DAY AT THE CABIN

I took a vacation day from work today so that I could work at the cabin with handyman husband. First thing this morning I worked on trying to get the dust off the upstairs floor. Right now it's just plywood but come Monday morning it will be covered with nice soft carpet. We have to get as much dust out of the flooring as we can. After going thru several covers for our new Swifter, I had it in pretty good shape except for right in the middle of the room where there's still a pile of building supplies. Handyman said that he would finish it up on Monday morning before the carpet layers arrived. After getting up the dust I started painting the trim upstairs. I got 2 windows and all of the baseboards. It'll have plenty of time to dry before the carpet layers get there. Then I moved downstairs and started taping off the bathroom getting it ready to paint the baseboards. I had to be more careful there because the flooring is already down. Then it was time for lunch so we heated our leftover pizza in the microwave and took it out on the front deck to eat. After lunch I went back to my painting. I finished the bathroom & door and then moved into the living room where I painted all the baseboards. There are still several windows to paint, but a couple weren't ready yet, so we'll just have to get them later. Handyman was busy too --- fitting the new countertop, hooking up the kitchen faucet, and then nailing more boards to the upper deck. We met another neighbor today -- his dad owned the farm that our lot came off of. It's always good to know the people who around. We probably know more people around the cabin than we do here at our main house. I was looking out the kitchen window and saw a redheaded woodpecker on one of our trees. I'm sure there will be lots of birds and other animals up there. By the time we left I was pretty much worn out. I was glad that I wasn't the one driving. After being used to sitting at a desk all day, all that up and down stuff wasn't easy. We recuperated but instead of cooking supper we had Arby's. I can't remember the last time we picked up food from there. It tasted pretty good. I can't wait to be able to go up there when everything is finished and just sit back, relax and enjoy!!

CABIN KITCHEN

The kitchen is almost finished. The countertop is supposed to be in next Wednesday. We still have to buy the new stove for here at home before mine can be taken to the lake. The one thing that my cabin kitchen won't have is a dishwasher. The space is just not available for it. But that's okay because handyman has always been so good with helping me to do the dishes when we've been out in the camper and I'm sure he will be at the cabin too. I am getting so anxious to be able to stay up at the lake. It won't be long now.

The kitchen before ---


Can you believe the change?

ANOTHER BEFORE/AFTER

The fellow that we bought the cabin from stopped by the cabin last week to check on the progress. He and Handyman started talking about the extra building that we wanted to get rid of. He said that he knew someone who could take it down, so he put him in contact with Handyman. They reached an agreement on the price and now the building is GONE. What a difference in the looks of things up there. There's still some cleaning up to do but the bulk of it is gone.

SPRINGTIME AT THE CABIN

Handyman took this picture while he was working at the lake today. Our property has a few flowers on it and the crocus have decided that it's SPRING!!

CABIN TOUR

This is the door off the side deck
This door is currently the front door. It will be taken out and
a window inserted in its place. This will be our seating area.
The stairs going up to the bedroom
Kitchen appliances - Range will go under microwave
Kitchen cabinets will go here. Bathroom door opening Back to the door

Handyman & I went to the cabin for my weekly visit. I took some pictures with my camera (as opposed to handyman's cell phone which doesn't take as clear a picture). He's coming right along with things. Then we stopped at Lowes in Glasgow and put in our order for the bedroom carpet. Before we got home, the installer had called to schedule a time to come and measure the room to make sure we get enough carpet. He's meeting handyman tomorrow afternoon at the cabin. We didn't realize until we were giving the associate all of our information that they guarantee installation within 72 hours of your consultation. Whoops --- we aren't quite ready yet!!! I don't guess there will be a problem delaying the installation a few days. I've tried to do a "see everything" on the first floor with my pictures so you can piece them together to get the whole picture. Handyman is doing such a great job on the renovation. We're going to have a great vacation home when he's finished!!

WHAT A DIFFERENCE

Above are pictures of the back wall in the upstairs bedroom. It started as just a plywood wall, then Handyman took that off and finished the wallboard, painted and trimmed out the window and baseboard. What a transformation!!

KITCHEN

Handyman has been working away at the cabin. I don't think I ever want to see green walls again. This is the progression of one of the kitchen walls. Of course, the stove will go under the microwave. The kitchen table will be on the outer bathroom wall on the left side of the last picture. It'll be small enough to fit between the center support post and the wall. The TV will be mounted on the wall over the kitchen table.

SPRING FEVER - ALLERGY TIME

I always know when springtime is about to arrive --- my allergies begin to kick in. Runny nose, sneezing, itchy, watery eyes. Well, it started yesterday. Last night I took all of my regulars --Zyrtec, Flonase & Sudafed. Do I feel better today? No.... It usually takes me a while to adjust. I've been considering going to an allergist to see if we can't put a stop to this nonsense every year but I just haven't been able to make that commitment. From what I understand it would be shots at least once a week for a while and then they would gradually taper off with no guarantees that I'd be allergy free.