Oct. 19-20th Fall is here

Cold, rainy Saturday. Weather cleared long enough that we hit the pumpkin patch at Bart's so the kids could run around a bit. Pretty stiff breeze made it a short trip though.

Hey I'm looking at you..... I need that treat ....

Sunday we finally got up the energy to do stuff and finally hung the bathroom door properly. I found a new way to do doors ( up till now I hate hanging doors, but not now).

http://www.thequickdoorhanger.com/  sold through Home Depot. Very quick and level first time!

I actually spent Saturday raking leaves and working up a first class set of blisters, wasn't all lay around time.

And with cold temps coming fast we pulled the pump so we are now on winter water rules/ Hopefully next year we get the pump submerged and can leave the water connected all year.

Oct. 12-13

Saturday weather WAS PERFECT for October. Wow, warm, slight breeze and colors aplenty. Spent time doing "NOTHING" and just being. We did look at potential spots for the shed. The green tarp was spread out to simulate the width of the shed so we could look at it from the house. It will be a 10x12 shed with 3 foot front lip and a 3 foot side that is sheltered.

These two clowns are looking for the chipmunk which had already snuck out the other end and took off.

And a shot of one of the cooking most requested dinners. Beer bread with "bratghetti". Basically brats with the skins removed and cooked in red wine. Then added to marinara and spaghetti . The beer bread this time was a onion, garlic, chive recipe. Very tasty. We also made oatmeal cookies which do not last very long, no need for storage containers.

I did do some work on siding, we need 18!!!! pieces to call the three main walls completed. I also put 2 cases of flooring down in the kitchen and figure we need at least 3 more to finish hall. Two big projects finally done. Next trip we are trimming the bathroom door and hooking up the electric heater upstairs. We built a small fire in the stove when we arrived to beat off the chill in the place. Time goes too fast somedays. Nap and it was 4.30 time to drive back. Left the heater on for the pump room. Supposed to be cold Sunday night and do not want to freeze up the pump. Probably need to switch to winter camping next time up.

Sept. 27-29th Fall is in the air

"Fall" as in falling acorns, never seen or experienced so many falling acorns. Got pegged in the head 3 times, it was dangerous to be in the backyard this weekend.

Spent Saturday working on the siding. Lots of little stuff to make it all fit nice. Had a pulled hamstring and it helped to slow me down. We got the pieces cut for the next 4 rows which get us to the top. Plan was to do that on Sunday but we had an outage and had to leave early. 

My plans are to close in the porch and make it a 3 season room.

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.