Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Murphy's Law

We had a lot of wind late this winter and I have been having issues with my siding coming loose at the angled roof - so, yes, the highest part.  Using various tool handles, I've been able to push it back in place until the next wind storm.  For the last three years I tell myself I should really nail, screw, or glue those loose corners into place, but I haven't.  And so one day I come home to this...
I'm upset because it's a minor inconvenience.  I have some siding left, but not an entire sheet that would replace this.  So not only do I have to buy a box of siding, but this particular piece is out of my reach unless I use a ladder on an already pitched roof.  I'm not too thrilled at this prospect.  

But like I mentioned, not a huge deal and I will figure it out one of these days, oh yeah, summer break!  And so life continues on.  I think things are going pretty well, since spring has been delayed I've been able to get more wood out of the fence rows.  I was feeling pretty good - this is the current wood pile.  I never have this much wood in May!  My wood pile doesn't usually look this full until August or September when I start cutting for the winter.  

Murphy's law:  If anything can go wrong, it will. Well, this is what I came home to...  This bites!

Not exactly sure what happened but my former wind turbine is now an arch.  You know it's not good when the installer says that is ugly and he needs to think about how to go about undoing it.  The worst part of this is, the installer probably will only offer some advice, if that.  It wouldn't be a big deal if I could call someone to repair it. The real issue is that I will have to fix it myself.  It involves a gin pole, couplings and guy wires and I will have to determine if the wind generator itself is damaged.  A cinch, right?
Sometimes I think that if I didn't have bad luck I would have no luck at all.  But this is a severe inconvenience not devastating, and it can be mended.  I must have some good luck.  I am healthy and so are my family and friends... That must be the Capricorn in me, just keep plodding along, up and down mountains.  Another project for summer break!