Friday, with a twist.

Posted on by David Maxwell

This morning I organized my car a bit and then went to the dump, lumberyard, and bank before meeting with the plumber at the house. I did some more organizing at the site but didn’t get a whole lot done overall. Back at the cottage I started messing with receipts and will take them home to work on this weekend. I drove home via Fayetteville and arrived just as Liz was getting off work. We decided to go into town for First Friday. We got dinner from food trucks and walked around a little bit. The weather was pleasant and it was nice to be out. The only downside was that Luke ended up going to bed very late.

Bonkers night, normal day.

Posted on by David Maxwell

At about three this morning Luke woke up all out of sorts and he didn’t calm down until after four. Fortunately he slept in a little bit. I took him to school and then returned home to get a few things before driving to the Mountain with a stop at Home Depot in Manchester. I also stopped for lunch in Pelham. At the job site I did a bit of organizing and prepared the porch ceilings for painting. It wasn’t as productive a day as I would have liked, but we are still moving forward.

Looks pretty good and smells even better.

Posted on by David Maxwell

That is a reference to the cedar ceilings, not my helper. We got off to an early start this morning and were able to nearly finish the vaulted ceiling in about four hours. We need some information from the electrician before proceeding. Next we finished the front porch ceiling and cleaned up a little bit. I returned to the cottage, packed, and drove home. I arrived at 5:15. Luke and I played and read books before dinner, and played hide and go seek after. Liz is putting him to bed now.

Another productive Tuesday.

Posted on by David Maxwell

I got to the job site just after seven this morning and started setting up. Once my dad arrived we continued with our cedar installation on the vaulted ceiling. We made good progress although there was a little hiccup with the can lights. My math was wrong so we had to redo a little bit. We got about halfway done and then went to the front porch. We almost finished it before preparing for tomorrow. This entailed setting up the scaffolding, bringing in more lumber, and giving the great room a good cleaning. After packing up everything I returned to the cottage and dropped off the trailer. Next my dad and I drove to Lowe’s in Kimball, where we spent much longer than expected buying appliances. We ended up getting a decent deal though. After driving home we each made a little bit of dinner.

Cranking through it.

Posted on by David Maxwell

After stopping at the storage unit and lumberyard I arrived at the job site around 7:30. After setting up I started installing the front porch ceiling boards. That went pretty well and continued until my dad arrived. Then we started installing the cedar ceilings. The wood was okay, there was a bit of junk, no real surprise given the low price. We knocked out the flat ceilings fairly quickly, then moved to the large vaulted ceiling. That also went well. We worked until the light started to fade, then brought in a bit more lumber and packed up. We had dinner on campus, then just relaxed at the cottage. I had a hot shower that felt great, and will try to go to bed early.