In case we did not have enough scheduled for this summer, we also decided to roof our house. (we didn't really 'decide to' it was more like we 'had to' before it fell down around us.)
We were VERY grateful to have lots of help from Coach's family. Especially, Coach's brothers and two cousins. And while no one denies, these men worked their tails off... no one could also deny, these 5 men find each other super hilarious.
Add the previous generation of Grandpa and Uncle Jack (resident roof expert) and I think it may be possible, they sorta had a good time. (again, I do not deny that they worked VERY hard.)
The children became bored, while the fathers worked, so we opened an End of Summer lemonade and Oreo stand. (Inspired by the 4/$5 sale on liters of Minute Maid Lemonade. I love creating amazing childhood memories but not so much the Mess in my Kitchen Lemonade from Scratch kinda memories...)
Galway Girl generously offered 1/2 off for Roofers. She's a pretty savvy, yet hard core business woman.
Our first customers, our neighbor The Street Sweeper and his lovely wife.
The miracle of social networking brought customers from out of town! Or maybe it was the sale on oreos.
I'm not sure if anyone actually remembers the long ago assigned blog names (after the loooong blog absence....) but to pass the time, the roofers assigned themselves new and improved blog names. As Follows:
Warhol will now be known as: Tar Paper
Coach is now: ??
The Commissioner: Starter Strip
The Bride's Baby Daddy: ??
The General is now: Three Tab
Grandpa is: ??
Uncle Jack: ??
Ok. So the names are not that funny. But the guys thought they were SUPER funny. Coach said while I was typing this.. "Hey.. Remember that one time, good ol' Three Tab showed up?!" And then he giggled for a couple minutes.
I responded: "These names are really not that funny."
Fellow Roofers: Please comment new roof names for the other guys.
But seriously...
Is anyone still reading this blog?
(I need Commenting or New Followers inspiration for a Fall Comeback!)
9 comments:
PLEASE...DO NOT STOP WRITING!!!
shaken cracker
Glad to have you back on. missed you this summer. Gramma G
3 tab felt he should give out clever and appropriate names to fellow roofers as not to be the only one, I feel he should just be happy that his old nickname "tea bag" has faded away. Tarhol
Any name with cracker in it is funny, and i wasn't even there
Those are some good names, and hey, I know those to little girls with Coco! Love the writings, keep it up!
if by "reading" you mean stop by once (or multiple times) a day to see if something has been posted, then Yes, i still "read" this.
Also, isn't it a life rule that you don't really get to pick your nickname?
I believe that was good ol' Starter Strip that came up with "Tar Paper" but I did agree wholeheartedly.
I want to know how the he got the nickname Tea Bag.
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