1.18.19

after 4 days of inversion we were really happy to see the sun in fairfield! halle & echo are chasing rocky, the neighbor's gsp, along the snowmobile tracks (where they don't sink in)

there were signs of hoar frost- it gets fogged in at night, but burned off both days we were up- fortunately.

clear at sunset-

foggy in the morning-

here are poor echo & halle being bored to death while we work (though they did have a long hike in the morning, then they chased rocky around, so you'd think they'd be tired!)

to the work part- here's steve working on making the prehung door hangable. somehow, the hinges on the ones we bought don't match the construction doors. and for some reason the contractor hasn't been able to get up to fix them. so, steve is going to give it a shot.

he did decide to wait on this project until he can get both the front and back doors tackled at the same time so we can bring both construction doors back together.

so the main projects were lights and painting. it is wonderful to be able to flip a switch and have lights! we're still a little confused about how things got wired. we have a few spots with covers- no switch, even though we asked for one. not sure why that is either, but figure if we need to bring an electrician in to fix things the way we want them we will at some point. guess that's the danger of doing something far enough away that you can't be there when stuff like that is getting done.

things that help the work go smoothly: the ipod and the reward. the dream catcher is part of steve's snow making kit.

i painted the light colored part of the downstairs walls, touched up around the ceiling edges on the back porch & painted the ceiling in the spare bedroom.

we had another good dinner at the surprisingly busy brew pub. smoked salmon pizza, a good salad & live music! along with a nice cab franc from carmela vineyards.

also painted the sconces.....they will match the walls-

steve tried out the power roller and liked it once he got past the pita edging part.

the living room is painted! we can push the couch back and clear a space in the clutter to sit.

you can tell i was painting the ceiling! camembert freckles-
then, heading home- and back to the gray......