I didn’t get a very early start today, but I did make it to the new property and did a lot more clearing. I was able to uproot some stumps as well. The saturated ground probably helped make that easier. It was a lot of fun to be chainsawing and running the tractor. It wasn’t too hot and I was in the shade most of the time. No rain this afternoon, but I didn’t work much after lunch. Late afternoon I went to the Goat market and talked with Eric for a while. After that I started watching the latest Fast and Furious movie on my phone. I had downloaded it a few days ago when Google Play had rentals on sale, and I used some of my survey credit. As it turned dark I drove to campus, stopping at Green’s View before parking at Lake Cheston. I talked on the phone for a while with Liz.

I was not in a hurry to get going this morning. I gave myself a day off from the workout videos and spent a lot of time reading the Dale Brown novel that I bought at the library book sale. Then I went to the house and spent about an hour wiping chalk marks off the flat ceilings. Tomorrow I will do the vaulted ceiling. That went okay. I needed to get some things from home, so I headed off in that direction, with planned stops at Home Depot and TSC in Manchester. At TSC I saw hydraulic hoses and thought I could get one for my tractor, but I didn’t know the right size. Unfortunately the internet was of no assistance. So I drove back to the house and measured. I attempted to remove it but was unsuccessful. Back at the Manchester TSC they actually didn’t have my size hose in stock. So I drove on to the Shelbyville store, which did. At home I gathered most everything I needed with the exception of a couple of things that I couldn’t find. I was happy to discover a forgotten about new chainsaw chain. For the big saw, it will come in handy. I drove to Lewisburg and stopped at their TSC for a couple of pieces of hardware to make something with tomorrow. The drive from there to the Mountain, through Fayetteville, was lovely. Back at the cottage I read some from another book I got at the library book sale and messed about on my phone.

The big accomplishment today was having lunch with the plumber/electrician and getting a commitment from him to come out and work next week. This evening I did some measuring and marking on the new property and started to layout where I want the house to go on the first lot. It should be a good building site.