This weeks news. The build goes on.
It’s been a quiet week up here on the mountain, my little slice of heaven.
Building is still going on; though, instead of dealing with the rainy days that stopped us before, now, it’s hot days. We are only working until around noon, when it starts getting too hot to continue. After that, I find something else to work on.
This morning, I put the first coat of paint on the front kitchen wall, and now, I am waiting for it to dry so I can add a second coat. After that, I will frame around the window, add the wainscoting, and clean everything up. We will then be able to move the Hoosier cupboard back into it’s spot. There will then be curtains to go up over the window. The lovely wife is currently working on those as well as revitalizing the curtains she made to go in front of the shelving under the kitchen counters. Next, I need to replace the insulation in the ceiling. It was soaked repeatedly before I could fix the roof on the west side of the cabin last fall. For those of you who might not be up to speed, the original builder of this cabin had no clue what he was doing and didn’t put plywood down on the rafters first before putting down the metal roofing. As a result, the roof leaked into the front wall of the kitchen as well as the entire ceiling, soaking the wall and insulation. I fixed the issue with the roof last fall, and now need to finish the kitchen. It was the first room I built when I bought the cabin, and now, it will be the first room completely finished. I am looking forward to seeing it finally complete.
Down in town, Always Grounded was closed for part of the week due to the 4th. Sam is always there and finally got a much-deserved break. She was back behind the counter this morning when the lovely wife and I went into town to get the painting supplies I needed. It sounds like she and her family had a fun time near the water. We were happy she was back but glad she was able to get some down time as well.
I haven’t seen the old loggers lately; I’ve been far too busy up here to go into town that early to enjoy coffee and conversation with them.
The new couple that moved up here back in May were having problems getting their cabin delivered. They ordered a manufactured one that had a delivery date set at around six weeks out, but when the truck driver came up to scope out the road, he told them there was no way he could haul in the cabin on these roads. It was coming on a semi and these roads have too many places where the trailer could get hung up the deep dips in the road. So, now, they are having it built on site, costing them a couple thousand dollars more, and a couple more weeks before the builders can get up here to build it. They will be pushing to have everything complete before the fall rains hit and the snow flies. They also bought my old wood stove, since we now have an off grid pellet stove. They hope to pick it up soon, though they have no place to put it right now. It’s still sitting in my living room, I have seen no need to move it yet, but will most likely be taking it out at the end of the month when the lovely wife’s family comes for a visit. I will have a few strong backs to help with the move as well as to move the new one into place.
Not much else going on this week, so I will say that’s all the news for the week. Bye for now.
