this weekend we rented scaffolding, the parts were delivered and mathew put them together. i helped a little (but most of my weekend was spent stripping paint off trim.)
(left) mathew removing siding. (right) the view i had for most of the weekend.
mathew working on the third level of the scaffolding.
(left) what it looks like to stand on the second level. (right) mathew replacing siding after installing barrier paper.
after we removed the old (crappy) window.
preparing the opening for the new window.
(left) more barrier paper. (right) the new window!
(left) installing and squaring the new window. i helped with measuring and squaring. that took a while and the sun was rapidly going down. (right) success!
on saturday we got a phone message from our friend mae, wanting to drop by around 9pm that night. we didn’t hear the message until after we’d finished working and were too exhausted and hungry… after 9 we’d finally had dinner and were thinking about sleep, when mae’s sisters, stef and nancy dropped by to see if we were home and to give the green light to the rest of the group to show up. we felt bad about sending them away but we were too exhausted to stay up or really socialize. and stef brought this lovely gift! the gee sisters are always so thoughtful and generous.
as time keeps rushing by, we’ve made the decision to only work on the house on weekends and socialize on week nights. it’s been a year since we started working on this house and my 84 year old grandmother is still living alone.