Sunday, August 17, 2008

All Dressed Up

So the shop is sided. Thanks to Sara, Shane, Corey and Sara's Dad Dave, we got soffits, fascia and all the siding done. Now all we have to do is..... build a fence, dig trenches for power and gas, level the parking spot, make the patio larger, landscape around the shop, put on evestroughs, wire the thing, put up door openers and finish the inside...... so I am thinking that it will be done sometime before 2023. :)

I am glad to have it finished on the outside - I think it looks good. Huge - but good! :)

PS. I am racing in the "Faster Pastor" stock car race at our local track this week (on Friday). Since I love racing so much, this is one of the highlights of my year. Pictures to follow. For now, here is the shop........

Monday, August 04, 2008

My Shop may be Blue, but I am going to Grin and Fascia it!

Have a look at the pictures below and you will understand the title........ Get it? "Blue" as in sad - but I am going to "Grin and Fascia" it (Like "face it".... but the twist is that the Fascia - the part that goes on the front edge or the "face" of the eve - is the next part to go on)....... oh never mind! :)

Anyway - as you saw, I now have windows, a door, the weather wrap is done and the soffit up. This may not seem like much - but it is a lot of piddly work that just takes longer than it would seem to. Thanks to Sara's Dad (David), Bob and Tom Goud, Skip Hill and Corey Olver and his boys for helping out over the past few days.

The really exciting thing........ YOU can have YOUR name added to that illustrious bunch of workers noted above!!!!! Siding starts this week!!! Any takers????? :)

PS. I changed oil on both of my vehicles in my new shop for the first time this week! I almost cried!!! :) It was a beautiful thing to see them inside - to work inside - to not have leaves fall off the tree and into my engine.... it was great! Thanks too to Calvin Elford for coming over and wrestling with a stuck oil filter. I really appreciated that!