Tennescenic

I woke up just after sunrise this morning and was too lazy to go out. Actually I did have to get something out of the car, and it was freezing, so I stayed inside for a couple more hours. I did go to the Goat Market when they opened and bought a couple of little things for Luke. Within five minutes of them opening the place was packed. I drove over to campus but the goats weren’t out. Back at the cottage I messed around on my phone for a bit before going next door to see Debbie. She was making candles for the market tomorrow, and I helped for a while by putting wicks in tea candles. We chatted for a long time while we worked. A few people came by the store, some from Nashville,and all were very friendly. I really admire Debbie for all of the passion and effort she is putting into her business.

After leaving there I made a sandwich then went to Lake O’Donnell for sunset. It was cold but pretty, and I took a number of pictures. Then I drove to the lake in the development across the street from the cottage and took some more. The sky was lovely. Now I’m just relaxing and sketching up plans for a little shack I want to build.

I didn’t sleep well at all last night. Probably because I was worried about the county inspection today. I was also anxious this morning as my dad and I reinstalled doors and such. Well, all that stress was for nothing. The inspector came relatively early and approved us for a temporary certificate of occupancy. That was a huge relief. He also gave me a list of things to do in order to get the permanent certificate. The only real surprise was that I have to finish painting the outside of the house.

Just after noon I drove up to the mountain. I needed to get some more work done on my car, bit unfortunately they didn’t have time to complete it. So I will have to return on Monday. Oh well, there are much worse places to be stuck.

Today was pretty cold. Tomorrow should be a little better and I want to do some stuff outside, like hike and take pictures. I drove by the goat pasture late this afternoon but they weren’t out. Probably all huddled up in the barn.

It was seventy degrees today. The gutter guys finished up and the electrician corrected his issues, supposedly. The reinspection is tomorrow. My dad continued to paint the trim and it really looks great. I spackled trim, scraped windows, cleaned up outside, and did a number of other things. Tomorrow will be warm again before cooling considerably. We will keep plugging away on the painting and other inside work. If it doesn’t storm as expected I might try to scrape some more windows.

I dropped off my car at the shop this morning and walked back to the cottage. This afternoon I returned on a bicycle and was told that they still hadn’t looked at it bit to come back at 4:30. I did, and they said I need a new power steering pump and hoses. They ordered them and hopefully they will arrive tomorrow morning and get installed in the afternoon. So basically two lost days IF everything goes well tomorrow. I took a few things from the car and biked back to the cottage to drop them off. Then I biked to Piggly Wiggly to get some groceries before it got dark. Now I’m just relaxing. I should read something worthwhile. Tomorrow I’ll at least try to do some more biking while I wait on the car. It should be a pretty day.