Thanks to Cara and
the parents, we’ve got 50 more pieces of siding stained and ready to go up. Likely,
the snow will be flying when I put these on. The furnace venting is now
complete, and the pigtail and shutoff wired in. The LP was installed for a princely
sum and not quite where I had wanted it…another story. But we have heat and
that’s what counts when you’re trying to keep things from freezing. I’ve got my
eye on a nice thermostat which will be the subject of another post, but at the
price of an iPod, it’ll have to wait right now.
The final drywall
coat and spray texture is finished upstairs and we actually started priming the
walls and ceiling last night..given the consistency of the paint and the number
of gallons we’ll need, this could be a long process. I also lined up delivery
of the carpet, which is scheduled for Wednesday. AND, found an installer who
will take the job on, hopefully this week. It’s a delicate balance between
getting it done “now” and giving us time to get all the paint up, plus he’s
doing it in his spare time.
Picked up the
floor registers and repainted them a nice dark hammertone to cover their
beige-ness. Have some 9x9 VCT for the kitchen that might work if I can make use
of a couple of cracked corner tiles..NOS so it’s not like I can run out and
pick up any extras. The laminate samples arrived but that’s also a big-Q. Nice
patterns, but you either get super-gloss or uber-matte. No in-between.
As if this weren’t
enough excitement….plus my day job of trying to keep projects on schedule…there
was a hearing on Friday to share with the public, Mid-America’s plans for
upgrading their high voltage transmission lines over a route that passes
directly over my land. This is a major upgrade with poles much larger (towers,
actually) and taller than current and of course the path has changed
dramatically. Since it affects both us and the neighbor, we’ve got plans to
discuss and hopefully arrive at an agreeable placement of one of these towers. Otherwise…we’re
looking at a game-changer.
Now, Dec 1 is
move-in day, but I leave this Sunday for testing in Chicago, will get back just
in time for Thanksgiving, hop in a car and head for MN the next day, re-pack my
bags and turn around and go back to Chicago that Monday, and come home the day
before move-in.
And to add the
news that trumps all of this petty running-around, my grandfather passed away
on Veteran’s day, with funeral planned for this weekend. He fought at Anzio, one of WW2’s bloodiest
battles, losing an arm and taking much shrapnel, and against all odds, made it
home alive. Amazing.
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