tar baby

at last, i can finally see my fingertips again.

one should always research how to remove tar from the body before one decides to work with tar.

roof tarring is slightly addictive. i can see why guys like it. it's totally a return to childhood. you have your little trowel and all this great sticky stuff to smear around. my tar patching job looks pretty childish too, but what do you want, i'm a beginner. besides, the contractor who did one strip and then left the job to me said 'it's so easy a kindergartener could do it', thereby providing me with a challenge. i think i did a job worthy of a kindergartener. maybe even a first grader.

i looked up how to patch a roof in my 'tuff chicks guide to home repair' but they didn't have it. but then again, why would they if a child could do it? i was not sure if you put some tar under the roofing tape or not, but at last decided you must if you want to provide a base for it to stick to. i also didn't know how thick or how thin to spread it so i looked at the one finished strip for guidance and can only hope i did it right. i guess we'll know when the next heavy rains come. it's like spreading glossy black jam and i sat in a most unladylke position while spreading. i suspect you're supposed to be on your hands and knees for this type of job but the roof was hot and i was in shorts and a bikini top so i used my padded ass for protection and sat. now....to figure out how to get tar out of bikini tops...

i like it up on the roof. i don't use my bird's eye view to spy on the neighbors, although i probably provided them with something comical to watch just now.

hmmmmmmm. another thing to keep in mind: do not sit touch anything that could possibly have cat fur on it until you have fully removed all tar from the skin.