Meanwhile, one of our summer projects for the cabin is
complete: the interior wall was rebuilt, re-painted, and three doorways were re-trimmed. The job looks pretty good for a couple of
amateur laborers.
Our remaining project is more physical and time
consuming. We have bought new carpeting
to replace what has been there since sometime in the ‘60’s. The original carpeting doesn’t look too bad –
it doesn’t show dirt or wear, but one seam has been slowing coming apart every time
the vacuum cleaner gets a chance to pull up another thread. The replacement carpet won’t have a seam
there, so maybe it will last another 50 years too.
What is taking our time is pulling up the old stuff. The carpet, itself, comes out fairly quickly. It is the glued down foam backing that takes
time to scrape off. This reminds us of a
lot of our Nomad project work: we couldn’t do this for a living, but we will
volunteer our own labor. We will
continue doing a couple of square yards at a time, since the installers can’t
put the replacement carpet down until mid-July.
We haven’t been “all work and no play”, however. Last weekend, Dave, LeJoy, Valentina,
Brayden, and Kaelyn spent the weekend with us.
Brayden and Kaelyn had not been to the cabin before. They had lots of “firsts” – sauna, paddle
boat, golf cart rides, fireworks, and using the outhouse (yuck!). We all had a great time and they are coming
back over the Fourth weekend.
For the past 2+ weeks, we’ve been dog sitting Stella, Brett’s
family dog. Brett and family are
enjoying a trip to Italy for 3 weeks.
Stella has adjusted well – enjoying her daily tennis ball retrieving in
the lake, the 2 mile walk around the loop, and golf cart rides. Brett’s family returns on 7/30 and the girls
want to come up over the Fourth also so we’ll have Stella here for another week
plus a couple days.
The weather is finally warming up and we’re enjoying the
outdoors. So it’s a good combination of
work and fun now.
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