I Can See Clearly Now

One day, I came home from work and found this.

We had been visited by the window fairy.

A new window might seem like no big deal,

but I stood there opening and closing the window-

with one hand-

for 5 minutes.

I didn't have to bang on it, fight to open it

or prop it up with a stick.

Each day, I had another window from the window fairy.

Then Saturday, I came home to find 

the window fairy and his helper inaction.

I'm not sure my dad likes that I refer to him as

the window fairy.

I finally got some photos of one of the windows going in.

It's kind of a pain in the neck, 

especially when no two windows are the same.

No, really, none of the windows are the same measurement.

It's truly tedious when you need to put the window in, take it out, 

scrape something, put the window in, go outside and check stuff, go take the window out, 

bang around, but the window in....

you get the idea.

I'm lucky I have my dad to work on the windows.

Big E was able to help with this one.

He's never put windows in before, so he's learning something new.

He has about 14 more he can practice on.

Last night, I spent a considerable amount of time staring at the new windows.

When the original windows are 100 years old

and impossible to clean,

you really appreciate windows you can see through.

Please, Give Him The Overtime

Two weeks ago, Big E was sent home early on a Friday

because he had already worked his 40 hours.

He got busy right away-

ripping the siding off the wall in the laundry room and removing the bathroom window.

While it was on the list of things that need to be done

eventually list,

they were not on the things that need to be done right now list.

Then he came home early last Friday.

You'll remember that there is an old boarded up window here in the garage

between the cabinets we put up.

Now you'll notice that, SURPRISE!

there's no board or siding blocking the sun from coming in.

That's because Big E decided that putting in the new window

(wasn't really a new window but one that was stored in the garage previously)

Of course, the window doesn't sit exactly the way that he thought, 

so there's some framing he needs to finish on the outside.

I'm hoping that a weekend camping trip preparation

will keep him busy this Friday in the event he comes home early again.