Monday November 10, 2008

Not to much to show since the mudding in the room takes a while with nothing that is too exciting to look at. We did get a chance to rake most of the leaves over the weekend also. Hopefully by the end of the week I will have better pictures to share.



On Sunday we did no work on the house due to pulling out the boat, pontoon, and jetski. It was super cold with a few snow flakes here and there...maybe one of these years we will pull out the boats on a warmer day. We say this every year and it never happens.

Thursday November 6, 2008

In the last week we have been finishing up many of the outside projects we had while the weather has been nice. We burned the large pile of wood which was mostly the old floors over the weekend and Liz planted bulbs so we have flowers in the spring. I worked on the roof leak again which had gotten better but was not gone. I have tested it with the hose and I am pretty sure the roof is now leak free. On the inside we have continued with drywalling and have started to mud the bedroom. I have finished with all the electrical in that room and put in halogen lighting. Things will hopefully be finishing up in the bedroom over the weekend and we will be able to paint next week.

Racoon Update - Andy

So far the cage Eric has loaned me has been unsuccessful, but according to my dad this is because racoons do not care for left over honey mustard sauce from Portillos. So I baited the cage in the garage with a pork chop which sure enough had this guy waiting for me the next day. I am going to name racoons like hurricanes and start with the beginning of the alphabet and see how far I can get. So here is Andy.

Monday October 27, 2008

This week we have focused mainly on the bedroom we are trying to finish. The rest of the floors have been taken out and some of the floor joists needed to be replaced. Bringing the wall out led to framing the hallway differently also. We got a great buy on some exterior lights and bought 3 of them; 2 for the river side of the house and a matching one for the other side. With all the materials we have been buying fitting them either into the car or onto a trailer for transporting has been a challenge. We have begun insulating the bedrooma and drywalling those areas also. A new door has been hung at the bedroom enterance and we still need to get a door for the closet. Looks like we are onto electrical work so we can close up the walls in this room.

Wednesday October 22, 2008

A nice surprise today, the garbage man took everything. Celeste, here is the picture you requested. I am going to have to arrange a christmas bonus for him for his hard work. He also took the TV antenna which use to be on the roof.