Last weekend we fixed our garage roof which is flat. It was a tarry, sticky job. First we had to remove the old roof with shovels, hammers and other tools. Then, the fun began. We cut the roofing to the right size and put it on with a lot of tar. We got tar all over ourselves.

   My Dad asked my brother and I to pick up some nails. Our hands were frozen from the cold tar, because it starts to get cold early in Vermont. So we used our sticky, cold hands to pick them up by letting them stick to the tar. Then we had to use paint thinner to get the tar of and take a shower.