Just in case you thought we have been goofing off for the last couple o' weeks, I thought I would check in and 'fess up....we were....kinda. 2 weekends in a row of no production at the pond is strange and really thru me outta my rhythm. The first weekend was rain, rain, rain, so I stayed home and spent the weekend breathing new life into my old ride; brakes and hoses. The second weekend was a planned stint to Idaho to see family; a very nice break indeed. Then reality set back in and we headed back to the project this past weekend. Last spring (2009) we had our first experience with trying to get DirectTV reception thru the forest as the trees leafed out. And, about this time last spring, we lost our picture until the fall. Kinda sucked and MP3 player got a good workout. I knew that eventually the dish would be mounted permanently to the new structure, but we just weren't far enough along last year, nor had the time to spare to mount it. This past weekend, the picture started to fritz in and out, so I knew what had to be done. There's really only one halfway decent place to mount the dish; on the fascia of the gable end. Since I only wanted to do it once, it means finishing the fascia before the mount. This was a job that I have been avoiding, simply because of the height and awkward balancing act. No matter, I was NOT going to go thru the summer again without satellite TV. - Between this slow going project and tuning in the dish and running the new cable over to our little shed, our Saturday was pretty much shot. We did manage to get some siding productivity on Sunday. It's all ladder work and moves very slow. Another reassurance that we made the right decision to use a pre-finished product.
