In my attic, you know, kind of right after I moved in, um, and I just kind of put on a mask and like went up there and went at it. And I came back down with a bag full of, uh, you know, formerly living squirrels. And that did not die by my hand.

Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building,

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Fine Home Building editorial director, Andrew Zellner.

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well it's great to see you guys this morning how are you doing?

Doing good doing well

uh Andrew ahead of the show you said it was see you guys this morning. How are you doing? Doing good. Doing well.

Andrew, ahead of the show, you said it was finally warm enough to not be dawning your stocking cap. I tend to disagree, but what is it like in Minneapolis right now?

So yesterday, it had been kind of like cold and chilly and gradually warming up.

But like yesterday we hit like 78 degrees kind of, you know, mid afternoon.

And so it was like, you know, got to take that stocking cap off, got to get to the store, get some sausages, fire the grill up.

And then I kind of like open the doors of my garage for the first time in the winter.

And it was like, oh, like, this is where I stuck all that stuff I was going to deal with later.

And like, now it's time to deal with it because I want to be doing stuff in here again.

You know, admittedly, I'm getting soft in my advancing years.

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