More house pictures

Unbelievably, Jeff worked all day today with a crew of 3 and still hasn't finished the house. They have several areas of trim to get to in the front of the house and several areas of the base paint that need to be touched up. The trim at the very highest point of the house needs a second coat as it is white trim paint covering the cobalt blue from before. The job is spectacular. At this point, I think he'll finish sometime before Summer. That gives him three more weeks, I think I'm safe. The handyman waited for me to get his check today. He was across the street watching the kids play baseball when I got home at 6:30 PM. Luckily, I didn't go over and wait at the hospital with Darla (more on that below). He put in 20 hours of repairing dry rot on the house. I had several areas of belly board and siding that were soft, including an area at the base of the chimney that should have had flashing covering it. The handyman, Dave, put in a trim board all the way around the base of the chimney and also had to replace one of the trim edges up the whole side of the chimney. He charges $25 an hour and was here for three days, so we got our money's worth. He fixed all of the problems areas around the whole house. As soon as they finish, the house will look brand new. Well, sort of like a 60 year old woman with a face lift, but you get the picture.

Oh... Darla is at the hospital in Folsom with her sister. She has been in labor about 12 hours now (Darla's sister that is) and the last guess was she'd have the baby by about 9:00 tonight. I hope you are all well. Ciao.