Just normal stuff going on.  The yard is in much better shape this year than last year.  Here’s the latest picture of our house stripping project:

Notice how “ripply” the wall is on the left and center sections?  Hubby has not reset the boards yet to snug them up.  I think you can set was a difference this made on the right section — we got an extra board in.  Yes.  There was that much room between all the boards going up the wall. We anticipate adding a board on each of the remaining sections.

Here’s a comparison between the front section we’ve already done — the oblique view, if you will:

I’m not sure if you can tell, but we now have primer on the mailbox post.  Hubby is using that to train me in his methods.  I puttied the cracks today. In a few weeks, I’ll sand and re-putty.  I think after that, I’ll be able to put on a color coat.  We’ll see what the master says.

And next on our list?  See that back wall in this next photo?

The back window goes to the downstairs bathroom — right off the dining room.  On the porch side is an outdoor closet, deep enough for a washer and dryer, freezer, or water heater.  I’m not sure what the previous owners intended, because none of those things are there — it just looks like they could be.  All those boards on that section of the wall? They must be replaced.  They are crumbling.  We need 27 ten foot premium deck boards and two sixteen-foot premium deck boards.  Once we get them and they are dry (and still straight), we’ll have a board making party which begins by planing them to the proper thickness.  Then we cut to the proper width.  Finally, we use the router to create the ship lap sides.  I figure it will take us about a week to make the boards.  That’s the worst section on the house.  We don’t anticipate having many more boards to replace once we get that job completed.

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