Finally Getting Back to Blog
How time flies. If anybody ever was actually interested enough to be checking for new articles here, they’ve surely given up by now. Nevertheless, I think I’ll write a little something for posterity.
The fact summer’s over has become apparent in the weather around here. Last Wednesday was downright cool – “wear a jacket” cool.
Last Tuesday we had the house painted. They did the whole thing in one day. Used to take me three or four days, as I recall, even with the kids helping. These guys used a sprayer to apply the paint, and rollers to roll it in, plus brushing where the rollers didn’t cover. The technique is called “spray and roll”. A number of people told me this was not as “good” as strictly brushing. They’re probably right, but I stayed home and watched these guys work, and afterwards it looked darn good to me. We stayed with pretty much the same color, just a tad lighter.
Suddenly Stephen’s wedding is only a month away. Yikes!! Becky found her dress last weekend. It’s stunning. I don’t have to worry what to wear myself, nobody will notice me.
The genealogy developments have been remarkable, what with confirmation about Jesse’s sister, Sarah. Our new cousin, Adrian Sheppard, has kindly sent some additional images, including official birth and death records for Jesse’s mother, Charlotte, and more. Great stuff.
I put up a little starter website for my “bandolero” alter ego, and registered a few new domain names, including oil-gas-law.com, chappell-law.net, and gaskan.com. Stephen and Kim might remember Gas, Kan.
So, happy Fall, everbody!
Stephen says:
Dad, you don’t need to worry about what to wear for the wedding. I got you covered. Though I need to get mom to measure you and send me the measurements so I can give them to the tux shop. 🙂
Oh, and I installed my first toilet over the weekend. Only a couple snags, really – need to figure out what caulk the original installers used so I can avoid it (it seems to chemically bond well with linoleum) and it took a little while to find the right technique for removing compression rings from the copper intake. If all went well, I won’t hear anything from the downstairs neighbors. 😉
John says:
OMIGOD, A TUX? I think the last time I wore one of them was Aug. 7, 1971. Do I have some involvement in this thing that I should know about? I thought the groom’s dad just sat in the second row and smiled. :goofy:
And congrats on the throne installation. I did that once or twice. Such a joy. :yuck: I bet you could’ve paid a plumber what, $300, plus cost of stool? Y’know, with as many years as I’ve accumulated, I still can’t fathom the physics that makes those things work. :boggled:
Stephen says:
Heh. No involvement – I get an extra tux for free with the package and I thought it’d be cool if you and Mr Chan matched. (actually it was Kim’s idea… ;)) (ok, not really, but Kim was helping me a lot with the tux “shopping” though and helped formulate the dress plan)