Rock me gently rock me slowly

Finally we are making progress on getting septic system put in.  Here you can see pile of rocks-it was pure rock under about 3 inches of dirt.  It took 11 hours and a huge piece of equipment to break the rock into small pieces so they could create the hole.  Since it was rocky-they had to make the hole bigger so they could surround the tank in sand!  Joy more $$.  Anyway-we now have  enough rock for a greatly enlarged driveway plus even more.    This first picture shows you the size of the whole-the white is all rock and rock dust.  The whole is 7 ft deep and 14 by 7 feet.    

Next picture is that of the "rock pile"  It is about 7 ft tall and huge.   There is some granite, limestone and other rock hard enough to withstand just about anything. Now I know why the water is so hard here.

Blowing Against the Wind

Progress-you can actually walk into the bedroom now.  The window is frames, and drapes hung!  

That said, we STILL don't have the septic system in.  They keep promising us one more week, one more day .......

Last weekend not too much progress but we did finally get the wall material (plastic like stuff) up in the bathroom, the bathroom window trimmed as well as last one in living room, plus bedroom.  Plus we painted bedroom, repaired sheetrock (first experience and you can tell!) and put up wood trim on the two walls with wood paneling.   Well I guess we got more done than I thought!

We have to work less when there and enjoy more so that is what I vow to do soon!   I hope to go down this weekend and sew drapes.  They will make a huge difference to warm up the place!

Lay your head on my........

futon. Yes this too from Craigslist, was only $100. It is really nice and made of microfiber. That said I will still put a cover on it. I love how the morning sun dapples. Here you can see the windows trimmed out. If you look back you will see the one window I had trimmed before but it was not right so I redid it. I ordered my fabric last week and cannot wait to hand the drapes (oh yes I have to make them). They will add a great splash of color. My sewing will be very simple-sew straight lines only and use rings to hang the curtains. A straight line I can sew.

I shot the ......

nail gun, but I did not shoot Ken with it, although he was paranoid that I would. Advice to do it yourselfers-don't wait, buy one of these! Why we waited all these years-I love this thing! So much easier to put up trim, boards etc. So thanks to this handy tool we were able to get three windows completely trimmed out as well as some doors. Also hung the wood sheets in the bedroom and finished the beadboard! Successful weekend.

I decided I should call the guy that put the windows in "Butch the Butcher".   After finishing out windows and doors I decided he must never measure or use a level.  What a nightmare.  Trim and paint do hide a lot of sins!

We are suppose to get anywhere from 7 to 24 inches of rain due to the hurricane.  If we get 24 inches I will be amazed.  Thinking the weather guys will do anything to get more camera time!   What a spread in possibilities!   So it looks like another week and no septic will go in.   We really need water turned on so we can do simple things like mop the floor!