THE FOOTNOTES

THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE VOLUME OF THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE BEING DISCARDED/REPLACED IN THIS PROJECT WHICH IS ABOUT 40%completed so far.

THIS PICTURE GIVES A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRAST THE NEW GRAY WITH THE OUTGOING RED. AT THIS POINT, ABOUT 40% OF THE HOUSE IS FINISHED.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, 2006. MAX POLANSKY, MARY, MOE AND BOB HUDDLED AROUND THE TABLE.

EVER BEEN DOWN CELLAR IN BOB'S HOUSE? PROBABLY NOT OR YOU WOULD HAVE DISCOVERED A TREASURY OF OLD STORM GLASS SELDOM SEEN IN THE WESTERN WORLD. AS MOESKI AND NOONSKI HAVE GOTTON AROUND OVER THE MILLENNIA, THEY HAVE VISITED COLLEGE BOOK STORES AND BOUGHT THINGS SUCH AS CUPS, AND WINDOW STICKERS. A LARGE NUMBER OF STICKERS ACCUMULATED OVER TIME, AND WERE LANGUISHING IN A FILE DRAWER IN THE LONESOME CELLAR ARCHIVES OF A LONESOME PLACE IN CONNECTICUT. IN THE SAME CELLAR WERE DOZENS OF OLD STORM GLASS WHICH WOUND UP THERE AS NEW WINDOWS WERE INSTALLED. WHAT DO DO WITH THE STICKERS. NOONSKI DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CARS TO STICK THEM ON. ERGO! . WHAT AN IDEA--PUT THE STICKERS ON OLD STORM GLASSES AND DISPPLAY THEM. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY NEWLY STICKERED STORM GLASSES NEVER MADE IT OUT OF THE CELLAR. MAYBE THE WORLD IS NOT YET READY FOR THEIR UNVEILING. IN FACT, NOBODY EXCEPT OUR FURNACE CLEANING MAN EVER NOTICED THEM--ALL EIGHT PROUDLY TRANSFORMING AN OTHERWISE MUNDANE, EVEN DANK, CELLAR. NOONSKI STILL THINKS THESE OBJECTS WOULD LOOK GREAT IF PROPERLY PRESENTED IN A REC ROOM SOMEPLACE. TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF THEM.

THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IS ALMOST FINISHED. IN ADDITION, ELECTRICIANS HOT WIRED SIX SMOKE ALARMS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, INSTALLED AN OUTSIDE CONNECTION, CONVERTED ALL PLUGS TO THREE PRONG GROUNDED, INSTALLED NEW SOCKETS IN BOTH BATHROOMS AND IN THE KITCHEN, AND RAISED OUR BACKDOOR SENSOR UP A FEW FEET.

AIMEE IS A UCONN JUNIOR WHO WORKS FOR THE MANSFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER ON A PART-TIME BASIS. SHE WORKS IN THE FITNESS AREA ADVISING MEMBERS ABOUT EXERCISE MATTERS. AIMEE LEARNED OUR NAMES THE FIRST TIME WE MET HER, AND SHE NEVER FAILS TO GIVE US A BIG SMILE AND CALL OUT OUR NAMES WHEN WE COME IN. THIS IS ENOUGH REASON TO LIKE HER ALREADY, BUT SHE MADE A GESTURE THE OTHER DAY WHICH WAS VERY TOUCHING, AND WE WANT TO SHOW YOU, IF MY LIMITED BLOGGING SKILLS WILL ALLOW. MOE WAS SICK LAST WEEK, AND WHEN I WENT TO THE CLUB BY MYSELF, AIMEE WAS ON THE DESK, AND IMMEDIATELY INQUIRED AS TO MOE'S WHEREABOUTS. I EXPLAINED THAT MOE WASN'T FEELING WELL ENOUGH TO EXERCISE THAT DAY. WE EXCHANGED PLEASANTRIES, AND I WENT ABOUT MY WALKING ROUTINE. WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE TRACK AREA, AIMEE WAS WAITING FOR ME WITH THE NOTE FOR MOE WHICH I HOPE TO ATTACH. MOE AND I WERE MOVED BY THE THOUGHFULNESS OF THIS YOUTHFUL FRIEND.

THE NOONAN VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE ROCKVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN 1985 ON OCCASION OF NOONSKI'S RETIREMENT FROM ELLINGTON HIGH. IT WAS IN HONOR OF HIS WORK WITH COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE IN THE TRI-TOWN AREA. THE SCHOLARSHIP WAS AWARDED FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS IN ELLINGTON, TOLLAND AND ROCKVILLE HIGH SCHOOLS. THE RACC BECAME PART OF THE LARGER TOLLAND COUNTY CHAMBER, AND SO THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATION CEASED TO EXIST. ERGO, NO MORE NOONAN SCHOLARSHIPS. THIS YEAR, THE TCCC PUBLISHED A LIST OF MILESTONES IN THE COMBINED HISTORY OF THE TWO CHAMBRS. THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OF INTEREST, SO OBTAINED TEAR SHEETS SHOWING ENTIRE LISTING. i TNHINK I WILL HAVE TO MAIL THEM.

For the first time since we have lived in Ohio (about 15 years, hard to believe) we have a Democratic governor. The news said it had been 16 years since the last Democratic governor. The newly elected governor, Strickland, easily beat Ken Blackwell. Blackwell is well known in Ohio, and probably across the U.S. as well, for the role he played in allowing voting difficulties in Cleveland during the 2004 Presidential election. He himself is a black man, a Republican black man, and a disgrace. The outgoing gov was found guilty of many ethics violations. Another congressman (Republican) from southern Ohio will be on his way to jail soon since he was found guilty of fraud.
We now also have a Democratic congressman in the Akron area, the incumbent had been around for about 6 years and was reasonably respected, his problem was that he was affiliated with the wrong political party when this wave came through! With the Democrats in majority in the House and Senate, let's hope one of the first orders of business is impeaching that wreckless cowboy!

The back of the house proved to be a huge job. Most of the plywood had to be replaced because the original stuff had delaminated. We think a lot of the mustiness in tbe house had to come from there. As you can see, the wrap in on the backside, and awaits the vinyl siding.
The builder thinks he will find more delaminations on the driveway side, and less on the other two sides. Whatever it takes! They did the roof first, and had to replace 27 sheets of plywood which will add a couple of extra thousands to the cost--it will be added to the price agreed on by the agency and the builder. Our builder has a great reputation. He told me today that he has already done 6 houses in our area---and we only found out about the program last February.

I think I'm finally a member of the Footnotes blog!

Kelly stopped by for lunch today while I was working from home. It struck me how much she's grown up ...... when did that happen? She was all dressed up so I decided to take a picture of her in front of the house .... just like I have for 22 years. I'll add this one to the scrap book.

Some readers might have suspected that Noonski is not the foremost blog architect known to the western world. A case in point: observe the title of the blog. In a effort to link the two blogs, Noonski began tampering with the Template portion of the blog, adding what seemed to make sense. Now, at least for the present, what you see when you boot up is not what you are used to seeing. Noonski, being the great delegator he is, welcomes assistance from readers in changing the title back to what it used to be.

I'm putting my computer skills to the test- this time I'm attempting to post more than one photo. Bob does it a lot and it's fun to see lots of pictures. I don't want to be too obnoxious and post nothing but stuff about my kids, but here are two photos I had on hand.
The picture of Andy playing soccer was given to me by the mother of a team mate--she was learning how to use her digital camera.
The picture of Grace and her two friends was taken just after they won their division at the mini triathalon our town had this summer. Note they are wearing their "winner" shirts.