Roof work: day 1

Pyramid started on our new roof today.  We weren’t sure if they would get very far b/c it started sprinkling this morning.  They’re done for the day now and this is what it looks like:

Left side:  old, crappy roof                   Right side:  new roof
(You may ooh and aah now.)  We went with the Timberline shingles in weathered wood [...]

Stocking stuffer

My Williams-Sonoma catalogue came yesterday and I saw these cute spatulas which usually go for $10 were on sale for $4.99:

and this red one with an airplane on it (which is sold out on-line now):

I thought this would be a great stocking stuffer for Kenny b/c he loves to help cook.  I called both the Town Center [...]