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Sometimes this weird thing happens to me. As I am recovering from an illness I go into mega mode. Saturday evening I was hit with food poisoning and that kept me down pretty good for about 10-12 hours. It kept me from an engagement I really wanted to attend - one that involved food and other people, and frankly, when you are not sure if it's food poisoning or a stomach bug, you just need to stay home. But by the 12th hour, I could not be still a moment longer.
Sometimes this weird thing happens to me. As I am recovering from an illness I go into mega mode. Saturday evening I was hit with food poisoning and that kept me down pretty good for about 10-12 hours. It kept me from an engagement I really wanted to attend - one that involved food and other people, and frankly, when you are not sure if it's food poisoning or a stomach bug, you just need to stay home. But by the 12th hour, I could not be still a moment longer.
I started a wood pile in one part of our basement. This wood pile looks pathetic, but it took two "tractor" loads. When I say tractor, I mean glorified lawn mower with a trailer. I would also like to note that I attempted to chop some of this wood with an awl. Also pathetic. It's a very good thing we live in the woods on a quiet road. Straight. Up. Embarrassing.
I also filled the super cool wood storage hidey hole (yes, that's what I call it) in the Adirondack room. It was cold on Sunday and I had this baby running hot all day. It was delightful. I can't wait for the day when we have furniture in this room and I can curl up with a book in here....
Next, I moved on to finish the job Finn and I started on Friday in the master bedroom.
Next, I moved on to finish the job Finn and I started on Friday in the master bedroom.
I tossed out the rest of the dry wall and shop-vacced all the ick.
Then I mopped with Murphy's Oil - love that stuff. Some of the floor clearly needs to be replaced, but for now, at least it's clean...ish.
I started on the mold. These doors, the closet doors, were black with mold, but now they are getting close to white again.
Just a refresher of what the closet looked like just 72 hours ago. It feels good to get something done again.
Just a refresher of what the closet looked like just 72 hours ago. It feels good to get something done again.
For a plethora of reasons the cabinet doors are on hold for a bit. One of those reasons being the painting station I set up in the basement has a small river running through it. Sigh.... The newer half of the basement is dry, so don't fret, it's all good.
For a plethora of reasons the cabinet doors are on hold for a bit. One of those reasons being the painting station I set up in the basement has a small river running through it. Sigh.... The newer half of the basement is dry, so don't fret, it's all good.
I don't think I ever posted the pictures of our guest room French doors being replaced. Bill texted me these pictures while I was at work and I felt like I was naked and exposed. That's our bedroom right now...and our bed and clothes were all...exposed...it was weird. I didn't love it. It was only for a few hours, but the pictures make it last a lifetime. Gives me the heebee-jeebies.
I don't think I ever posted the pictures of our guest room French doors being replaced. Bill texted me these pictures while I was at work and I felt like I was naked and exposed. That's our bedroom right now...and our bed and clothes were all...exposed...it was weird. I didn't love it. It was only for a few hours, but the pictures make it last a lifetime. Gives me the heebee-jeebies.
For a short while, some original siding was also exposed. Kinda cool.
And that's about it for now. We usually have this ginormous pumpkin carving party every year and we thought we would have the biggest one ever here at the Firkin. Well...turns out when you only have one working bathroom and your deck is full of holes and rotten beams...you can't invite everyone you know and half the town over to carve pumpkins and enjoy a beverage. Apparently that's just not gonna work this year. Not to mention, at any given moment any one of my contractors can show up and we might not have [insert any number of vital elements to a functioning home]. Sometimes they just show up and there's a dumpster moved right in front of my front door and no walls in a room....indefinitely.
And that's about it for now. We usually have this ginormous pumpkin carving party every year and we thought we would have the biggest one ever here at the Firkin. Well...turns out when you only have one working bathroom and your deck is full of holes and rotten beams...you can't invite everyone you know and half the town over to carve pumpkins and enjoy a beverage. Apparently that's just not gonna work this year. Not to mention, at any given moment any one of my contractors can show up and we might not have [insert any number of vital elements to a functioning home]. Sometimes they just show up and there's a dumpster moved right in front of my front door and no walls in a room....indefinitely.
So, next year we hope to have the "BIG" party. For now, not so much. I hope to just get to carve a pumpkin this year!
So, next year we hope to have the "BIG" party. For now, not so much. I hope to just get to carve a pumpkin this year!
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