Taking cues from the Christmas Vacation movie, we've added squirrels and attic adventures in our holiday memories. Yesterday evening, after some weeks' battle with galloping squirrels in the attic, Marty made yet another trip to the attic to search for their access. No squirrels spotted, but Marty misstepped on a joist and put his leg through drywall all the way up to his hip. Ouch! He's bruised, but fine. The ceiling in the game room upstairs has a huge hole and he narrowly missed the ceiling fan. We tried taping up the drywall, but about 15 minutes later we heard a weird sound upstairs and realized that now a critter could have access to the house through that hole! Fortunately, the noise was just the tape ripping loose. And more fortunately we figured that out before a squirrel found his way in. Marty screwed the drywall into the joist and covered up any small cracks. That might be as good as it gets before the houseful of family arrives for Christmas.
Sing with me now ... "Christmas is that time of year ..."
(That Spirit of Christmas sung by Ray Charles)
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