catching up

Friday morning 20 March

I like it also. The window frames are going to be white but Everyone wants some kind of borders and color around the windows and of course along the edges of the roof. The edge is called fascia and the area under the eves, soffett.
Yes, multi-colors are very "in" right now and I like it better than monochrome.. The fascia and even the corners of the house is covered in a color coated aluminum called coil. The variety of colors is amazing. Skys the limit. I will get a picture of the houses on the street so you can see how ours might look. Our siding is called "shiplap" and the new siding will be 2 to 3 lines horizonal instead of one. Dutch lap is the triple . I need to spend some time mocking up color choics for the fascia and maybe the corners of the house. We could also cover the beams on the porch and the front door frame. I have not even thought about the door but I may want to at least replace the frame so we can get it covered with coil. Yes. I wanted to wait on the door as it could get expensive. That will be easy to do in the summer.
Yesterday, we fixed up the plumbing in the downstairs bathroom. I still need to cover the wall but got most of the stains out of the tub. The tub is steel and has at least one all the way thruSt ding. Not going to be fixed this trip and too big a replacement project for now. Kerry and Robert and a machine called a ditchwitch cut a trench from the water tank to the house. I was going around with another siding installer. This morning early we will use it to dig a trench for the electrical cable to the Robert's garage workshop aka the ManCave. Electrical contractor will show up today and start on that. Painting is complete for now. YEA! Just the inside painting, I'm sure has made a HUGE difference. Pictures coming soon.Pictures coming soon.

a note from Margaret on things in Garmisch
Well, almost all of the snow had melted, even in the corners of the yards. Tiny snow drop flowers are coming up in the flower bed between the drive and the kitchen.

And then it started snowing yesterday evening. It snowed about 2 inches over night. And it snowed about 4 inches between 6 & 8 am this morning. The prediction is for a foot, this week-end. The sun was out from 8-10 and now it is snowing so that you can not see the mountains across the street.

Margaret

Thursday
having trouble getting to the website to post....grr
I am trying to finish the the trench from the water tank up to the house. We have set up the pump and pressure tank and finished the plumbing to the house. The shower downstairs was removed and replaced with a new setup. The steel bathtub cleaned up pretty well but will need replacement eventually. I will still need to refinish the walls, replace the broken sheet rock and set up the backing for tile.

Wednesday night
we had music in the gazebo up on top of the hill, lots of old country and blues from JW and occasionally something Robert and the rest of us.