Brief weekend, to put it bluntly. I took Friday off to get a jump on finishing the front-upper fascias, and you'd think that'd be nice to get a day away from work. But when you burn vacation on projects that just won't end, instead of lounging in the sun someplace, the time off is bittersweet. Of course it means I can work late Thursday nights with wreckless abandon. Which I ended up doing (let's not get too crazy here!). And meeting late in the eve with the mason that will take on the brick job as his schedule permits.
Friday was off with a bang, spent the AM fixing and finishing the rear PH siding, then moved onto interior staining, followed by the front fascias per the plan, and burning an hour or so directing gravel to be spread along different portions of the farm lane. It's a good thing I don't measure cash flow in terms of Mac Mini's. Or Airport Expresses, for that matter. Packed up shop a bit after six, and met up with the crew at the PL around 8. A more rambunctious night than usual, and Cam and I closed the place down in high style!
Saturday. Slow, methodical, 8 hour bathroom tile session. But the day was saved with a late dinner with Cara at Bourbon Street. Note to Beck: turn the treble down a touch on your background music. Then to the parents to help with the iMac which has been a touch flaky the past 6 months. It should not take 2 hours to boot up, and do so without errors. Even after a fresh install on a formatted drive.
The cool weather made Sunday perfect for working outside but the sun let you know who was boss by the end of the afternoon. We started with an early morning run to Menards, then hauled up a trailer-full of treated lumber from the lodge to the road to work. I cut back A LOT of fence weeds while Cara ran in for some 2 stroke oil for the inaugural run of the post-hole digger. I wished we had snapped a "before photo" of the entry off the road. End of the day we had a complete north fence from road to gate installed and painted, half the work completed on the south side. One of two new gates installed and painted, and prep work for the other complete. A real Kodachrome transformation with vivid blue and white oil-based paint and green grass and flowers. Plus a lot of gawking from passers-by, probably wondering why we were dressing up the entrance to "just a field".
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