An Outstanding Day Indeed.

We are now sleeping in the house and beginning to move the kitchen back into place, but, yesterday more things happened than we could keep up with.

First thing in the morning the tree men came.  There were three large dead trees from the hurricane, one of which had been on the house and pulled off but not cut.  We have been waiting a long time for this.  It was remarkable to watch as they cut and ground up the three big trees plus two smaller ones that needed to go.  In the end even the stumps were ground up and gone. We kept the chips to fill in places that need them.

They make it look so easy!

Just as they finished, the Century Link service man arrived.  We had had internet service moved to the garage while we were living there and it was time to move it back to the house.  It was not an easy task for two reasons:  all the old wiring had been destroyed in the hurricane and had to be replaced, and, he was not allowed to come inside the house due to COVID-19 rules.  So, we spent the time with him outside and me inside.  Holes were drilled and wires were pushed back and forth and in the end we have internet again.

Dead trees gone, internet restored, only roofing and paint job to go.

We then unpacked the TV sets and found that, except for one drowned sound bar, they both actually still work.

Next the steel roofing fabricators arrived.  The brought rolls of finished but unshaped steel and a remarkable machine that starts with rolls of steel and shapes them on the spot into roofing panels.  Trish got to push the button to make it work! Now we have our garage filled with roofing panels waiting for skylight and roof installation starting next week.

Fabricating roof panels on the spot.

Finally Woody and Armando came to do all the final caulking inside the house.  When that cures a bit, we can begin to shower and completely make use of the bathrooms.

All day long I had had a big pot of pinto beans cooking slowly.  At the end of the day we watched a movie on our own television while we had our first meal cooked back in the house: pinto beans and cornbread.  We even got in the hot tub for a soak before really falling into bed.