My folks have been in town since Wednesday, and let me tell you - it has been nice. Mother has kept us fed with yummy food and has babysat the kids with games and books (Lon Po Po and Charlotte's Web). Daddy-O has kept himself busy working on what had been MY to-do list. Luckily, he is much more of a handyman than I am, and most of the things I was having trouble with were no trouble for him.
The sprinkler pipe on the east wall has been leaking for a couple years. He inspected it, tightened it, sanded down the universal joint, but no luck. So he tore it off the wall and cut the pipe coming outside from the basement. That's his style. He ended up replacing the copper sections with PVC. Works for me.
