Day 76 May 1

Are we in Pittsburgh or have we moved over night to Tennessee or Arizona?? This has made three beautiful days in a row! And after checking out the weather forecast it doesn’t plan to change any time soon!! So while I did get work done today, I also soaked up some sun and finished the book I had started a couple of days ago. As far as the productive things I accomplished today, I got all the plants outside and watered them. It takes a little longer to move them in and out now considering we have quadrupled our containers that we started with. But it’s worth it since they are already showing some better signs of life with their new housing situation.

I then primed the loft wall, not knowing if the prime color will match the existing walls or if the white color is a ceiling paint. I’ll just have to wait until it dries and go from there. Then there was another reading break…I was determined to finish this book since I have another I want to read after it, and the mystery was going a bit slow for me. It’s kind of this bad habit I have of looking ahead to find out what happens. David hates when I do it. But instead of looking ahead I just read at lighting pace to get there quickly. After I read a good chunk, I got to cutting the ceiling panels for the mudroom. We decided to keep them partially because I like the warmth they bring, as well as it was one less thing to mud, sand and paint :o) So paneling it is! David and I agreed we could work on that tonight, so to speed along the process I could get the panels measured and cut during the day. It was a pretty easy task, I just hoped it went that smoothly when we went to install them.

When David came home he tinkered with the tractor a little, and then with his remaining energy for the night we started installing the paneling. It did go relatively smooth with the planks measured correctly to length, but then there was the nail gun jamming up every 5 nails or so. It was only $15 so what can you expect. That took some time and energy to manage, as well as cutting out larger holes for the light fixtures and the one new vent. Once we got to the second light, which was about halfway, we called it a night. With the addiction of the wood cabinets and floors, it’s one woody room. But I love it :o)