A patched roof and a homemade meal (and Mario Galaxy)

This past weekend we were at home for the first time in a month. We took advantage of the opportunity to relax and catch up on some things around the house. The biggest thing issue was the leaking roof, which is now patched. We'd been thinking about fixing the roof for a long time and had even looked into renting a 40 foot ladder. Since we were home and there didn't seem to be rain in the forecast, we stuck a deal with ourselves: if the ladder was available for rental (there's only one in Bayonne—no kidding) we would get it just to see if it looked like something we could tackle ourselves, and if it did not we would call the roofers. The hardware store is two blocks away, so we just walked there and then carried the ladder back, eschewing their suggestion that we use a truck.

Once we figured out how to put the two pieces of the ladder together it was more or less straight forward. Todd easily found what looked like a manageable crack and then headed for Home Depot. I stayed at home to keep an eye on the ladder. We took it down but there was no way it was fitting inside the house and we didn't want it to wander off.

Todd successfully managed to navigate Home Depot and the supermarket and only came home with two extra things! Once he got back on the roof, Todd made the best of an entire tube of roofing sealant and patched anything that looked like it might be thinking about leaking. One of our neighbors caught him on the roof and enlisted Todd's help in unclogging a gutter. Todd also found an ancient and enormous TV antenna that he managed to lower off the roof by it's cord without incident.

To celebrate our success with the roof we decided to make a new recipe that Todd's mom sent us. The recipe included all of Todd's favorite things and proved to be straight forward to make. Best of all it was very tasty!

To celebrate our success with the roof and with the meal we had to play a little Mario Galaxy too! We managed to beat two of the aggravating purple coin levels too. All around, it was a good weekend.