Homie took off work last week and worked to get the deck and trim on the house painted. After spending the greater part of the first day using a hand tool to sand the dirt and old paint off each railing column on just one section, he was very dejected and tired of the whole project. We made a previously contemplated - impulse decision to buy a power washer. Oh! It is so cool! Why haven't we had one of these things our whole life? Besides making a really cool "industrial" noise that impresses the neighboors, it has an awesome projectile spray. It is quite powerful, and made really quick work of cleaning everything off. Homie was even able to get the cracks between the flooring cleared. The sidewalk that had always been gray is now a lovely concrete-white color. The possibilities are endless! I think we will do our pond next. I offered to give the kids thier evening bath in the yard with it, but they didn't think that was funny. Homie worked hard with it all day, but I think he was having a lot more fun than he did the day before.
Next he began painiting. Some of us helped him a bit, but it was mostly his project. The difference was amazing. We took a before and after picture of the two sets of stairs in order to remember the contrast. Brother is sitting on the finished part. Over the weekend Homie was up on the roof doing the trim around the windows. That was scary. He's not done yet, but it already looks a lot better. Hopefully he'll be able to finish before it starts raining every day.
He still isn't sure about what to do with the side of the house that is 3 stories high. I keep encouraging him to have a professional come and do it. However 2 neighboors mentioned that they need to do something about the super high places on thier house as well. There was talk about renting one of those man lift things and passing it around the neighboorhood. Yikes!
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