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tafeanornThe weather was horrendous that Saturday. The rain was coming down in buckets. So much so, that even on the drive down to Gary’s Games with no traffic, we were only going 40 MPH on the freeway.
I had gone to the bank on Tuesday and confirmed that I could get $10k out of home equity line of credit, and then Evan had come back over Wednesday night for us to sign papers on getting the roof re-done. Of the four contractors that came out to look at the house, only two actually got back to me with quotes! Only Jorve offered to meet with me and discuss options. And the other one, while they did send a quote, only quoted me for materials, not for time, permits, disposal of the old roof, etc. Jorve also gave me copies of all their licenses, insurances, Labor & Industries documents and the like. Professional through and through.
And with a professional price tag. $15,200 plus tax and possible overruns. So I’m figuring $18k. That includes new underlayment, new vents, flashing, a lot of work on that troublesome flat roof area that necessitated this whole thing and a lifetime warrantee. But they also said that they would come out and tarp down the roof so that it wouldn’t leak while they fit me into their schedule.
And so I drove by the house on my way to the game. Nearly the entire roof was covered in tarps and in the wind and rain it wasn’t fluttering or looking like it was going to blow away. A good, professional job. Later, when I called the tenant, he said that they had arrived on Thursday morning (remember we signed the papers Wednesday night, after business hours) and that the rain had started about 15 minutes after they left. Perfect timing!
I got to the game nearly late and drenched. Despite the poor weather, there was a good turnout -- five out of six spots. The game went very well, though there was a strange, unanticipated bit where everyone decided that I had not outfitted their characters properly and they wanted to go shopping.
We went a little late and wound up having to skip the big final battle. That is, we didn’t skip it, but also didn’t actually play it out. I thought it went well, and many of the player’s talked about coming to the next session.
That night we watched the really cute, and not at all cheesy Shaun the Sheep, in two videos for Family Movie Night.
Sunday was a major chore day, and I would up cleaning, doing yard work, shopping and dealing with several large totes full of old computer manuals left over from our July garage sale that had been left on the front porch but uncovered so that they had filled up with water and the paper rotted. Quite disgusting!
I followed that up with a second try at cheese making, which went much better (at least for the cheddar, the ricotta failed).
I had gone to the bank on Tuesday and confirmed that I could get $10k out of home equity line of credit, and then Evan had come back over Wednesday night for us to sign papers on getting the roof re-done. Of the four contractors that came out to look at the house, only two actually got back to me with quotes! Only Jorve offered to meet with me and discuss options. And the other one, while they did send a quote, only quoted me for materials, not for time, permits, disposal of the old roof, etc. Jorve also gave me copies of all their licenses, insurances, Labor & Industries documents and the like. Professional through and through.
And with a professional price tag. $15,200 plus tax and possible overruns. So I’m figuring $18k. That includes new underlayment, new vents, flashing, a lot of work on that troublesome flat roof area that necessitated this whole thing and a lifetime warrantee. But they also said that they would come out and tarp down the roof so that it wouldn’t leak while they fit me into their schedule.
And so I drove by the house on my way to the game. Nearly the entire roof was covered in tarps and in the wind and rain it wasn’t fluttering or looking like it was going to blow away. A good, professional job. Later, when I called the tenant, he said that they had arrived on Thursday morning (remember we signed the papers Wednesday night, after business hours) and that the rain had started about 15 minutes after they left. Perfect timing!
I got to the game nearly late and drenched. Despite the poor weather, there was a good turnout -- five out of six spots. The game went very well, though there was a strange, unanticipated bit where everyone decided that I had not outfitted their characters properly and they wanted to go shopping.
We went a little late and wound up having to skip the big final battle. That is, we didn’t skip it, but also didn’t actually play it out. I thought it went well, and many of the player’s talked about coming to the next session.
That night we watched the really cute, and not at all cheesy Shaun the Sheep, in two videos for Family Movie Night.
Sunday was a major chore day, and I would up cleaning, doing yard work, shopping and dealing with several large totes full of old computer manuals left over from our July garage sale that had been left on the front porch but uncovered so that they had filled up with water and the paper rotted. Quite disgusting!
I followed that up with a second try at cheese making, which went much better (at least for the cheddar, the ricotta failed).
