Carrying on

We may have hit some roadblocks with the rezoning and so can't carry forward with activities that require permits, such as plumbing/septic, but we are still plugging away at the things we can do without the zoning change. This week we are repurposing the old pie shelves as windowsills in the basement. (Sanding off the thick varnish is using up a lot of sandpaper!) In the interest of time, we hired someone to frame in the pillars in the rec room to encase the ducts that bring the heat down to the floor. Monday the electrician comes, and also next week the roofer begins replacing the roof. And yesterday I painted the outside lower sills with a thick white paint like yogurt to fill in all the water-catching pores in the stone/cement. Next I need to set up scaffolding to paint the upper sills.

Last night I went out with a flashlight to remove the blue painter's tape, and you should have seen the size of the crickets that scattered from the light. Humongous! They say crickets are good luck. In that case, I guess we are very lucky indeed!