Well, what a productive day Lloyd had on Saturday. I headed off to work in the morning just as the boys - Raymond and Richard were arriving. Bernie was expected to arrive at any moment with a large tractor. The goal was to get all the roof trusses put on top of the building. I baked an oatmeal cake for them to have with their coffee and a large batch of tomato sauce was simmering in the dutch oven to serve with spaghetti for lunch later. A sticky date pudding and sauce was waiting for dessert. My work here was done so I headded off to town to my real job. But before I left I had to give Richard a bit of sympathy. He arrived with a cast like device on his foot. His story was that he had missed a step the night before and had broken a bone in his foot. Fortunately that didn't happen and it was all a gag. But be careful when crying wolf!
When I got home from work this is what I saw:
The trusses were all in place and they were working on putting the sheeting on the outside.
That's Will on top of the building. He saw me with my camera and had to show off a bit. It was good to have at least one pair of young legs up there. I was really impressed with how much they actually got finished. When I got home, I came inside and cleaned up the lunch dishes and then headed off to the Rec Centre to work at a wedding. They were still at it when I left at 5:00. Rumour has it that around that time Richard inadvertently dropped a piece of sheeting on his foot and it was quite bothersome. They stopped around 6:00. Good thing, as it was the last day they'll be able to work that late, with the time changing overnight.They really lucked out with the weather. There's still a bit of work to be done before the shingles can go on so we're hoping for a few more nice Saturdays.
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| The large square opening in the top will be my craft studio! |
Sunday morning was a little chilly and overcast, but no rain, so Lloyd and Bernie ventured into town on their bikes for a coffee.
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| Finally a place to store the bikes! |
Brenda called me when she got back from church to advise that two friends were coming over for brunch, so I might as well come over too. Just as I was getting ready, Lloyd arrived home, so I called and asked if I could bring a friend! Needless to say, Bernie had just arrived home as well.
We had a lovely morning, lots of great food, lots of great company - a perfect way to pass what was now a very rainy morning.
When we were done cleaning up, Lloyd and I headed home and spent a quiet, lazy afternoon. I had a book to finish and he had a program he wanted to watch online. The laundry can wait till Monday night. A fire in the stove and a good book - does it get any better than that?
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