On a happier note, I'm getting to be a true home maker.....and I literally mean a maker of homes. Last Thursday, Stepan and I did some quick repair work on his fence. One of the horizontal supports had rotted so much that it wasn't supporting the slats anymore. We didn't think Homer could get out, but we were wrong. Imagine our surprise when he came running up to us in the park as we were biking home after work! The good news is he stayed close to the house, but we have no idea how long he was out, where he went, or what he might have eaten (he likes to chew on the dead birds he finds in the park).
More "home maker" news: on Sunday, we got up early and started repairs on the chimney - some large animal (probably a raccoon) created an attic access by removing the siding. I was a bit scared at first - the roof is steeply pitched - but I got relatively comfortable soon enough. We must have done something right because neither one of us fell and Homer didn't get bonked by anything that was dropped :-) I think we're 16 inches short on new siding which unfortunately means that we need to by another 16 feet, though we might check out the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store where they sell recycled building materials.
Posted by jfer at August 13, 2001 10:12 AM