Busy end to the week, with a surprise.
This morning I drove down to the window place in Winchester to pick up my windows. Google said they open at seven, but that was not true, so I waited in my car from 7:15 to eight. Once they opened we loaded up then windows, and I took them up to the storage unit. It was tough unloading them all by myself. Next I met Dillon at the jobsite to drop off a load of gravel and load logs into his dump truck. We talked for a long time, but it was good. After leaving there I went by the lumberyard to line up material delivery for Monday. Lastly I returned to the cottage to clean and pack before hitting the road. I stopped at Lowe’s in Tullahoma for some gardening stuff before arriving home a little before four. Soon after that Liz, Luke, and I packed up and drove to Port Royal park. I left them and went to get pizza for a picnic dinner. Fortunately that was enough to get him away from the splash pad. We had a nice meal and then went home for the normal evening routine. The surprise was that I spoke with the framer while waiting on the pizza, and he is sending up two crews on Monday, one for each house. So I will need to get up there tomorrow evening in order to do a lot more prep work than expected. It’s exciting but also pretty overwhelming.
Haulin’.
This morning I was up and playing with Luke before six. We played until breakfast and Liz said she wouldn’t have time to go to the grocery store before his therapy, so I drove them up to High Hopes and went inside with Luke while Liz went to the store. He did well. We drove home and I hit the road. I stopped at Walmart in Manchester for some bird seed, then continued to Monteagle. I rented a Uhaul trailer and drove down to Winchester and picked up a bunch of stuff I had ordered at Home Depot. That was an ordeal but eventually I got almost everything. Back on the Mountain I had a very late lunch/early dinner at the Goat Market. It was nice to chat with Eric for a bit. I unloaded the trailer into my new storage unit and then did a little touch up mortar work on the concrete blocks at the job site. Finally I organized my original storage unit to accommodate the windows I’m picking up tomorrow. Back at the cottage I have just been mapping out tomorrow, the weekend, and next week.
More sealin’.
This morning I finished sealing the block, which wasn’t too bad since I was in the shade most of the time. I did take a break for some water at the Goat Market though. On the way home I stopped at a metal roofing place in Manchester and another one in Chapel Hill, as well as the dump in Columbia. I arrived home while Liz was still working and Luke was out with Madeline. After loading some things in the car and taking a shower, Luke was home and I played with him until dinner. We ate outside and then cleaned up, had a bath, and then did bedtime. Now I am just doing a little office work.
Hot, dry, and productive.
This morning I got to the job site around 7:30 after a stop at the supply store. I needed to install 18 more anchor bolts and that took a little while. I came to the cottage for an early lunch and to help my dad transfer some sand from the army trailer to his truck before getting back to work. The next task was sealing the block with Drylok and that was a pretty miserable task. The sun was bright and I had to stay pretty much bent over the whole time. About halfway through I went to the Goat Market for a drink. It was good to talk with Eric and not be working. I did eventually have to go back to work though. I didn’t quite finish, but did empty the second bucket, so decided to call it a day around six. I was pretty happy with what got accomplished. I went to Piggly Wiggly then to the cottage. I am already pretty sore and I imagine that the morning will be miserable.
Hot, dry, and lazy.
I said goodbye to Liz and Luke this morning and hit the road. I took something of a new Route to the Winchester Home Depot and placed a large order there. My dad was at the cottage when I arrived and my mother returned shortly thereafter. I tried to take a nap since I barely slept last night, but was unsuccessful. This afternoon I worked removing some of the last tree debris at the job site and moving around a bit of dirt. I worked until nearly dark then stopped at Piggly Wiggly for some groceries. Now I’ve just been talking with my parents.
Another fun day.
This morning after we ate breakfast cookies we drove to Port Royal only to see lightning once we arrived. So we continued on to Target, where Luke got a new stuffed monkey and we saw our neighbors. From there we went to Kroger then home for lunch. We didn’t even try for quiet time or a nap, instead just driving around so he could sleep in the car. later this afternoon Luke and I went to Port Royal so that Liz could have some time to herself. Fortunately she made blueberry pie while we were away. Luke enjoyed swinging and seeing the splash pad. Back at home we had dinner and did the normal routine afterwards. I won’t go up to the Mountain until tomorrow.
A hot and busy day.
This morning after breakfast we went to the farmer’s market and got several things, including mushrooms from some new vendors. We took our bounty home and then headed back out to the garden center and Lowe’s. We returned home and I started working outside – weedeating, mowing the grass, and organizing stuff. After lunch and quiet time Liz and Luke went shopping but I kept working. I went to the dump and started packing tools to take to the Mountain. It was hot but I wasn’t too bothered. Late this afternoon we went over to Hampshire, where a blueberry farm was having a little festival. We picked blueberries, listened to music, and had a great time. That made dinner and bed times really late though.
Another unproductive trip to Alabama.
I slept very poorly last night and didn’t get as early a start as I would have liked. After breakfast I drove down to Albertville, Alabama to a place that had listed some tongue and groove cedar for sale at a decent price. Unfortunately it was pretty crummy wood. So after a phone call to my dad for consultation I returned to the Mountain. I had a lunch meeting at Shenanigan’s in Sewanee. The food wasn’t great and was a bit overpriced. Back at the cottage I loaded up the trailer and headed home via Lynchburg. It was great to see Luke and Liz. We had dinner and then clean up, bath, and bed time.
Not much rain but plenty of mud.
This morning I took Luke to High Hopes and then we went to Home Depot and Publix. Upon returning home I packed up, said goodbye to Luke and Liz, and hit the road. I drove to the Mountain via Fayetteville. Once there I took a tote of water to the job site and mixed concrete for the block corners. I also moved some dirt although that was slow going due to the mud. After doing all I could I returned to the cottage for a much needed shower and have been relaxing since.
More driving, shopping, and computering.
I slept very poorly last night for some reason. This morning I went to the library parking lot to place an order with Home Depot, but the card was declined. I went to the bank to get it sorted, then returned and was successful. I went by the supply store and messed around a little before meeting the guy who bought the green house in order to discuss his driveway. After that I drove to Winchester to visit O’Reilly and Home Depot, then continued to Cedar Direct in Chapel Hill. In Columbia I stopped at the dump then went to the garden center on the other side of town where Liz had found a bird bath that she liked. After buying it I finally went home. Luke was waiting for me and we played some until Liz got off work, then he “helped” me adjust and install the new return air filter. Dinner and bath went well but he was pretty amped up at bed time.
