saw? what saw?

Argh, we started to work on the front of the cabin. We need the jigsaw to cut around the door stoop. Not happening as the saw is back at home.

But we did work on the chicken palace and had fun being up north. Had a nice nap Sunday while it rained. Also watch out for acorn season began, got pegged in the head ouch.

Holy speed demons batman!!!

Yikes! That is some impressive speedtest. We switched to a different carrier and it will only add about 15 a month to what the old system cost. But we gain like 20 megs of screaming fast...... Up your butt frank the buffalo....

August 23-25th beautiful weather, how do people get anything done up here.....kept it low key and slow. Walked the dogs, went to Willow Tree for dinner Saturday in West Branch. Very nice.

We bought 4 more sheets of 4x 12 drywall and they are ready to go when we work on the walls.

August 10-11

Worked on upstairs bedroom this weekend. Got two sheets of drywall hung and dimensions of room started forming up. There will be built in drawers along the north wall and a closet on the south wall. Opening will be made for a double door to allow easy air flow through the upstairs. 

Crappy camera just does not grab the beauty of the sun slowly setting. Much nicer in person.
We cleaned off the front porch and began to figure out the wall for siding and getting the house wrap installed. Really want to frame in the porch better and make it look nicer.

Found a better (hopefully) solution to the Internet connection. Should be able to test next time up there.

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.