Knock three times....twice on the pipes if the answer is

Well everything is now plumbed-yes we have pipes.   But water is still not connected.  Our progress was slow and limited his weekend as we  had some friends down and decided to relax and not just work.  That said, I took off Friday and cleaned the pigpen, ah I mean cabin up.  How can guys create such a mess and not see it.  Oh well,  at least when I was done you could walk through it.  On Sunday I was moving a table with a paint can on it-BAD DECISION, well you guessed it it fell off, lid came off and about 1/3 gallon of white trim paint went on the new floor.  Never fear-the handy craftsman wet vac to the rescue.  I sucked up all I could and then we wiped up the rest with wet wipes.  Remember we still do not have running water!    Tired loading a picture but the site is having problems.    So other than painting some trim, patching some sheetrock (my least favorite thing to do) , and hanging one piece of beadboard and one sheet of plastic stuff in the bathroom we made little progress.  But hey-we are free labor!   

I finally have figured out how I am going to do the drapes without spending an arm and a leg.  I also found a great deal on craigslist for iron railing that we will use around the deck-if we ever get that far.

Lastly, big score at garage sale this weekend.  Found one of those fold up table with storage for the chairs.  Perfect and only $50 bucks!

She bangs, she bangs

Yes today I banged as I  put up  trim on doors and one window.  Many more to go, but I pretty much have it down so the rest should go quicker.  Also, was able to get first coat of paint on two exterior doors, as well as one interior and the beadboard wall.   Not bad progress for a few hours.   Melissa helped-oh yes and then there was the broken saw.  Thank goodness for Wally World.

The colors that are real, stay with me and you will see....

Ok-one of my favorite parts-the decorating-picking some fabric to make nice soft touches to the place.  So I am going to make very simple curtains-ya know just sew a straight line kind of curtains and some pillows.  The place needs COLOR.  These colors are muted (yet stronger than they look in  the photo)  but they are very calming-which is what we want the Cabin or cottage to be.  So, I may use the striped fabric for the curtains as it will make rooms seem taller.  The other reason is it makes it easy to sew on the straight line!   The more geometric will probably show up on pillows along with the plain fabric.

It all works with the paint color which is great because I sure did not want to repaint.  Maybe I should call it the zen cabin-all you see out the windows is trees-kind of like being in a tree house.

So now-we have many finishing touches-trim remainder of windows, paint and more paint.   We need to find a decent priced plumber this week!   Then for the big work outside-build the deck-Ken and I are going to do it (lets hope the marriage can withstand this tasks!).   Lastly, we need to skirt or finish off the building, oh yes after we do the nasty job on insulating underneath it.    

There's got to be a morning after....

Yes-this is a picture I captured the morning after we laid the floor.

It was a beautiful morning-only problem was I could barely walk!

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy!

Ahhhh yes after a brutal day of laying the floor we all enjoyed a dip in the lake-

My achy breaky ......

We (meaning Chris and I) laid the floor this week and we could barely walk for two days afterwards.  I think we did the equivalent to 800 squats in one day.

It looks great and I could not have done it without Chris's help.  Note Tif after a hard day's work!

It's getting hot in here ....

Ok-it was so blazing hot but I did not take off my clothes-but they were ringing wet the entire day. But the funny thing is that I though it was just humid. You see out in the boondocks my ipod does not always get updates-I checked the temp a couple of times and it said 82 degrees. I even said to, Butch, a local guy helping us, that it sure seemed like a hundred degrees-must be the humidity, I said. He probably things I am an idiot. Mind you I had spoken to Ken,( who was back in Norman taking care of some things we had to do there), I said that it was so hot but that my ipod weather said it was only 82 degrees. He made no comment. So I sweat my rear off all day, well I hope part of it came off. When I am finally done, back at the lakehouse trying to cool off and drink another gallon of water I call Ken. He then tells me the messed up predicting the temperature -it was not cooler like they said but that it was 100 degrees-yes-at 6 pm! He said he did not want to tell me earlier-ya know what-I am glad he did not.


A cold shower never felt so good.....now for tomorrow- We have to clean more of the junk up, but up so boards, caulk all windows. My bud Butch is suppose to show up-he is on his own clock-most he has worked in one day is 5.5 hours!!

I've got a brand new .....

pair of roller skates....no a pet -not really but isn't this thing cute! Tif is holding them. The electrical guy found him and said first it saw its mother-which made him jump she was so big. Never have seen a little lizard this small. Brought smiles on a hot steam day. I guess you can also tell from this picture that Tiffany has grown up a tad!

I can see clearly now .....

I wish this was about rain. No-but we now have WINDOWS which means the hot box is now a hot box with a breeze-which is great. Which also means I can now look out the window. I ended up stumbling upon these windows at Lowes-they were originally from $200-$300 custom order. Most of them are low e, open from top and bottom and tilt in. Of course, I did not pay anywhere near that-they said they would make me a great deal-well if you never ask you never get-I got half of them for $50 each and the other half for $75. They are perfect. And who ever said size matters-well when you are cutting holes in the wall for windows it does not matter! I lucked out-one was small enough for the bathroom, then there were 2 pairs-used them in the living room/kitchen-ok lets call it a great room-all 300 sq ft of it! Then one last one for the bedroom! Also scored a great deal at Home Depot for exterior door-the one on it looks like it was broken into-would totally creep me out if I was staying there-especially when you know you are surrounded by woods!

You can also see the paint we are using. Oh yes, did I mention how blazing hot it is. I thought I was in Georgia prison system-But I did manage to texture all ceilings and walls, paint all ceilings and most walls and help the guy install the windows. I also manage to pick up 3 bags of trash out of the little place. Guys are just pigs!

We will, we will rock you

Yes-they had to work at this for more than 8 hours to get 18 inches deep to bury the electric line. The dirt is only a few inches deep then pure rock. It was one long hot day for those guys. Oh yes, for us to. Sweat literally oozing out of every pore of my body. Sweating so much you are drinking lots of water but never need to go to the bathroom.

Thanks to the rock we now have a second driveway :-)

This is how we do it.....

Ahhh yes finally found solution to my kitchen-

It will be perfect. Been searching high and low and finally found this on Criagslist. It is a kitchenette from the 60's but in very good shape. It 5 ft long has sink, faucet, stove and lots of cabinet storage.

Ken happily (not really) , in the 108 degree heat, went to OKC and picked this up today. What would I do if he had a real job :-)

On another positive note-the guy showed up to finish leveling the building. Now we can build a few walls!

Power To The People

Well not quite yet-but it is progress-now all we need is for the utility people to do their thing. Hoping it happens as it is soooo hot as in over 100 degrees it is hard to get much done. Today was the day to texture the walls. Well the guy that was suppose to finishing leveling the building was a no show. So I could only texture one wall. You see, I textured the side that is pretty much not going to move in the leveling process. Did not want to texture the others and then have something shift and the texture crack. This was my first attempt with this method-pretty well worked EXCEPT when it is 100 degrees or more the mud dries fast-so Ken had to keep adding water as I worked. Then we tried out our paint-a little premature but hey- It is lighter in real.