Reznjun

went to the rez volleyball league  last nite at the boys and girls club. i have a son and daughter playing and many nieces and nephews. it was fun watching the games. we have some real good volleyball players around the rez. i was visiting as well as watching the games. seems like the thing to do on wednesday nite. i think it is a good idea the league exists. i went to the rez softball league this past fall. now they are doing volleyball. the facilities are great. i remember back when the old gym floor needed work. i played basketball on it in my younger day. now it is in great shape. its nice they are using the gym for activities like this. they even have a concession stand to raise money for various causes.

they had a tournament over the past weekend that i missed. wish i had made it now.  while at the boys and girls club i bought some raffle tickets. they are having a 42″ flat screen tv for the prize. the tickets are a buck apiece or 6 for 5 dollah. not a bad deal if you are lucky enough to win that tv.  could watch the jayhawks win the championship on that set. its a way to  be supporting our young folks.

i have been doing demo work on my basement. before i had the new gutters put on and a new sump pump installed i had drainage problems in my basement. it flooded a coupla times, as a result the basement developed mold from the floor up. so i am tearing out the old sheetrock and replacing it.

when i first moved into this house bout 24 years ago it had  an open undivided basement. i added six rooms to it over the years.  at the time sheetrock cost about 2 bucks a sheet. its has more than tripled in price since. good thing i sold a piece of artwork. that is paying for the rock. i spent the last few days removing the old sheetrock. and i am making changes to the layout somewhat. i will add a closet to the laundry room for soap, bleach and other supplies. i moved the door to the office/libray room to make it more accessible. i will raise the platform that the washer and dryer sit on. that will hedge my bets against any future flooding. when the electricity goes out the sump pump is useless. that happened once. i lost my washer,dryer and water heater. they are all on raised platforms now.

my sons will be home to help when i  have it all ready for the rock to be hung. no way i can lug the 4′x 8′ sheets down the stairs by myself. i dont remember how i did it the first time. i am jamming while i am working in the basements. mary bought an old record player at a garage sale this summer. so i broke out some of my old albums. i have over a thousand of them. never could part with them so i just held onto them. now i am listening to some old blues, stones, beatles, van morrison and others. i like to have music going in the back ground when i work. will hear many alblums before i am done. there is still lotsa work to do….