Wednesday, May 22, 2013
We were recounting the other day all the things we've done at the cabin. I've painted almost all the walls. With the help of my daughter and a friend, the upstairs guest bathroom has been redone. I put knobs on all the kitchen and bathroom drawers and cupboards. I mostly finished my reading nook. Rob installed a new water filtering system. We've had a new furnace and ductwork system installed. I made a bump under the garage door to help close the gap so that mice can't get in. Speaking of mice, I took many mice out of the basement walls and closed them back up. For the most part, the cabin is free of mice now. I made duvet covers and quilts and pillowcases for all the beds. We've put up new towel hardware. Rob and a friend put in new fan timers in all 3 bathrooms. We've replaced batteries in all the smoke detectors. Rob and I put in all new sockets and switches. With a friend I got all the interior logs vacuumed and much less dusty. We've cleared up most of the clutter around the cabin. Tree cutters cleared our view in three directions: now we can see Beacon Rock, the Columbia River, and Horsetail Falls. I made new cushion covers for the built in couch. I sorted through pot after pot, planted some with vegetables, and brought some to our other house. We've taken 3 or 4 loads of junk to the dump. We've reduced our woodpile by about half, and a friend regraded our driveway. We had half of the driveway re-gravelled. We've cut down some trees, some limbs, and groomed some of the fruit trees. I've pulled out a lot of groundcover, and with a friend pulled a lot of weeds. One of the things we haven't done much of is relax. Soon we'll be caught up on all this work, and we'll get to take a weekend or a couple days and just relax. But right now I need to schedule someone to come and take care of our logs--chink by the windows, fill bug holes, refinish the logs.
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