Just wear red and show your patriotism, okay? Don’t make me come over there and add black and blue to your palette today!

OK, so I’m not as stiff and sore as I was yesterday, but this metal splinter in the tip of my right middle finger sure makes typing harder than it was. If only I had a super-powerful magnet that would just pull the splinter out, instead of having to dig around in there trying to get it…

As promised, some “before” and “after” shots for you:

East Wall

West Wall

Also showing are a couple of the young men from church helping out with the cleanup.

Since it is Good Friday, TMBWitW is off work and we are going to spend the day together – as soon as she wakes up. MEG has been up and down a few times, and my sleep schedule is so whacked it’s not even funny. Tonight I’ll be driving a twelve hour shift – if anything amusing comes up, I will let you know.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

1381 and a wake-up!

This hard labor thing is taking some getting used to. Again. It’s been a while since I’ve done any framing, and the windows that I’m installing are not light – they measure 4×6 (feet, not inches!), double pane, and it takes the help of another person (in this case, Pastor Mike is helping) to set them in place.

I started working on the West Wall first:

Step one was to frame the windows, using existing studs as the framework to stay within:

As usual, once I got going I forgot the camera for a bit. After framing, the cut was made in the exterior:

This shot shows the framing that was done:

You can see the window ready to be placed next to the cut.

Since the exterior was already finished, I needed to cut through stucco and chicken wire, tar paper, and half-inch OSB (while not knowing where the nails and staples are). After experimentation, Pastor and I figured out that two cuts would be needed. The first cut with a diamond blade set for 1/2″ deep takes care of the stucco and wire; a second pass with a wood blade set at 1 1/4″ takes care of the OSB. The tar paper just gets eaten up in a combination of the first and second cuts. An unfortunate side effect is that the wood blade is pretty much ruined after one opening.

At this point, the West wall has all four windows in it (I’ll post pictures later – I forgot the camera completely yesterday) and today I will be starting on the East wall. That is, provided I can get MEG up and moving.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

1382 and a wake up! (less, if impeachment happens)

One is transparent, the other can be seen straight through.

Remember when I asked you to read and then sign the petition to remove the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award from the cold grasping fingers of John Murtha? The signatures are way over 54,000 now, and still growing. Thank you for your support in this matter.

Cary, we’ll never see anything about this in the MSM!

Don’t bet on it. There are already rumblings, like this this piece from Bing West of the National Review Online (i know, but hey, it’s a start):

Distinguished Disservice

In bestowing the navy’s highest civilian medal, the Distinguished Public Service Award, upon Rep. John P. Murtha (D., Pa.) last month, the secretary of the Navy acted as a supplicant — an accountant happy to be given funds and disinclined to question the source. The secretary (Donald C. Winter, a Bush administration holdover who has since left the job) demonstrated that he did not understand his official role as a leader when the country is at war. Murtha smeared the reputation of a generation of Marines, and to reward him alongside several other members of Congress for earmarking funds served to exonerate the congressman, who never apologized for besmirching the honor of our fighting men.

(h/t to the StarettWire service for the heads up on the story. to join, drop me a line at carycartter AT gmail DOT com and i will send you the information)

So, why the mention of windows in the title? No, I am not shilling for Microsoft. I am, however, going to go over to the church this morning and start putting windows in the new building. It’s a retrofit, so there will be some challenges, but nothing I can’t handle.

Mmmmm – power tools and sawdust! I can hardly wait – but the church is located in an established neighborhood, so I have to wait until a “reasonable hour” before starting the work – can’t disturb the neighbors, you know!

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

1384 and a wake up!

Mine was pretty good – drove cab Friday (24 hour shift, with breaks) and then Saturday morning after a few hours sleep we were going to go up to Kingman to visit the cousins. Unfortunately, TMBWitW developed a nasty migraine on the way, and we didn’t even make it to Wickenburg before turning around and heading home again.

It’s OK though – she got some sleep and took some migraine meds and was MUCH better by Saturday evening. The cousins are coming down on the 25th, so we’ll still get to see them.

I went over to check out an opportunity with a delivery company as an independent contractor this morning; we’ll see how that turns out.

Now, I’m going to cruise through my blog list and leave comments here and there; I suggest you do the same. I’m also going to be spending time with MEG in between blogs. Hope you have a good week!

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

1385 and a wake up!

I’m wearing my Lighting Sharp polo today – because the cab company requires a collar on their drivers.

Yes, I’m back driving a cab on Fridays to pick up the slack and ease the crunch a little bit. I promise you I won’t pick up any aggressive-looking dudes at bars in the west Valley, if you promise to pray for my safety anyway.

Happy Birthday to my brother, Rob!

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

1387 and a wake up!