Had kind of a scary weekend. Friday morning Kevin got stung by a yellow jacket just below his right eye and because there wasn't any immediate swelling he chose to go to school and not worry about it. Well, Saturday morning around 3 he woke up to find his right eye almost completely closed and the entire right side of his face about an inch thicker than his left side. Because he wasn't having difficulty breathing, we didn't get too worried but immediately started popping Benadryls every four hours. Kevin did take his first ever "selfies" which he texted to his brother, the retired fire chief, who monitored his recovery and encouraged more ice packing over the 36 hours it took for the swelling to go away. Monday morning Kevin's face no longer looked like he was the loser of a prize fight so he headed off to campus.
Monday evening we returned home to find the fence mostly done and, like the deck railing, it looks awesome. The painters were also busy applying the first coat of sealer to the guest house ceiling and prepping the BBQ room for its beam staining and ceiling painting.
The painters are now the first to arrive every morning, showing up around 6:40 am, which is at least twenty minutes before the sun rises. The first set of today's photos were taken around 7:15 when the morning light was working its magic on Steinback Mountain.
Although we hadn't originally planned on doing anything to the BBQ room's ceiling, once we saw the quality of the Costa Painters' work in the guest house it was an easy decision to have them work their magic in BBQ room. Today they finished cleaning up the beams and put on a second coat of the "frost" white paint on the ceiling boards. They also put a second coat of the sealer on the guest house ceiling.
The Tombleson crew spent most of the day prepping the new fence/railing that will connect the deck area to the main house. They're mounting 4x6" posts directly to the (slightly bowed) cinder block retaining wall and meticulously carving out a half inch or so for each post so that they perfectly align. Again, as we've stated before, the attention to detail that Dave, Corey and Justo apply to their work is very impressive.
Look closely above the shorter ladder to see where they've carved into the concrete before mounting the posts. Sure not going to miss the not-very-safe grape stake fence….
Now that all of the sheetrock is in place, the taping should start tomorrow. Time to call it a day and start watching the World Series. Go Giants!
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