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Skriven 2008-06-04 19:43:49 av Carol Shenkenberger (14457.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 8312 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: Re: Sunroom
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 >  CS> Figured I'd post a bit to let you al know how it's going.  Well, the
 >  CS> posts were rotted out badly so it's a good thing we caught this in
 >  CS> time.  The roof might have caved in on us at any time.
 > 
 > The deck on our house was in similar bad shape.   It had gotten so that
 > I knew it was bad, but until they started tearing it down, I did not
 > realize how little was keeping it up.  New deck could probably stand a
 > grade 4 hurricane without any problem.

Well, it has minor finishing to be done now plus the electrician will be here
tomorrow.  It looks really nice <g>.  I;m the rare one who got the dark brown
exterior (house is a shade of almond and their version of it isnt a good
match but my trim everywhere is dark brown).  Once we fix the room up, they
would like to be able to use it for the occasional 'let me see a house with
your products' (advance calls and if not a good time for us, they promise to
not pester us).

Smile, I have a room again.  Can't setup the room til the electician is done
and then I think we are supposed to get the building inspector before we
really fill the room.  We can carpet though and start fixing the 2 previous
and still existing walls.  One has minor mold damage but it's dead (not
growing, treated with professional stuff) which will be panel covered.  Rest
is cosmetic.  I'm thinking 1/2 height on the one with a touch of old mold
(good sealant over that 3"x4" patch first) and a runner along about 5ft up
where the renters nailed some 2x4 and made a mess of the drywall (patching
compound then sand well and paint then border it).  Other wall is against
house and had that cheap pegboard stuff painted white if you can believe it. 
Panel all that wall.

Don saw a nice birchwood panel he wants me to look at.  Will need enough for
a 13' and 11' wall.

Then, carpet (the nicer indoor/outdoor stuff that looks like berber) and move
in the furniture I've been tripping over since our HHG's arrived.

The porch remaining section?  They carefully checked and as best as they can
tell, it's ok but they advised removing the siding and re-mortering along the
cement riser.  We caulked the heck out of it and it's never had the same
wood-rot issues as the 'back bedroom'.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Cooking Light's Sweet Potato Casserole
 Categories: Cyberealm, Low-cal, Low-fat, Side dishes
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      3 c  Mashed cooked sweet potatoes
           (about 2 1/4 pounds)
    1/3 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
    1/3 c  Skim milk
      2 tb Reduced calorie stick melted
           .margarine
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/2 ts Salt
      2    Egg whites, lightly beaten
           Vegetable cooking spray
    1/2 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
    1/4 c  Flour
      2 tb Chilled reduced-calorie
           .stick margarine
    1/3 c  Chopped pecans
 
  Combine the first seven ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Spoon
  sweet potato mixture into an 8" square baking dish coated with
  cooking spray.
  
  Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar and flour in a bowl, and cut in 2
  tablespoons chilled margarine with a pastry blender or 2 knives until
  the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in the chopped pecans, and
  sprinkle over the sweet potato mixture.  Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.
  Serving size = 1/2 cup.
  
  Source:  Cooking Light Magazine, November/December 1995
  
  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
 
MMMMM
                  xxcarol
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