There are still LOTS of boxes.
And bags.
And totes.
And random stuff in corners.....
But things ARE progressing!
Saturday???
Wow, where did the time go???
Kyle and Rod worked all day and got
the skirt done on the front of the house.
I didn't get a picture, since I was teaching,
but here is one from today at the
back of the house.
We will do the sides later.
Closer to winter.
Right now we just need to be able
to get in and out of the house.
The rickety stairs we built did the
job we built them for,
but they were too hard for the dogs
to go in and out of.
(Me too......)
First he dug the dirt.
Then he brought in load after load after load
of dirt and made a pad outside.
(Thankful for all those house pads he built
for the Bergers in Palm Bay...)
Dumped a bunch of loads of dirt.
And then switched machines and spread it all out.
He had to get VERY close to the house,
but he is a maestro with his machines.
And now we can get in and out of the house
with no trouble!
Don't know what is going on with the siding.
It doesn't look like that in real life.
Sunday Rod and Kyle went to church
and I taught day two of Louisiana.
Monday I went in to town to get a load
of stuff from the house...
AND the PEACHES!!!
They look great and smell even better!
I'll be cutting some into small chunks
to freeze dry for the farmers market.
Some will just go in the freezer for eating
in/on ice cream and yogurt over the winter.
And lots of them are turning into peach jam.
It was our favorite thing!
I taught my Monday night class while
Rod hung blinds over some of the windows.
I was planning to update the blog after class,
but forgot I agreed to a RS Pres Zoom at 9pm
right after class and we didn't finish up until
a little after 10:00.
Made a quick sandwich and headed to BED.
Meanwhile, Rod was busy putting up the
new blinds in the house.
I was only able to get them for the two kitchen
and two bed-side windows.
The other large windows I had to order some
from Amazon.
Looks like WalMart isn't carrying them anymore.
Grrrrrrrrrr.
So we did the "new move-in" thing and
hung blankets to keep out the HOT
afternoon sun.
Just putting up the blinds made a big
difference in the temperature in the house.
It was over 100 outside and the AC
was able to keep it a comfy 77 inside.
(We don't have any insulation in the attic
yet, so that will improve but not today.)
Patience Grasshopper!
(hahahaha, I have to keep reminding myself.)
Today Kyle and I went back into town
and dropped his VW Gulf at the local
mechanics where they evacuated all the
freon from his (non-working) AC system.
There was almost none in there.
(It hasn't worked in about 3+ years...)
Then 45 minutes later (after I had a nice
phone chat with Mom) we went back and
picked it up.
Kyle installed a new compressor and then
we dropped it back off again.
And headed into Hays for Tuesday shopping.
On the way back into town, he picked it
up again and enjoyed ICE COLD AIR
all the way back to the farm!
Doors are COMING for all the doorways,
but at $200 a pop it might be a minute.
So we got some pretty black-out curtains
and rods for the important doors.
(Bathrooms, closet and my office.)
A little privacy goes a LONG way.
Meanwhile, Rod was BUSY at home.
Put all the handles on the cabinets and
all the drawers in the kitchen and bath.
There are a LOT of them!
He also put up the little shelves above
the stove for my spices.
I ordered 40 handles and he ran out!
Kyle has the same ones and is
pretty sure he has some left over,
so we will get some from him and
be able to finish up the few that
were missing.
And then he did the last of the painting!
Before.....
Still wet...
Looks so much better!
He's a MUCH better painter than I am!
And now they are outside, working on the
back side of the house.
It's only 68 outside!
So they are taking advantage of the cool weather.
It will be back in the 100's by the
end of the week.
This is a sneak peak for fall.
I plan to get the pea seeds in the ground
tomorrow.
And some bush beans I forgot I ordered.
That along with the 3000 carrots Kyle planted
a couple of days ago,
should be it for the fall crops.
I harvested the very first of the orange okra
and cooked them up for breakfast.
We will be planting orange okra
from now on.
It is DELICIOUS!
VERY sweet!
And when the green pods get too long,
they get woody, but I picked a couple
long orange ones and they were still
sweet and yummy, so I consider that a WIN!
Anyhow.
I'm going to see about some dinner for
these guys.
Still need to unload all the chicken and
dog feed up at the barn.
But wanted to get an update on here
before you all disowned me!
