Little work at dad's

Got drywall under and around the door brackets for one bay.

We were hoping to put in a more efficient fan motor in the furnace, but it didn't look right. The existing 1/3 HP motor is much smaller than the 3/4 HP Emerson he was given. The book shows a 12% savings if he goes back and gets the same 1/3 HP BPM (brushless permanent magnet motohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brushless_AC_electric_motorr).

Cleaning up last winter's damage

Another dining pal

A different meaning of turkey for dinner

Just visiting!

Back, and busy!

Got back, helped Beckie pack and now heading down to move her into her apartment.

Must be world's smallest McDonald's!

View of the city from the peak

I got to eat dinner at The Pearl, a restaurant at this highest point on the island.

Old trees downtown

Touring in Hong Kong

View from hotel in Hong Kong

Rainbow for my birthday!

This is a full rainbow, something I don't think I've ever seen before!

Some trim installed

A spot of door & window trim

The fine work seems to take the longest

1 door, 1 coat

Polyurethane takes quite a bit of time!  But that oak really looks nice!

At DAL *before* the airport employees!

This is *way* too early!!!

Waiting for the concert to begin

In Dallas at the Arboretum

No more sunroof

We'll see how well 50 year clear CAP silicone holds up in the sun and snow. It says its good for doors and windows!

White trim

Julie's window is improving!

Hot tub leaks again

This time trying 30-year shower silicon to keep the screw holes from leaking around the filter box.

Visiting the Yankee Lady in Pellston

Sunday

Shiny new silicone bead

And that finishes the bathroom floor

Cutting door to length

A neat trick is to put painters tape down where the cut will be and cut the tape to help prevent splinters. I put another run of take to give the saw something to ride on and not scuff the finish of the door.

And don't forget the doorknob!

Do it myself hinge mortise

Lay it out carefully.

And just like that, we have a nice place for that hinge to be placed:

What a bear!

I went through 3 pieces of sand paper for this little closet, while I hadn't even used one for the previous portion of the project!
My daughter picked up some All-purpose Spackling Paste at Home Depot when I ran out of the Sheetrock brand Joint Compound (Lightweight All Purpose with Dust Control). After reading about it, perhaps she picked up the wrong product for the job.

And then there were none!

It was surprisingly quick that all the babies left the nest.

Quiklevel & drylock

And then there was one

"Where's ma?!"

And then there were two

Today must be flight testing day!

Rainy day for the babies

Momma's got dinner!

This camera is pretty good, as this is like 48x from the kitchen window, some 35' away!

Little guys checking things out

A new look for the bathroom

Daytime picture

Getting bigger

But there is one bad egg :(

We got babies!

It's a tea for two kinda Mothers Day

Robin eggs

And 1/2 of the bathroom is complete

And let there be carpet!

Thanks to the guys at Petoskey Flooring!

Last piece for the night

About 16 pieces remain in the bathroom

71%

Ta da!

9 boxes installed of 13. Figured out we need 1 more box, thanks to my helper that got a 35 on his math ACT section some years ago!

Helper!

8 of 13 boxes open

I don't know if I bought enough now!

All leveled out

Clean up and put down that tile!

Got help:

Carpet's gone

Putting up some of the hardware.

First Grilling of the season

Had someone setting up house in our grill! Darn birds!