July 27- 28th

Just an update, we worked on electrical stuff again. Not much cool stuff to photograph this summer. We now have electric in the kitchen area, lights throughout the house and working on final outlets for upstairs bedroom and heater outlets for bathroom and upstairs bedroom. Hung 3 sheets of drywall as well, almost time to mud the bath and kitchen. Yikes!

Mosquitoes are really heavy this year so when they are around no one is outdoors. I want to start on the back porch and get the posts sunk before it gets cold.

Yellow lab tried to show who was boss by attacking Hunter but he got his butt kicked. Hunter was tied up and even stopped attacking when I told him to stop. Very good dog!!!!

Hank who was unable to physically assist ( he was wrapped around the tree) made every sound a coonhound can make boy was he mad. Hank loves a good tussle.

back into the bathroom

Nice weekend weather.....

Installed the tub surround and wall for the tub. Finished the floor and worked on making it level so we can get flooring in there. No more slivers after taking a shower!!!

Our robins came back for a second nesting, I had tossed the first nest since it was empty and they built it again. I will put moth balls up once they are done with these four eggs.

Got 2 more sheets of drywall to hang in bathroom and then time to mud it up! Need to adjust door and install the doorknob so bathroom will be complete.

Big H (hunter) is a big fraidy cat when people set off fireworks. Need to really watch him when the noise starts. He slept right next to me with his head on the bed so I could hold him last night.

Let there be light.... in the kitchen

We can see !!!!!  No more clamp light in the kitchen. W00t!!

Took a climb down under but well worth it. You can also see some of the drywall that has also been hung up. We got 4 sheets for the bathroom and then 3 more sheets for the kitchen and bedroom to finish up these rooms. 

Saturday had a tension headache so pretty much napped and laid around. Maria won the longest nap contest she was just tuckered out I guess. Hunter thinks he owns the bed now and even demands a better pillow for his fat head.

Baby robins are all moved out so the nest was pitched and we can now start work on the siding in the front of the house. Probably got 2-3 hours of electrical work at the panel to complete to turn on various circuits. there is one run still to run under the house by the woodstove but that is in a hard to get to place.

Memorial Day weekend

Nice weekend, no rain, no wind, no cold. Well a little chilly one morning but not too bad. Spent weekend installing electric cabling and hanging 5 sheets of 12 foot drywall. Pollen season was in full bloom and got pretty sick Sunday night, could not breathe through nose at all. Very bad for sleeping.

Our new front porch tenant had 4 babies. Two of them poking up above the edge. Kids had fun watching them from inside the bedroom. I expect they will be gone in a week or so.

Novemburrrrr? Wait it's May12!!!!

Or something, serious cold front blew in this weekend. On houses with no heat ( also known as cabins) there was snow on the roofs this morning. Strong winds blew all Saturday and Sunday too.
Flurries were present most of Saturday and Sunday morning. Sunday night temps to bottom out in upper 20's

Sunday wave action on lake, Saturday had larger waves

Ben and I made smores in the afternoon. 

Mama bird not sure what is going on , but get off the porch she was not happy. Second year we had a robin on the porch nesting.

We did not do anything this weekend. Too tiring with other stuff eating into the Saturday and no Friday arrival. Had a nap and made plans for future work. We got 8 pieces of 12 foot long drywall to install and 2 pieces of 10 foot drywall to install. Also rechecked the kitchen cabinets for correct size. Just add money!!!

April 27-28th

Have not posted due to not much getting done. Had a couple of weeks busy doing other things so we were really excited to get up and have a weekend at the old place. Weather "finally" broke and temps were reasonable.  Has been a cold rainy Spring.

Jr. Plumber heading to work on water lines for sink

And yes, I am under the crawl space and Ben is in picture. Real cozy under there.

Hey man I was nappin.....

We eat Victor Dog food and we do not like it. I'm serious. Really.

We did get water running to the sink, then the pump motor burned up. Argh. Always have spare jugs of water.

March 23-24

Winter still has it's grips on the area.

Ben an I had the weekend to do guy things and so we went outside to shoot old eggs up.

His bb gun shoots high and the sights are not adjustable so we worked on making a mental adjustment to get the target hit.

Did some electrical work, now working on kitchen electric and lighting.

Spent more time just being mellow.