![]() ![]() When you pat, you get less friction and skin irritation than if you rub. When you do blow your nose, pat your nostrils and the skin around your nose dry instead of rubbing or wiping, says New York dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, MD. Those with aloe may feel especially gentle. You may think pre-moistened wipes are gentler than plain-old tissue, but many diaper wipes or those made for removing makeup contain fragrance, detergents, or other chemicals that may further irritate cracked, dry skin, says Neil Schachter, MD, author of The Good Doctor’s Guide to Colds & Flu. Use these expert tricks to soothe a chapped, sore nose fast. He is literally sleeping while standing while nailing while balancing on the edge of my house.Is your sniffer working overtime because of a cold or allergies? It can turn red and sore when you use a whole box of tissues. “Charles! You’re falling asleep on the edge of the house. Heels suspended over air as he stoops to shoot nails into the shingles. Here’s Charles, on tiptoes, his back facing the outer edge. When Eric gets there to pick him up, Charles hasn’t slept yet. And Charles parties till the wee morning hours. ![]() Gets him into his house, and makes sure he is going to bed. Each evening, after the tools are loaded back onto the truck, Eric, the supervisor, drives Charles home. Seems that our Charles has a bit of a partying problem. “Oh, nothing, just checking to see if our homeowners’ insurance is up to date.” “Giving him a break.” The door opened and in walked hubby - pale and frightened. Then I heard hubby yell it REALLY loud, followed by, “get down here NOW!” I looked outside to see him handing Charles a Coke. But then, from time to time, I’d hear hubby do it too. Again, I didn’t pay much attention at first. About “the man that wanted the architeck shangles and he hooked him up and then the man gave him water and chips up on the roof and hooked a brother up and.” Yeah.Ībout midday Saturday, I started hearing everyone holler “Charles!” every few minutes or so. Then I realized that some of the chatter was actually one of the roofers rapping. There was a lot of chatter going on, but I didn’t pay much attention. ![]() I had noticed that the supervisor didn’t have a water cooler on the truck, so I left water bottles and bags of chips out there for them and went about my business. It was a beautiful day, so I opened windows to let the spring breeze in. Right.īy Saturday (it was taking a longer time because the supervisor was working with a smaller crew) I got to watch (and hear) the goings on. And he just nodded his head in agreement because, well, he knew. Stories like the roofers engaging him in conversation about girlfriends finding out about wives and wives finding out about girlfriends and stabbings and such. He called me from time to time with stories. I left poor hubby at home and went to work. Like a funny Ziggy cartoon without the funny, that is. Like a funny little Ziggy cartoon with the dark cloud and rain over the poor guy and the sun beaming everywhere else. Ya’ll, when I tell you it was not five minutes later I mean it - it started raining. They agree to begin with the detached workshop. It’s sunny, breezy, not a cloud in the sky. Finally, we settle on a morning for them to start. So of course the forecast calls for “spotty showers throughout most of your workweek” and crap like that. So we get our estimate, and the guy says they can start on a certain date, dependent, of course, on the Louisiana weather (and all that that entails). Remember the days when you were begging for work? Remember pulling into driveways and offering to give an estimate on a roof replacement when the homeowner had not even called? You don’t? Oh. They have so much work that they can look down their little roofer noses and tell me that they just don’t have time for me. “I don’t even know when I can call you back to tell you when I can call you back.” See, this hurricane business suddenly made roofers a hot commodity. ![]() Back when we tried for weeks to get someone to give us an estimate. What, you say? You’ve seen roofers before? You’ve seen them balance precariously on the outer edges of houses, nailing shingles with incredible speed and accuracy? Someone else with good homeowners’ liability coverage. The edge is what we approach with caution and then retreat with the good sense the Lord gave us. I said “quite,” didn’t I? Infer what you will. The breakdown we come close to having but don’t quite have. I never knew how far from the edge we really live until I watched a roof being put on my house. ![]()
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