1st Stormdoor

We went and bought a storm door for the backdoor today. We looked and looked and found a clearance storm door that they are no longer making. It was the last one in stock. It’s regular price was $362.00 and we got it for $200. Quite the deal. Scot is installing it now. Hoping we can find another one like at one of the other Lowe’s Home Improvement Centers around town for the front door. I’ll go looking tomorrow while Scot works. It won’t actually be in their system so you have to go and physically look for it. 

Deck Boards On ✅

The boys are done with the deck boards. They did such an AWESOME job!!!

The new stair cases:

Deck

Last couple of pieces going in. Both pieces have to be notched and T is watching and learning how to do it.

Growing, Growing, Growing!

Since the end of January our boy has grown 2” and he’s still going through a growth spurt right now. He’s wanting to eat everything that’s not nailed down and he’s sleeping longer hours too. He has always done that when he’s in a growth spurt. Since May 2019 he’s grown 3 1/2”. If we can get another 2” growth by the end of January 2021 that will be so totally AWESOME!!!  It will mean he’s grown 4” in a years time. It will put him in a much different weight category for sparring competitions but the height gains would make it worth it. We’ve been waiting for the 4” growth year to happen and this very well could end up being that year. He’s definitely overdue for it.

Nan check out where he’s at.  I think he’s going to owe you a dollar tree gift trip when we come to visit...LOL!  

All the grandkids when they get to be Nan’s height have to take her to the dollar tree for a dollar tree gift trip. Although with the pandemic 😷 they may forego the trip this time and he’ll just give her a dollar...LOL! 

Extra Support Boards

Old deck boards are off and new support boards are going in so that we can start putting the new deck boards on. This deck is so much more solid than it was. Makes you feel good to know that it’s getting done and done right. 

Scot was grinding off the rusty 24 year old screws. 

Extra support boards are almost all in. Looking forward to getting the deck boards on. Tomorrow we will work on the second stair case to the deck as well as finish anything we don’t get done on the deck boards. 

Rain Rain Go Away, We Wanna Work On The Deck Today!

Currently it’s looking like we won’t get to do any work on the deck today😕. This is our current situation:

Praying that it tappers off and we can get back to working on the deck over the weekend. There’s still much to get done. 

Plus we are putting two new storm doors on as well. After what we dealt with when we changed out our backdoor because of water damage we realize how much storm doors really door protect the doors to the home. A learning experience we will not soon forget. 

Last Official Training w/CK

T has his last official training with the Carolina Kick’s Team via Zoom tonight. Moving forward he will be following his coach to WOW TaeKwonDo and being on their team. We promised Grand Master Cann before she passed away that we’d keep T with Master Wasiu. He is such a great coach and we are so thankful to have him as T’s coach. T is looking forward to when we can officially train with the new team at WOW TaeKwonDo with Master Wasiu.  

Deck

We are getting closer to being done with the deck boards. Check out the new vs. the old. 

Training Never Stops

A little video of a combo that T is working on. He is doing his best at getting better and faster. His body is going through so many changes at the same time which is making it a lot harder for him to get his speed where it needs to be. Puberty + Growing Pains = hard adjustments but he’s pushing through. 

Drip Edge

Well the drip edge has been all fixed. It took the crew yesterday afternoon and this morning to get it all done. It’s looks good for what they had to deal with. Nothing on this project was done in the order it should have been done but I’m glad that the roof is officially finished now. Now we can get all the remedial work done inside the house from the water damage that was done. Hoping we can get that scheduled and all taken care of quickly. Looking forward to being on the other side of all this.