This morning I hauled trash to the dump and organized things a little in the house while waiting for the HVAC guy to come finish up. I also started installing knobs on the kitchen cabinets. After the HVAC guy left I stopped by the Goat Market for some goodies, and chatted with Eric for a few minutes. Then I drove to Lowe’s in Shelbyville, where I ordered more bathroom wall tile. She said they are available from the vendor, so that is good. When I called the vendor yesterday I was told they were out for a few months. I drove home and was able to get Luke when he woke up from his nap. We played with blocks until Liz was done with work, then we went for a walk up in Spring Hill and got pizza to go from a place we really like. After dinner and bath Luke went to bed. Now I am just catching up on blog posts while Liz does whatever she is doing right now.

The morning began when Luke woke up at 5:30. He was ready to roll. Liz made breakfast cookies and we played a lot. I had to go pick up some wood in Chapel Hill, and after that we went on a walk at the nature park. Luke loved pulling some big branches as we walked. Lunch was a pumpkin chili that I prepared in the slow cooker. It was quite tasty. Luke and I both napped after lunch. Then it was time for another walk at the park. Despite the sunshine it was still a little cool. Tomorrow will be warmer. Dinner was good and Luke enjoyed his bath, as usual. He was pretty rowdy afterwards though. I promised him that tomorrow will be another good day.

Luke got up pretty early this morning, therefore Liz and I did as well. After reading books, eating breakfast, and playing with blocks I hit the road. My first stop was the dump, where I dropped off our trash, then I drove to Home Depot in Manchester. That took a little longer than expected, but I did get everything I needed. I arrived at the cottage and just wasted a bit of time before going to the house just after noon. Since the day was so glorious I started out by installing trim on the porch. Then I built cover panels for the crawlspace openings. Next I built and installed the beam supports and trimmed around the beams. After that I went and got some stuff from the storage unit and some food from the Goat Market. I chatted with Eric for a while before returning to the house. I organized things a bit more and loaded all of the scrap wood into the trailer and fastened the tarp. This evening I have just been relaxing around the cottage.