chronicle # 27

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 27 VOL 3

OCTOBER 27^TH 2007

WEATHER: NICE, COOL, VERY LOW HUMIDITY, 74 DEGREES

TIM GOT HERE LAST NIGHT AND WE WENT OVER SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO DO TO PUT THE COVER UP ON THE DECK!

WHEN WE GOT STARTED WE FOUND OUT WE HAD TO REMOVE THE SIDING OVER THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR TO FIND THE STUDS TO MOUNT THE 2X8 HEADER TO. THAT DONE HE AND MOM WENT TO HOME DEPOT TO GET SOME 2X4 JOISTS HANGERS FOR THE RAFTERS, SOMEWHERE WE’VE GOT A NEW BOX OF THEM FROM WHEN WE WERE DOING SOME OTHER REMODELING BUT COULDN’T FIND THEM.

WHEN THEY GOT BACK TIM STARTED CUTTING THE 4X4 POST AND NOTCHED THEM FOR THE EDGE 2X4s TO SET ON, THEN HE SLOTTED THEM FOR THE 2X2 ANGLE IRON TO FIT IN. THESE TWO PIECES OF ANGLE IRON AND THE 2X8 HEADER WITH JOISTS HANGERS WILL SUPPORT THE RAFTERS AND THE TOP METAL WE’RE GOING TO USE TO COVER THE WHOLE DECK. TIM HAD TO DRILL TWO HOLES FOR EACH RAFTER TIE DOWN SCREWS AND ONE ON EACH END OF THE ANGLE IRON TO LAG BOLT IT TO THE 4X4 POST! NOW IN THE MORNING HE’LL DRILL THE SECOND ANGLE IRON THE SAME WAY! KELLY GOT HOME FROM WORK AND JUMPED IN AND STARTED HELPING, I SURE WAS GLAD TO SEE HIM, MOM AND I (MAINLY MOM) HELPED AS MUCH AS WE COULD BUT ANOTHER ABLE BODIED MAN WAS GOOD TO HAVE, THEY GOT ALL FOUR 4X4 CORNER POST UP AND MOUNTED TO THE DECK WITH METAL MOUNTS. NOW IN THE MORNING MOM AND I WILL GO TO 9:30 MASS AND TIM WILL START FINISHING UP SO HE CAN LEAVE AND GET HOME IN TIME TO PICK UP EYLSE AND THE KIDS AND MAKE 5:00 MASS AT THEIR PARISH.

IT’S GOING TO TAKE A TORNADO TO KNOCK THIS DECK COVER DOWN THE WAY TIMS BUILDING IT!

ABOUT 6:30 PM WE PICKED UP ALL THE TOOLS AND WENT TO DINNER AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT IN DENISON. WE’RE ALL REALLY BUSHED. MOM WENT TO BED ABOUT 9:30 AND I’M GOING JUST AS SOON AS I GET THIS CHRONICLE DONE!

DID YOU ENJOY THE BIT I DID ABOUT MY NIECE DEBBIE’S DAD,  HERB DAVIS TEACHING ME TO DRIVE? ITS AS TRUE AS I CAN REMEMBER. HERB WAS QUITE A GUY, ANY TIME I NEED HELP HIM OR MY OTHER BROTHERS-IN-LAWS, DICK KLEEMEYER OR CHUCK REED WERE THERE FOR ME! AND I ALWAYS SEEMED TO STAY IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE, NOT SERIOUS, JUST TROUBLE!

NEXT I’LL DO A BIT ON THE THINGS MY BROTHR JERRY AND I DID GROWING UP, IT WON’T BE AS LONG AS THE DRIVING THING BECAUSE ABOUT THE TIME I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BE GOING WITH JERRY HE WENT IN THE NAVY AND WAS SENT OVER TO THE ISLANDS TO FIGHT IN WWII!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD