For the past couple of months I’ve been working on fixing up the garage. Once we had the roof redone on the house and the garage, I finally felt like I could put a little extra work into it. So first, I remounted the garage door opener so it was more sturdy and Kim would no longer feel like it was going to fall on top of the Jetta. From there, I patched multiple holes in the garage floor. I tried one type of patch first but found it really hard to work with. So after visiting the local hardware store again, one of the very helpful salesmen directed me toward a much better product. This time I was able to smooth the patch out and fill in the holes very easily. After a couple of weeks, all of the holes were filled and I could finally start using the garage again.

That was until the other night when I left for hockey. I pressed the opener and the garage door attempted to open, but the rubber weatherstripping on the bottom of the door was apparently frozen to the concrete floor. The door still tried opening anyway, until I stopped it, but the damage was done. The weatherstripping was completely ripped from the bottom of the door except for a small piece on each end. And during the struggle, part of the door was actually bent. Fortunately the dent is pretty hard to notice, but I tried bending it back anyway. After another visit to the hardware store I returned with some very powerful adhesive that I used to put the weatherstripping back in place and put the door back together. I haven’t tried opening the door yet, but I’m hoping the next time I do all will be well. Mental note to myself: when shoveling snow don’t forget to open the garage door and shovel there as well.