For the first time, I do not have to crawl though a window to get into my new bedroom.

I passed my electrical inspection and framing inspection last week. My brother-in-law came over that night and powered up the addition so no more extension cords to get work done. Yesterday I had a Cab-over spray closed cell insulation.

According to my kids it looks like vanilla ice cream.

Thursday I have a boom truck delivering 32 sheets of sheetrock through the large window (second floor) and another 10 for the first floor ceiling. I'm giving myself the month of September to get it all installed

We got hit with a monster storm last Tuesday. ( https://opposite-lock.com/topic/27315/anxiety-level-chernobyl) i was extra nervous as i'm (still) building my addition. I tried uploading some photos a couple days ago but i guess it didn;t work. The lack of internet has been frustrating, along with lack of power. I'm back in the office today and finally have internet access. I'm still waiting for the internet wires to be re-strung to my house. We ended up with stronger than expected winds with gusts around 80 mph. Around 4am tuesday there were some loud noises on top of the tarp smashing around. My daughter started screaming about a tree.

that sucker is about 3' across.

as it came down, it took out the top half of the telephone pole leaving us disconnected from the grid until around 8pm sunday night. A neighbor gave us a spare generator so we could keep the heat and fridge going. I'm going to have some cleanup to do.


the house made it though somehow without losing the in-progress roof. Even the tarp stayed attached. I'm very grateful for that. I dont know how it stayed. With the partially completed status and the high winds it should have all taken flight.

In a giant waste of time, I had to defend myself and my Focus again a red light camera and a Mazda CX5. Somehow someone signed off on an Ohio red light ticket for someone in a Mazda doing 45 in a 25 resulting in me getting a $250 ticket over here in Massachusetts. While I was waiting my turn I was listening in on the cased before me. One person asked if they could bargain for a lower charge to avoid points on their license and the Court's response was that these are purely a monetary fine from the town and not reported to the DMV. My reaction to that was to wonder if they really have any recourse to enforce the fine and to tell them all to go pound pot holes but I decided to stay quiet.
My turn, as with everyone else, they begin by offering a lower settlement for immediate payment. I asked if I could plead my side and they said no and that I would need a full trial to do that. Fed up at this point, I explained my side anyway which did make it through. They looked into it a little more and said they had my car registered in Michigan. I explained, no its Massachusetts. They said if I could send an email proving this I was off the hook. Immediately I sent an photo of my car showing the license plate. the judge reluctantly eventually checked his email and said I was right and the ticket would be dismissed. Overall that was about half an hour of my life i will never get back.

Last night I nailed in the last 2x4. This is a project I started a depressingly long time ago. I also had the roofing installed yesterday.








up next is building wrap then some plumbing and electrical so i can get insulated. On the second floor, the existing window is still in place to keep the heat inside the house. On the lower floor, there is only a doorway between the main portion of the house and the family room. and heat in the family room goes right up through the floor to the new bedroom. It gets cold over there so I've been hanging a blanket over the family room doorway to keep the main house warm.

Mrs Opposaurus should be starting a new job at the end of the summer which means the Quest (-ionable purchase) will be told to fuck off.
Also the A/C does work (not related to the recent repairs, just pointed out to me yesterday) It will most likely be replaced by Subaru sti Ascent

Over the past week I have been Auto repairman, kitchen appliance repairman, pool boy / repairman and carpenter. yes i'm still working on the addition

I'll be replacing the worn building wrap and corner boards then shingling. so close.

the school called back. There person who reviewed the video was quite appalled with what they saw. The bus was able to catch the event on camera but not the license plate. We do not have the plate number, however we do know the home address. they were happy to take that and said an officer will be making a visit.

talking to a client and inevitably he mentioned his garage so I was obligated to ask what was in it. Not disappointed.

@Just-Jeepin i didn't but they definitely were not airplanes or helicopters.

@davesaddiction maybe that was it. i've always seen them shown like this:

@davesaddiction these were much brighter than the satalites were were spotting. I thought startlink was in a train like path where these were running parralel to each other but not on the same track.

@Just-Jeepin
I have that as well. We were able to spot a satellite and match it to the app. These were not on there. They were also visible for less time than a satellite.

@davesaddiction yes, at one point there was 3 or 4

@davesaddiction thanks, i'm just happy the first reply wasn't aliens.

Friday night around 7:30 I was outside with my kids having a camp fire when my son looks up and says 'hey a satellite'. We often watch the sky for stuff, usually the ISS as its easy to spot, or for the recent meteor showers. This thing was far brighter than the ISS has ever been. It also dimmed on and off as opposed to the sharp blinking of an airplane. It have no colored lights, just a pure white. It lasted for maybe 15-20 seconds and then another appeared, running in a similar west to east path, parallel but not in the same train like line like the Starlink photos, i've seen online. While this was going on we did see airplanes and a satellite and each was noticeably different from these objects. The thing that really freaked us out was we pointed out an airplane, going north-south and was like thats an airplane and it looks very different from the other objects only to have one appear and run a parallel course to the airplane. Overall we probably saw about a dozen of these things. I'm at a loss for what it could be.

@EssExTee You might be right but my fingers are in my ears so I can't hear you

Stupid Audi ideas...

@ibRAD thats the plan... to the other side. once we get the problematic side worked out we thought the other side cant be far behind and since we alreay have the party we might as well do that side too.