waiting for my brother to come and help me put them in. Just wanted to say thanks Jim. Todd>>>>
 
 
 
  

Deck progress 3

 
  

Deck progress 2

 
 
 
  

Deck progress

 
 
 
  

Working on the deck

Today we boiled in the sun again, I am burnt, not fun. As you can see the rest of the lumber was delivered, Jim, my dad, and I had to move it all from the driveway to the backyard in the heat, not fun. For those of you that don't know Jim is the guy in the picture below, my father-in-law, and he is responsible for the overall deck, making sure that I am putting it together correctly, we have had to adjust a couple of things, but we are finally in the framing stages as you can see by the pictures below. Tomorrow has a good chance of thundershowers (great!!!!) not looking forward to the muddy mess, we just dried out from yesterdays showers. Well there is todays update, hopefully I will be in shape to write. Todd>>>>

 
 
 
  

MUD FEST 2006

Don't know if it really shows in the pictures or not, but we had a 25% chance of rain and we got it. What did it do , it turned my decking project into a freaking mess. Nothing but slick slimy mud and I sure hope most of it dries up tomorrow and stays nice Thursday and Friday. Today we had a couple of set backs, but tomorrow should be a good day. Time for bed, I'm beat. Todd>>>>

 
 
 
  

Getting closer

You might as well say 4 coats of paint closer. 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of stain, that is all. This would have been a fun project if I didn't have to paint the thing 4 times. Anyhow doing what needs to be done and I am on the final stretch. The only thing that I really have left is the side that you cannot see, I have no stain over there, but the good thing is that it is one of the easier sides to paint. Faye's dad will be here Monday and we are going to start the deck, figures that it is probably going to be the HOTTEST week of the year so far, they are predicting in the mid to upper 90's.

 
 
  

Slowly but surely

I know that I haven't been breaking any records, but I am getting it done. With all the rain and being a dad it sure isn't as easy as it used to be getting projects done. I got the whole side painted today during alex's nap. Not too bad, hopefully I will get 2 more hours in this afternoon. I wish the weather was a little more correct, there was an 80% chance of showers this morning, well when I see 80% I assume that it is going to rain. Oh well I will get it done when I can. Todd>>>>

 
  

Putting color back into the house

As you can see from the photos I have finished priming the Florida room and have started re-staining the room. My dad came down for a little bit and helped cut in under the windows. I don't have the patience to just stand there and cut in without taping, my dad should come down and do all the windows. Won't be too much longer and we will be adding a new deck and hopefully we will have a back yard that we can enjoy. Got to get back to work. Todd>>>>