Perkins, my sympathies. It's been a rough cattime for you.

I now need to think about how to install ac units in vinyl windows. And a slight glitch: the 21" window's screen guiders are slightly less than 21 inches. Less than a millimeter! I think I can fix that with a planer without compromising anything. Neighbor B has offered to help. I may actually ask to shadow him on his home improvement stuff sometimes (he's doing big stuff) just so I can get a little more competent at this stuff.

My mom pointed something out to me: my cousin Joe in Maine is a GC and certified craftsman. Because of the economy, he's in a slow spell and is doing a lot of travelling for work. (His main thing is building and customizing luxury wood yachts, but GCs on the side and build his own home and IL cottage.) Back when I was 15, he lived with us while updating our house for sale. Anyway, I should make a list of stuff this fall and get in touch with him. Heck, I've had him living with me before, he only drove me slightly nuts (mainly bc I was 15 and he adored having a pseudo-younger sister to needle.)

Deck door! Porch supports! Reopen the transom on the balcony! Install an awning! Tile the top of the tub enclosure! Fix all the doors so they latch! Strip and refinish french doors and screens!

And possibly, just possibly, put in a second bath in the basement (totally copycatting neighbor, but as mom points out, relieves the worry about the second floor plumbing dying and having no other working bath while fixing it.)

Yes, all stuff I planned to later rather than sooner, but it might make sense to do this. Especially if I get better rates because he'll have a free place to live and I'm a repeat customer.

We'll see.

Heh, randomly my father got a job offer (contracting) in the very same town I'll be moving into. I may wind up with Pops sleeping on my couch. If so, I hope to dog that it gets me out of some of the debt I owe him since the day I was born.

Barb, I have to warn you that the concert also involves Katie Holmes giving a dramatic reading

Barb, I have to warn you that the concert also involves Katie Holmes giving a dramatic reading

The beauty of Tivo.

I shall fast-forward. A lot.

So, I'm watching Harper's Island, and two things: First, I don't think Christopher Gorham particularly looks like a Henry, and yet he's played two in a row! (Especially since the name's not popular -- it's not like he's played multiple Mikes.) Second, this show makes literally no sense. Why the eff was Uncle Marty up a tree?

I just watched that, too. Re: your whitefont, I think it's just that the killer put him there to emulate the previous serial killer guy.

But it's not at all about making sense, so who knows?

The girl who played Charlie on Ugly Betty also played a Charlie on Heroes - there is something weird with actors getting typecast purely by name going on, seems like.

Harper's Island - yes, that was apparently a characteristic of the other murderer. I actually think that things are finally starting to move on that show.

I didn't pay close attention, do we know why blond English guy was looking shifty at the end?

But haven't there been people actually killed in the trees (lately), as opposed to under water or whatever? I literally still can't keep track of the main characters, so who knows.

-t, I'm guessing just on general principles, but could be wrong.