How we spent the last two months of summer 2008...

  

Deep in our blog (3 years ago or so) we spent much of our summer prepping and painting the exterior of our oh-so-charming house.

We had hoped the paint would last awhile.

The shingles were so deteriorated on the South and West sides the paint started to peel.

After much research, Terry decided to tear the offending shingles off and start fresh.  

A good website Terry recommends is http://www.cedarbureau.org/installation/wall-manual.htm

He worked day and night for five weekends.

Here's a pic of Terry nauseous from a flu-like bug on a ladder on a hot sunny day.  What a trooper!

Now, we just need one more weekend of nice weather to prime and paint.  Be sure to check our blog in a couple weeks to see the new color.

Oh, and in the midst of all this we had our 1st Wedding Anniversary!  Our gift to each other was talking about taking a break from the house and going away... far away... later this Winter.