Anyway that was Thursday 27 April. Later that day I met with contractors to talk about getting the roof redone on the house and Barn. First est was 22k and change. More on that later....
Friday Morning the 28th we helped one of our very Loved dogs "Joy" Cross over. She has been battling for several years with a seizure disorder and was on many medications for that and then her legs started failing her. It came on quick but in just a few weeks she went from running and playing to requiring help getting up or walking. She was not quite 9 years old. That was hard one because it seemed her mind was still sharp but her body had just given out. She was still giving kisses when I was holding her as she went to sleep for the last time. Yea that hurt deep.
Joy is the big girl snuggling with the new pup
A couple hours after that I met with the insurance adjuster when he determined the Jeep was totaled. So I started looking. I was not prepared financially for another new one so we narrowed our search to basically the same vehicle. 2021 4 door Wrangler. Friday I worked a deal for one with the local dealer.
Was getting ready to go back Saturday and close the deal when I started looking on the carvana carmax etc etc sites. Man you can save a lot of money there. Found what we wanted about a 100 miles away through Carmax at about 5 grand less than the dealer wanted. Had to wait but it got shipped and arrived over the weekend. So Monday 1 May we went and inspected that and made a deal.
This time we went with the bright Red so hopefully she can be seen a little better.
Rusty's New to her 2021 Sahara Most of that week was spent closing out loans and dealing with the Insurance claims. We also finalized the roofing contract and got set for that.
Tuesday this week (9 May) the work on the Roof(s) started, actually there was a storm risk Tuesday evening so they started on the barn/ Shop. For those that have not been here my shop is a rather large building that looks a lot like a barn. The building to the right of the house with all the bare plywood showing. The house is Large and the barn is as well. They delivered 144 bundles of Shingles!
The garage went rather well but once work started on the house things kind of went sideways. The house was built in 1890. so obviously construction materials and techniques were different back then. The roof sheeting was 1 x 10's spaced about an inch apart. Quite a bit was damaged and would not hold nails effectively. Most of the gables/ chicken walks never had even that. They were just closed off with cedar shingles and over the years covered the cedar shingles with asphalt shingles. So that did not fly by today's standards. I could have saved a bunch of money just covering stuff up but nobody would honor any kind of warranty.
4 Guys worked 7 am till 8 pm 4 days and finally finished up last night at dark. 18 sheets of 3/4 inch plywood for patches and repairs and a whole lot of work and she is done.
So yea I am due for a few quiet days now 
Also will probably be eating beans and weenies for the rest of the summer!!
