Burnin' down the house

Hey Sherry! It's good to have you back.

I am glad to hear that the kids are doing well with it emotionally. Fires can be a real terror to kids. I hope the adults are doing as well. I'll continue to keep you all in my prayers.

Do keep us up to date on the rebuilding process, with pictures if possible. And just keep on keeping on.


God bless,

Lee

Hi, Sherry:

It's great to hear that you're starting to get back to normal (having kids myself, what exactly normal is may be difficult to determine).

As always, our Sherry comes through like a rock.

Good thoughts.

David

Glad to hear things are moving right along, Sherry. With real progress occurring, I'm sure you're feeling quite relieved and looking forward to getting your lives back to normal.

I'll keep up with the prayers.

BTW, my wife, Mary Catherine, just came home last Friday from a successful hip replacement (left side). She's doing just fine. In fact, after church on Sunday, we went to a matinee performance of Alice in Wonderland at one of our local community theaters (we have three of them in Grants Pass).

Hello Cherry,

Good to hear work is now in progress. I can image that this gives a relief and vision on when things are normal again. I wish you and your family lot all strength for the time to go.

Cheer Jaap

Hi Sherry
Looking at the pictures I now realise the extent of the fire and the impact on you and your kids it must have had.Welcome back to the Forum.
I would love to come to the celebration party ( one never knows !).
All the best with the reconstructions !
Cheers
Djim

p.s. Also, for those who may not "get" the thread/music title connection, there is a song by the group Talking Heads with the same title. Thus the musical connection ;)

ttfn,
Sherry

Hi Sherry,

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I have some Gorilla glue, will that do?
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That'll work! If not, I'll bring my keyboard and just change the instrument sound to "saxophone".

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Who else can we get in there for a quartet, quintet, .... big band?
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I vote for MG on flute!

Cheers,
Fred

Hi Sherry,

Looks like good progress to me. I notice one of the masons is smiling, so he must think so too. I'm sure you will feel like a top chef in your new kitchen, especially if you can get someone else to wash pots and pans (which a chef once told me a chef should never do!).

I'd be glad to demonstrate my microwave artistry if you need help with the cooking, but my poor old flute only has about half it's notes and most of those are up where my poor old lip muscles can no longer take it.

Interesting. I switched to State Farm a few weeks ago. I like the idea of having an agent who actually comes on site.

all best,
mgj

Hi, Sherry:

Here's a little known fact: the audience are already on your side! They went to a great deal of effort (and expense) to get to your performance, so they are ready and willing to enjoy it -- and they'll go a long way out of their way to do so.

As long as you enjoy it, they will.

Honest.

David (giving about my 4,000th performance tonight) Jacklin

Many blessings be upon your performance tonight, Sherry. I just know you'll WOW them.

I'll be looking forward to more pictures of the house rebuilding.


Lee

Hi Sherry
What´s the big story of your performance ?It must have been an exciting experience,I reckon.Please do tell us about it.
Djim

Yea, Sherry, tell us about it. I'll bet it was a blast!
Cheers,
Fred

Howdy,

I should mention that for the kitchen/garage wall reconstruction, it's two different colors of mortar because the brown will go with the rest of the outside, but it will "fade in" over time. We decided to go with the lighter gray inside, because it won't be in the light to get faded, and it will be brighter for "inside use". So, the part of the wall that will be in the garage is light gray, the outside part is brown. The boards are the anchor board for the exterior garage wall. The repointed mortar for the porch is also the lighter gray.

ttfn,
Sherry

Hi Sherry,

You should be feeling good. About a third of those available came to the stage for the concert. That's a very good percentage. If they came only for fireworks, they would have come later. You can also assume that the audience at the stage would have been bigger if you couldn't have been heard where folks were, probably sitting in comfortable chairs or at picnic tables.

It sounds like you had a good time.

The house is looking beautiful. Bet you can't wait.

all best,
mgj

Hi, Sherry:

How old is that house? If you were in England, I'd say 17th century by the look of the stonework on the lintels. Michigan isn't that old, of course (you're in Michigan, right?) -- about the same period as my area, a few hundred miles away.

You'll have a very interesting kitchen when it's done!

David

This is all excellent news, Sherry. I am very happy to see your rebuilding moving forward rapidly. I think your house will be just lovely when all is done.


Lee

Hi Sherry,

Splendid, splendid, splendid.

all best,
mgj

Hi Sherry
Great news again ! I hope you will be fine and enjoy ýour new castle
before snow falls and maybe have your celebration party at X-mas.
Keep us updated please.
Regards
Djim