WEEEeeeeeeeee

finally, i got something. not much, but at least it helps to pay the bills while i look for something permanent.

i get to deliver for pizza hut.

i know. real fun huh? real professional, but hey...it keeps my days open for searching, and still i can get almost 40 hrs in each week.

i think i finally got the roof leak fixed. i thought that i had cleared out all the leaves and pine needles from behind the chimney, but when the roof was still leaking gallons a minute, i had to climb all the way on. i'm still not thrilled....a 32 year old wood shingle roof? 220lbs on top of it? and then there's the nice 30-35 deg. slope of the roof. whew....glad i'm still around to tell the tale.

anyway, when i got up there, i saw a mess of junk the there was no way of getting from the ladder. I cleared all that off to find 6-8 inches of fine dark soil. really, it was decomposed pine needles, oak leaves, bugs, pollen, an who knows what else. I got a shovel and broom and cleared that all away, only to find th acid from the pine had completely eaten away the (original) lead flashing. yes, lead. so there was no patch to be done. i had to completely replace all the flashing, with newer stainless stuff. as if that wasn't bad enough, trying to wedge myself between the roof and chimney, and get down below my feet to install new flashing; i broke some of the old shingles in the process. do i need to tell you that my back and hips are very sore now? a grown man was not meant to be put in those types of positions. glad i've been losing weight, or else i might not have been able to fold up like that.

so now that i've put 2 tubes of roofing tar to seal the seams, and another 1 1/2 tubes of caulk to act as glue, and hold the flashing to the shingles, and the chimney, i think it is water proof. i'll do the water hose test this evening, and see if i can't prove myself wrong. if i'm right, then i can finally hang the sheetrock tonight. by saturday night, i may finally have the living room floor finished.

i hope.