The Haps

Hey!!!
Welcome back to another exciting of episode of "What's Up With Tim." When we last left our friend Tim, he was keeping his chin up and fighting the good fight... Let's see what he's up to tonight....

So it looks like I let a few weeks go by without updating... sorry. Thanks Jessica for the reminder last week. I have been so busy, I just never seemed to have the energy lately to sit down and write... So it has been a very eventful last couple of weeks...

In March I received a letter from my insurance company informing me that they would be cancelling my homeowners policy as of May 5 due to disrepair on the roof on the rear of my house (over the dining room addition) and my broken front steps. Since I had planned on repairing these anyway, I decided to go ahead and do the work. Me. And my roommates.

So, I somehow was able to talk Steve and Cole into climbing up on the roof, tearing off about 4 layers of shingles and putting new shingles up. Sounds pretty easy, doesn't it. How I wish it was!! So, the day I was hoping to get the shingles up on the roof, we barely got the roof cleared off. I thought to myself, "Okay, we can finish this on Sunday".... Famous last words. For the next two weeks, I spent every spare moment of daylight I could to finish the roof. Finally on 5/2, it was done! FINALLY!!! Steve Stewart is my hero and Cole Johnson is my sub-hero. I seriously couldn't have finished the roof without both of them. THANK YOU!!!!

That night, I sent photos and receipts to the insurance company and called the next day to find out that they decided to go ahead and continue the coverage on my home without interruption!!! The moment I found out I was SOOOO relieved! All that hard work had paid off in a serious way. I took the guys out for dinner at the Golden Corral that night to celebrate.

After the major work was done on the roof, I am still left with the task of putting up the canopy over the patio. Of course the sheets I removed were 50 years old and 11' long. (Home Depot only sells them in lengths of 10' and 12') so now I have to cart them somewhere (somehow) to get them cut. Well, at least the roof is done, that is not as important. You can see the photos of the progress of the roof on my facebook page.

So if that wasn't enough to keep me busy, I decided that I would have enough time to put together a video for the Singles retreat this weekend. It has been a lot of fun and I finally finished editing the footage on Sunday night, but need to have Phil S help me put music to the video, which he is doing tonight so we can get it to Andrew asap.

The first half of the video is to showcase how cool Spokane is, it REALLY IS a cool and beautiful place to live. The second half of the video will showcase some of the singles (not everyone wanted to be filmed for the video) doing funny stuff a la "The Monkees". It was so much fun filming this part of the video. It's really funny!!! I have to admit I'm a little nervous about showing it. I think it's good, but it's my first try at a real video.... Eek!

I can't believe the retreat starts in two days. I am way beyond excited for this week. I will get to see so many people I haven't been around in a very long time. There will be singles coming from all over Spokane, even from across the country, but mainly Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, Calgary, Edmonton, (Vancouver?), Boise, Missoula, Ashland (OR), Portland, and Spokane of course. I am so excited to have over 100 people coming to Spokane this weekend, plus all the Spokane people! This is such a great opportunity for us because the retreat is being organized by the leadership of the Edmonton (?) church, but we get to host it and don't have to travel. I think more than anything I am excited to "show off" our church and our city and to have people come visit us here. I travel to Seattle at least a few times a year and it's nice for people to come this direction!!!!

I am very excited that spring is here. I have moved my watermelon plants outside and have planted 3 kinds of tomatoes, cucumbers and I still have the pumpkins inside waiting to be planted. Maybe tomorrow night! Anyway, thanks for keeping up with me. It's been hard to keep up with myself lately! Love you guys, talk to you again soon!

Tim