{"id":420,"date":"2007-08-12T15:38:54","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T00:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/?p=420"},"modified":"2007-08-12T15:38:54","modified_gmt":"2007-08-13T00:38:54","slug":"renovating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/2007\/08\/12\/renovating\/","title":{"rendered":"Renovating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This winter was a rough one at my grandparent&#8217;s place. The pipes froze and the roof leaked&#8230; Dad had issues of his own without water and then the transmission on his truck went out. I was amazed that there was never the sound of defeat when I&#8217;d call home. He managed, and as always, taught me a lesson about life &#8211; sometimes it&#8217;s enough to just get by.\u00a0 And wouldn&#8217;t you know, summer came and life&#8217;s been good.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, at some point you&#8217;ve got to tackle the projects. Our family pulled together a couple of weekends ago to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Bill and Uncle Glenn spent a couple of days tearing down the old &#8220;Tom Sawyer&#8221; room. This room was a fun little nook added to my grandparent&#8217;s place when it was a cabin and belonged to my Great Grandpa Holombo. Apparently, the roof started\u00a0 leaking and instead of fixing it he decided to build a bed room.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t a big space &#8211; there was no entry from inside&#8230; just a staircase off the deck, and eventually a vent from the utility room to warm it up a bit when my cousin Mark stayed there one winter.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently Grandpa Holombo liked to use nails, which added to the extra fun of the demolition process.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a picture of the guys hard at work on a hot day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\";\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbryson.com\/epics\/albums\/userpics\/normal_IMG_5294.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"Click to view full size image\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\";\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbryson.com\/epics\/albums\/userpics\/normal_IMG_5296.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"Click to view full size image\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, tearing it all down was just the beginning. That weekend Dad, Jesse, Matt, Mark, and Uncle Rick joined Bill and Uncle Glenn to build a new roof.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\";\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbryson.com\/epics\/albums\/userpics\/normal_IMG_5301.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"Click to view full size image\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see the structure in the back, though I haven&#8217;t taken a picture of the final project&#8230; there are still shingles to put on<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\";\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbryson.com\/epics\/albums\/userpics\/normal_IMG_5302.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"Click to view full size image\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And so, our front yard has been transformed into some piles of demolition matter. Dad&#8217;s truck finally came back this week (!!), and a couple of the loads have been removed since this picture.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t help but feel fortunate for a couple of reasons&#8230; a) I am not construction savy, therefore my only job was to make some pizzas and peanut butter twists. \ud83d\ude42 b) My family continues to pull together and make things work.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, everyone, for all of your hard work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This winter was a rough one at my grandparent&#8217;s place. The pipes froze and the roof leaked&#8230; Dad had issues of his own without water and then the transmission on his truck went out. 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