Porch Renovation 15
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Saturday, December 31, 2011 is upon us. As I’ve often told our children: This day will never happen again, so make the most of it. With this in mind, Dave and I decided to do something different to end the year. We had lettuce, bacon and tomato sandwiches and sipped champagne for breakfast. For our late lunch, Dave whipped up a Seafood Grek. A delicious combination of scallops, shrimp, black olives, feta cheese, and garlic served over whole grain wild rice and sipped champagne. Mid-evening, we had caramelized flan with our sips of champagne. We watched the ball drop in Times Square, NYC, tucked snuggly in our bed munching on strawberries as we sipped the last of our champagne. Earlier in the day, we’d phoned all our children to wish them a Happy New Year. They, too, were staying close to their respective homes to welcome in 2012.
Sunday, January 1, 2012, found us at our little Anglican Church in America on the corner of Bay Road and Bacchus in Webster. Our elderly priest had died on December 21st, so we all wanted to know what was to transpire in the immediate future.
Dave went to work on Monday and there was no progress on our porch project. We actually have two inches of snow on the ground now. We were a bit concerned about the plastic covering the 9’ sliding door opening, as there were also high wind warnings. The builder had done a good job of securing the plastic properly, so all is well that ends well.
On Tuesday, the builder and town Building Inspector held a pow-wow in the porch. The Electrician needs to move one outlet and add one in the Garage cieling, before the Electrical Inspection.
Friday, January 6 – Epiphany. The temperatures rose to 50-degrees, the snow melted, and the builder showed up. He re-inforced the horizontal garage rafter that goes east to west, made another roof ridge support and ran a 2’x4’ on the north side to attach the ceiling sheets securely.