A while back I commented that the next couple months would be a complete blur, right up to Christmas, and it looks like that was the case. I vaguely recall November, and December is flying by. There was, of course, the events leading up to the big move. Getting all the prep work in place so we would have a minimum of trouble on the big day, and that work paid off in spades. December first we moved over 300 items from both my parents' place and the Lodge into CS3. It was a long day that left all of us sore for days to come. A tally was taken the following day, and while I don't have it in front of me, I know we moved 35 Radaranges (bringing the collection total to 41). 35 table model and portable TV sets (with still more remaining to move). A refrigerator, a stove, a combination washer/dryer, a steelcase desk and return, a huge lab desk, multiple tables and solid wood shelves, typewriters, couches, small kitchen appliances, a telephone switchboard and a Hammond organ, just to name a few. Sunday the 2nd, more things came over from the Lodge as I made multiple wagon trips loading and unloading up and down the outside stairs until I could no longer move. I recall being in town the following week, picking up additional things at the parents' each night on the way home, and re-arranging the downstairs of the Lodge as more and more items went to their proper home (I think people forget CS3 was designed exclusively for this purpose). Then I was off again to Chicago!
So currently we're in good shape. The downstairs is getting cleaned up, Cara's been working hard sorting through her totes now that we can get to everything and have space to do so. The large armoir has been moved and once the weather hits hard and I can no longer work outside, I'll be ready to tackle the room divider cabinet that will separate the washer area from the dining area downstairs. Meanwhile, at night I've been tackling small things. The '62 Frigidaire dryer is just about ready for service, while the '55 was dragged outside for parts. My YA700 is back in business as a two-speed instead of a single-speed as was the case for sometime. The Spartus wall clock in the kitchen that never did work, has now been given new life with a Quartz movement that I found leaving work last week...in the scrap bin. Christmas lights are up on the front balcony. The replacement poly pump for my Maytag 806 just arrived, as did The Nest thermostat. But more on that later.
So what of this weather? It's mid December and we've yet to put up the downstairs plastic, nor even draw the dividing drapes upstairs in the living room for heat conservation. No snow to speak of which meant I could spend a couple hours after work this past week moving all the pre-painted siding boards to sawhorses around the building and get them off the ground where snow would otherwise cause damage. It's also meant I could get back to soffits. I haven't done any legitimate construction work on CS3 since the end of October, and while I don't really look forward to it, I need to finish A) Soffits, B) Siding, and C) the front roof fascia. That pretty much does it for the building's exterior. Interior-wise I have plans for the upstairs over this Holiday break- including building a 16' long workbench, insulating and wiring the ceiling over the front entrance, and installing bamboo flooring (somehow) onto that 24'x10' ceiling area. Will the fun never end?
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