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Every day starts like this. My buddy Austin hops in the truck and is ready to get his WORK ON. Austin's work consists of sitting on the porch looking very relaxed, relentlessly coercing contractors to throw his gross tennis ball, and occasionally rolling in the grass or pond and getting joyfully filthy. It's a rough life, but somebody's gotta live it.
Every day starts like this. My buddy Austin hops in the truck and is ready to get his WORK ON. Austin's work consists of sitting on the porch looking very relaxed, relentlessly coercing contractors to throw his gross tennis ball, and occasionally rolling in the grass or pond and getting joyfully filthy. It's a rough life, but somebody's gotta live it.
And there's an expression about slow and steady winning a race...I'm not looking to win a race...I just want to move into my Butter Firkin...today felt slow because I woke up with a headache so it was hard to work at my regular pace. But, things got done.
And there's an expression about slow and steady winning a race...I'm not looking to win a race...I just want to move into my Butter Firkin...today felt slow because I woke up with a headache so it was hard to work at my regular pace. But, things got done.
First, Cookie did some exploring of the hole where the vent for my cook top will one day go.
First, Cookie did some exploring of the hole where the vent for my cook top will one day go.
Or not. I think we decided to seal it up and just put in the gas line.
Or not. I think we decided to seal it up and just put in the gas line.
Cookie deemed it not worth her time.
Cookie deemed it not worth her time.
As it turns out, insurance companies don't like peeling paint. We had to call in reinforcements. I'll be calling in a whole lot more next week when Liam and Bill are at camp and it's just me, Finn, and the animals.
As it turns out, insurance companies don't like peeling paint. We had to call in reinforcements. I'll be calling in a whole lot more next week when Liam and Bill are at camp and it's just me, Finn, and the animals.
Have I mentioned how much I love all these challenges? I started drinking diet coke again and I've eaten more oreos this summer than...well...ever in my entire life. And in the end, as everyone reminds me, I will have a gorgeous house.
Have I mentioned how much I love all these challenges? I started drinking diet coke again and I've eaten more oreos this summer than...well...ever in my entire life. And in the end, as everyone reminds me, I will have a gorgeous house.
Back to gross things. Today I washed out the lower cabinets and they were GROSS. There was a white kind of mold growing in the back...ick, ick, ick. This picture was taken after I had cleaned out most of the gross. This step has to happen before I prime them all, THEN I get to paint them...and then Bill gets to put them back together...THEN we get to search for replacements because a few are missing and some are broken. Fun! Challenges are fun, right?
Back to gross things. Today I washed out the lower cabinets and they were GROSS. There was a white kind of mold growing in the back...ick, ick, ick. This picture was taken after I had cleaned out most of the gross. This step has to happen before I prime them all, THEN I get to paint them...and then Bill gets to put them back together...THEN we get to search for replacements because a few are missing and some are broken. Fun! Challenges are fun, right?
Today Bill installed four really nice lights on the back deck.
Today Bill installed four really nice lights on the back deck.
And ALL but one worked!!! (Only because the electric on that part of the house is off until the siding project is complete...I think...I hope...)
And ALL but one worked!!! (Only because the electric on that part of the house is off until the siding project is complete...I think...I hope...)
I feel like I have to give a shout out to Flying Deer Nature Center. I send Finn here when I can (two weeks this summer) - there is nothing but nature and singing and games for six straight hours, rain or shine - and he comes home absolutely beat and filled with stories about his adventures in the woods. If you can swing it, send your kid here for nature immersion and learning how to connect with the world around them.
I feel like I have to give a shout out to Flying Deer Nature Center. I send Finn here when I can (two weeks this summer) - there is nothing but nature and singing and games for six straight hours, rain or shine - and he comes home absolutely beat and filled with stories about his adventures in the woods. If you can swing it, send your kid here for nature immersion and learning how to connect with the world around them.
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