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Indian Summer

 

Here we are in November.

Yup.

And, as usual, I'm stuck in the twilight zone or something, wondering how it's possible….. :-/

The handsome fellow above is my neighbor. A young couple moved in at the end of the block about a year ago. Now they have some chickens, ducks, and a few turkeys. I just love walking around in my yard and listening to the farm chatter.

The weather has been holding fairly steady for this time of year; just a few little snow flurries here and there. I'm not going to have a “whine fest”, but we've been stood up once again, by yet another carpenter. This is the second summer in a row, by 2 different carpenters. We are resigned to the fact that if we want the cabin usable and somewhat finished, we're going to have to buck up, and get the job done ourselves. That is unfortunate in my book, because the whole point of getting this place was to have somewhere to go to relax and have fun. We can get the job done, it's just that it takes forever this way. If we had a good contractor and crew, they could have it knocked out in 2 or 3 weeks. This way, it's just more stress for Bruce to deal with, and he gets plenty enough of that at work as it is. It also takes forever when you work full time and have to piece meal this extra job in. But, you do what you gotta do – Bruce always reminds me that the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time.

Last weekend we got some walls up, by golly! This is taken from the viewpoint of the kitchen (at the end of the “hallway to be”), looking at what will be the bedroom and bathroom. I was the measurer and saw runner, while he was the figure outer, the nailer, and the chief cusser, because there is no rhyme or reason to the log dimensions that have to be measured against. I also used 5 tubes of caulking around the new windows, and anywhere I could see sun shining through the log walls. We got all the sheet rock and blue board hauled in, thankfully before the snow. Now, with some supplies laid in, we can still work on stuff if we have to snowmachine in.

This weekend he got the wall put up that is between the bed and bath. That metal box on the wall is the “on demand” water heater, and is where the dividing wall now stands. I didn't go up with him because he stayed overnight, and it's too “roughin' it” for me, when I have the option to be home with a potty, and running water to wash my face and brush my teeth. He has to get some electrical run before we start sheet rocking, and I can't help him with that anyway. He said that with the new windows, the blown in foam insulation under the floor, and the biggest majority of the gaps and holes caulked up, it was almost too toasty inside with a fire in the woodstove. That is good news! We picked out some good waterproof vinyl plank click flooring, that is sturdy and easy to clean, for the bathroom and hallway. We have several bunks of oak flooring, that I got off Craigslist, in storage, and we'll bring that up next Summer and install it everywhere else.

Steady by jerks. At least it is some forward momentum.

When we got there last weekend, we saw these on the door first thing. Both of us thought right away “bear cub prints”! There have been a few brown/black bears sighted around the cabins this summer and fall, but no one has mentioned seeing any cubs. We were extra careful not to leave anything, inside or out, that would be tempting for them. We sure don't want them to get in any trouble. There isn't much tolerance for “problem” bears, and most of the time they kill them rather than relocate, and that makes me sad.

All in all, it was a beautiful weekend spend time at the cabin, even if it was to work!

 

And an extraordinarily beautiful evening to drive home.

 

I've been trying to get some much needed cleaning done at home before everything has to be shut up tight for winter. Got some window washing done.

Some rugs aired out.

Some furniture rearranged, trying to think ahead to make room for the Christmas tree. Squeezed the little bench into the cowboy bedroom, and it can live in there for awhile.

Got to play with (aka dust) some of my Cowboy and Indian toys and do-dads.

 

And just generally enjoying the wonderful Indian Summer we've been lucky enough to have this year.

TTFN,

Teresa 🙂

 

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