Houseblogging – Destructo!

Friends,

Time for a little exploratory surgery on the back of the house this afternoon. I got a late start on it, but I’m on vacation so I thought sleeping in past 5:00 would be appropriate. As for the wonders we found, there were only a few:

• Wadded up gift wrapping shoved in wall for insulation
• Wadded up paper towel stuck in gap in decorative woodwork to provide backing for caulk
• Seven different types of deck screws (some two inches long) used to keep small pieces of plywood from flying away
• Four different types of nails, as reinforcement in case the deck screws fail
• And gaps big enough to throw a cat through, plugged up with plastic sheeting, chicken wire, and more tiny pieces of plywood

Pictures tomorrow, when the light’s better. You’ll hate them!

Your pal,

bob