Cutting wood

Hubby picked me up to go cut wood across the river yesterday afternoon.  Turns out he already got some cedar wood in the morning.  Then he  took me out to get pinyon pine at an old mining town.  Not much town left but there are plenty of resinous dead pinyons to cut down.  Turns out that although the road is a bit rocky at the start, we can get a trailer up there, no problem, the next time we go.  That would make for a very long day but we could get an entire cord of wood all at once.

It was so lovely up there in the hills.  Trees all around and birds flitting everywhere.  Peaceful and sunny.  I had a nice time.

Honestly, I didn't help that much on the wood gathering.  This whole make over - the painting, the shopping, the tile work - has kind of taken it out of me.  I desperately need an entire day off.  Today, however, I had to clean another house.  So, tomorrow I will rest up except for cleaning out the goat pen a bit.

The slate tile looks so good on the hearth we picked up another 5 boxes so we could do the entry way by the front door.  We had to buy another small bag of mortar but there is plenty of grout left from the hearth job so this will be an inexpensive way to pretty up that area.  Right now it is green vinyl.  Kind of goes with the green carpet.  Yeah, I'd get rid of the carpet but I really don't have it in the budget.  Maybe in a couple of more years.

Did I mention that Hubby got my pretty new chandelier up.  He knows how to do everything:)  It looks so pretty and the old one was so freakin' ugly.  What  a pleasant change.  We took six years to get around to painting the living room/dining room/hall and fixing it up a bit.  I am so pleased we are getting that opportunity now.

Of course, we have been kind of busy since we moved in.

Make over

Hubby has a few days off and we have gotten a lot done.  Loosely using the term we.

The new chandelier looks fabulous.  Hubby got it up today.

The slate tile got laid yesterday and we grouted it today.  Hubby did all the heavy lifting and I did the actual grouting and cleaning up excess mortar while Hubby kept the clean buckets of water coming.  That saved me a lot of back breaking effort.  A good thing since I didn't have it in me.

We managed to get some of the stuff put away and now we can walk through the office again.

I have a cleaning job tomorrow and am resting up so that I can get my arms to do that much work.  Arghhh.  It is hard not to have the ability to keep going and going but darn it at least I am still going.

I hope I manage to paint Sunday and Monday so that we can wrap this job up for the most part on next Tuesday and Wednesday.

It's been a lot of work but I am so pleased that after living here for 6 years we finally got to the last room of the house to be painted.  The wood stove will be toasty and save us money.  Plus, we will not freeze if the power goes out for several days.

Tomorrow, Hubby is meeting up with me after my cleaning job and we are going to see about cutting wood for the new stove.  He has already said he will do most of the work tomorrow since I am pretty much done in.

Cheese and Whine

Can I have a little cheese with my whine?  Yesterday I was definitely whiny and sore.  This morning I am sore and tired but making a plan to get through the day.  I'll mostly do the laundry and rest up:)

So, what did I do today?  I fed the goats and the dogs.  I watered a bit using a sprinkler to do all the work.  I moved a couple of items around into the dining room and living room.  I got the laundry done.

I took a nap, twice:)  I sat on my butt and gazed at the new color on the walls and the new chachkies arrangement on the cookbook sideboard or buffet.  I put the two corn plants in the corners by the sliding door on top of the rectangular wicker baskets with flip up lids.  I hide the extra blankets in those.  I think it makes a great statement.

The color [Behr Pale Honey] is stunning.  It really is the color I wanted.  Golden and yet not too dark.  It definitely is not beige.  Ack.  I want some color but it still fits into the earth tones, I think.  I placed the antique chest of drawers with the unique old time radio looking top piece on the wall by the window.  I think it looks good there.  The gold color on the walls certainly accentuates its good looks.

The walnut dresser from the forties is going where the antique piece used to be, near the front door.  I think it will look good there and there is room to hang the mirror.  We can have a basket for keys and such on it.  And you will be able to set items down to open and close the door on your way in and out.

The dog leashes need to find a new home.  We rarely use them anyway.  We'll see what we do about that.

The couch is leaving tomorrow afternoon.  I found it a good home.

I am hurting all over but taking a day off will hopefully help and I will feel better by tomorrow.  We'll see.