No more rain....in the bathroom

Last Thursday and Friday it rained...a lot. The last couple times we've had a lot of rain it came through the exhaust fan in the main bath. It was never a lot of water, just enough to be annoying...till Thursday night...

Chance and I went to the Olive Garden for dinner and came home to soaked bathroom rugs and a stream of water coming through the exhaust fan. We put a garbage pail down to catch most of the water and cleaned the floor. Chance called a contractor who said he would come Friday morning.

The contractor didn't actually come until Friday at 4:00PM. Luckily, it had stopped raining by then. He went on the roof and found that our vent fan had likely leaked several times before. He said the previous owners kept putting shingles over top of the vent and lots of glue. However, when done correctly, shingles are supposed to be under the vent to protect from water leakage. We had him fix it right. He put a new vent on the roof and some new shingles under the vent. $300 later, the bathroom is dry :)

Tulips and Daffodils

Finally, some nice weather this weekend (at least on Sunday)! I was able to get outside, and with the help of Ma and Pa McWorthy, planted all of the tulip and daffodil bulbs. The daffodils are on the empty side of the house, and the tulips are in our front planter and along the front of the house. Can't wait until May to see them!

No more purple!

Remember the office project I started a month ago? Well, we finally returned to the project. We took most of the stuff out of the room, spackled and primed over the purple. The room is very bright, stinks like paint, but overall looks roomier. The bright purple made the room look so small. We are hoping to paint the blue next week. The blue is this sort of shade:

Ok, it might actually not be quite that bright. UPDATE: OK, its not even close. But it's a light blue/gray. I'll post pictures when it is done. We are also planning on getting a large corner desk and some wall shelves for current books. I'm considering putting a TV in there too. Many times when I am home I bring my work down to the living room so I can watch my shows during the day or at least have them on in the background.

I can't put up any of the weather station data yet until the office is done, because the computer is in there. I also need to buy a ladder to get on the roof. I went to Menards to look for a ladder and I couldn't believe how expensive they are!!

Next weekend's projects: Paint office, plant tulips/daffodils.

Day 10 Update

10 days, acid-free, AND chocolate free! Went to the grocery store and bought all the junk I could find that I could eat. I've been doing fine, and I still feel good!



Went to the doctor with an ear infection on Tuesday. Not a big deal, just wanted to catch it before it was out of control. The only reason I mention it was because last night I was laying in bed and Neville, who has NEVER licked any part of my body, began licking my infected ear. Of course, I believe he could sense this was my infected ear. Does anyone else think cats can sense this? Chance thinks it was probably a random incident.



In other news, I submitted the paper to the conference tonight. It feels great to have it done, and I actually feel good about it. Once I stopped worrying about research rules and just wrote what I did, it actually wasn't that bad, and kind of fun.

Dad sent me a surprise gift on Tuesday: A weather station. Now I have to set it up on the roof and somehow figure out how to get the wiring into the house and into the computer. The eventual plan is to have Rooftop Weather-West and have instant updates on the web for the current wind, temp, humidity, and rainfall conditions in Springville, IA.