Back at the grind. It was still only a 4-day work week but the difference was playing desk jockey on a Friday, thanks to Labor Day. This resulted in a standard weekend for lodge work, which was about all I could handle. My legs ache and my system could use another, say, 10 or 12 hours of sleep. Since my task list gets blown away and evolves daily, I figured it wise to jot down this weekend's accomplishments before excel wiped them from the face of the earth. Lord knows I couldn't recite half of these from memory….
Friday night, the Blazer was loaded with lengthy trim boards, aluminum extrusions sticking out the tailgate hatch, 125 pounds of black oxide cement coloring and 3 ungainly panes of 1/4" glass. Somehow I managed to the lodge without incident. Ripped down and duped a beltline board, then mitered to size and installed. Knocked off the shoulders and divided a stack of treated deck planks, installed screws (oh yeah, a FF stop after work as well) in the existing decking and unloaded everything as the sun began to fade. A solid 3 hours. Rushed in, cleaned up and headed over to the PL to meet Cam for drinks and pool. The place started with sufficient energy but had cleared out pretty well a couple hours later. That was OK with me, morning would be calling soon enough.
Saturday and things were clicking along, the only hiccup being running short on conduit in the afternoon and making a trip to Waverly for supplies. I finished the side deck in the AM doing my best to match each plank to the countours of the ones prior. A cloudless sky with a light breeze, the sun really handed me a beating. Completed the work by cutting out the outline with the circsaw and lengthy guides a little after noon. Cara joined later in the day and as evening rolled around, she put some coals on the grill while I worked on getting the porcelain lights installed inside above the garage doors. In between, drilled through beams and added screws for center uplift prevention, got out the rustoleum and pan and rolled more red on the new sections of steel railing, and installed strip lights and wiring in the kitchen cab. That night, burgers, twice baked potatoes, and the soft glow from the new interior (and now functional) exterior overhang lights.
In classic fashion, I'm finding that I spend Sunday making up incomplete Saturday tasks, and losing the one big Sunday task until, well, sometime later.
Sunday Summary:
Drilled and fished romex up through kitchen wall from cabinet to false ceiling, wired in.
Shellaced finish board for top-of-stairs install (2 coats with sanding).
Install security closet magnetic latches.
Build light fixture for over-bed.
Surveyed and set pins for driveway cement pad.
Started work on bathroom pocket door-track and handle.
Took measurements for clerestory boards.
Cut/countersink/attached aluminum rail over shear wall with Cara's assistance.
Installed precarious glass panes over wall, shimmed up and adjusted "just-so".
Measured for pane #1 and took all the glass back down.
But, I really can't complain. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and things are getting finished up. Cement work kicks off this week and I've got one more big order of steel tubing to put in prior to Friday. In just a couple weeks we'll have our hands full not only "finishing" the construction but trying to decorate AND manage the details of the shindig. Who am I kidding? A couple weeks is NOW.
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