Things fall apart, but the Little Man abides.

Posted on by David Maxwell

Today was a bit of a disaster. The plan was basically just to clean up a little bit, pack my tools and some leftover materials, then head to the farm. I arrived to the project at 6:30 and the countertop guys were getting there as well. I helped them bring in the granite, and we discovered the first problem of the day – the granite slab and the cabinets did not align. Long story short, I had to take up a lot of flooring and then we spent considerable time adjusting the cabinets. This was just in unit one. In unit two we took up the cabinets and cut them so they will move more freely and we can hopefully adjust them without taking up any more flooring.

Other issues included the footings guy hitting electrical conduit, the porch guys leaving without doing any work, and a general sense of chaos as deliveries were being made all at the same time.  On the bright side, I got all of the flooring put back down and the bathroom vanities look great. But I worked until 5:15 and there is more yet to do tomorrow. Hopefully I will be able to get down to the farm early afternoon.

Luke had just finished nursing when I returned to the condo and so we played together and did tummy time.

Still not done, but closer.

Posted on by David Maxwell

It was a pretty low key day on the job site. I started loading up my trailer and packing my tools. I also finished up a couple spots of flooring that I had overlooked. We went out to order stair treads and had to go a couple of different places. After that it was lunch time, and so we dined at La Hacienda on Nolensville Road. When we returned I cleaned up some and then hit the road. Tomorrow I will load up all of my tools and the leftover materials and head to the farm. Not sure if I will do much work there or just unload. Today was miserably hot, which really demotivated me. Tomorrow is supposed to be even worse, before it cools on Wednesday.

Back at the condo Luke was in a good mood. We played with his bookimal (book/animal) and he nursed a lot. He will get a bath later. Liz said that he pooped several times, which was good to hear, since he didn’t at all yesterday.

Not the final day after all.

Posted on by David Maxwell

I stayed in bed until about 7:30 this morning, which was wonderful. Luke got up about the same time, so I was able to say hello to him before leaving. I drove down to the farm and got my trailer, then picked up the remaining flooring at Big Box. There wasn’t too much traffic up into Nashville. I finished the floors and did some clean up. Unfortunately the trim and other stuff that I was going to haul back with my trailer wasn’t ready, so I left my trailer and will return Monday. Pretty frustrating, but such is life.

Burning out.

Posted on by David Maxwell

Arrived around six this morning and enjoyed a nice view from the roof. It was still pretty muddy, so I spent a bit of time cleaning up outside. It looks a lot better now, but there is still a bit to do. The dumpster is pretty much full though. I didn’t get much else done. I helped my dad with a little trim and did some inside cleaning. We picked up some things we needed at Lowe’s and went by the marble shop. After that I was just feeling exhausted, and since tomorrow is going to be a very long day I decided to pack things up and head home. Tomorrow morning I’ll drive down to the farm and get my trailer, pick up the remaining flooring at Big Box, then head into the city to install the flooring and haul off some unused materials. Then it’s back to Columbia to drop off the trailer and tools. It will all take a while, but at least then I’ll be done and ready to start back on the farm next week.

More rain.

Posted on by David Maxwell

After a few days of slacking off I arrived at the site just before six. It was humid. I worked on the floors until I ran out of material. I also noticed that a bit of my flooring was ruined by water that came in during yesterday’s rain. So that is really frustrating. I reworked all of the French doors in order to ensure that they closed properly, and hopefully won’t let any more rain in. Just as soon as I finished that up it started pouring down rain. We packed up and left. This was around 3:15, so another pretty short day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.