Today was fairly successful - started on the north side of the second floor this morning at 6am, and got all the lose paint off as far as I could reach. I also discovered an additional problem with our already leaking porch roof - a pothole! Apparently, the poor design of the northeast flat roof over the front door eventually caused a concave pothole, most likely due to the poor drainage during heavy rains. Lucky for me, the flat roof was already on the agenda to fix this summer - I've just gotta figure out how to fix the roof.
The weather has caused havoc on everyone here - it's harvest season for spring/summer wheat, and guess what? With all the rain and flash flooding, no harvesting is going on and prolly won't be for the next few weeks. After talking with an old school friend this afternoon, I discovered the water table has been up for over a year and some people in the low areas have been pumping water out of their basements all that time. Both the Arkansas River and Cow Creek around Sterling are up several feet, and hopefully the predictions of them cresting tomorrow then falling throughout the week will be right. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
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