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Another crisp
morning but the temp is up. House much warmer with all the new
insulation. Jason set to work doing the last of the luan in the
kitchen and I finished wiring Jon's room. Framed a small closet
behind the icebox. Kitchen looks great with all the panels up,
much brighter and cleaner, and the new partition hiding the
refrigerator, tidies the room up. Jason also finished all the
panels in the dining room except for the top of the eaves wall.
Leaving it undone for now to make wiring the addition easier.
Around 3 p.m., the power went off and continued erratically all
afternoon. Jason and I cleared brush from the addition area.
We are going to cement the posts first thing tomorrow. Decided
to go into town for supper and ended up at Dowd's Catfish House.
Its right next door to the Scottish Inn Motel, but we have never been
there before. Its a shame Jon and Levi weren't with us. It
was a fun place and really good food. All kinds of fish and BBQ.
The host owner and our waiter were very friendly and by dinner's end,
we knew the waiters life story and he had directions to the house.
He could have passed for Levi's brother. I'm sure we will be
back. A quick stop to Wal-Mart and home to a quiet night in
front of the fire. Tomorrow is our last day and lots to do.
Jason has been a huge help. It's really looking good.
is causing problems with the rim joists. We did some digging and
scraping, but Jason's hand and arm are starting to bother him and my
shoulder is aching. Then it started to rain, so we gave up on
the posts. We will try to come next month with extra hands to
set the posts. It might be easier to get someone to come with a
backhoe and scrape the ground flat for us. Jason put up some
temporary roofing over
the shed gap to solve the water problem over winter and I put up some
shelves in the closet and got things tidied up. About 3 p.m., a
red car came up the road and stopped at the end of the lane. I
started out to see if it was Angie, but car took off. As I got
to the lane's end, Jeff and Adriana came driving down from Betty's
house. It seems the car was headed toward Betty's and had hit
one of the dogs. Sure enough their male Papillion was there at
the end of my lane with his neck broken. What a shame and a sad
end to our visit. Jeff was a bit upset as he has warned the
driver about racing up the hill in the past. Jason and I got the
site clear by dusk and most of the insulation and wall board up.
A simple supper and a quiet evening. Took lots of pictures once
everything was cleaned up. Jason ready to go home, but already
talking about coming back to do more work soon. I'd be glad to
have him work
anytime. Early to bed.
