The Attic

Had a contractor over to look at the attic. I fear cutting soffit vents and the like is outside my pay grade. The bill looks to be insane. So I might just have to do some serious research and hack it myself.

Ugh.

Completed the Fence

Well I had left a small hole in the fence where our rosebush was. But when we cut it back for the winter we now had a Lucas sized hole through which he could escape. So today I finally added a 15 inch extension to close that off. Flimsier than I would normally like but, hey it got the job done. I also replaced a section of fence that was warped due to the bowed 2X4's the pickets were attached to. Replaced 2X4's and presto! Straight fence. Next up..staining!

Alive!

After switching to FIOS for everything communicative our phone lines went down. Wasn't sure why, I swapped out the old phone line and jack and replaced it with new CAT-5. Still dead. Went out to the ONT box where the fiber optics plugs into the house. The CAT-5 had come loose from it's connecting port in the ONT. Closed the latch (which crimped the CAT-5 wires and completed the connection. 10 minutes later during dinner, Sir Francis Drake called. The phones were fixed.