work, work, work

Big work weekend for Steve this weekend, while Marianne plays on the Oregon coast with her girly friends. Just to show how the mountain looked as I stand on the back step, we'll start with a photo from Saturday a.m.



It was cool and calm until about 3 then that notorious Fairfield breeze started up. I was fortunate in that I only had to wrestle one sheet of siding in place while the wind blew. Managed to get the shed sided and the doors on by about 5:30 and even took the animals out for 2 walks.

Now I need to get the shed trimmed and painted.

One of the more painful things for me to do was to cut out a section of the deck for the snow grate. Of course after I placed it in about 5 different spots I decided this is where it will work best due to blowing and drifting snow. I want to build a smaller one and place it on the steps for the gravel to drop through, but that is going to wait until next year.

Busy boy this weekend, the old wood skis are hung, these aren't so different from the first pair I used. Felt really bad drilling some holes in them to put screws in so that I could attach some cable for hanging them. They really are in good enough shape to ski. Of course if someone is in need that bad, they can fill in the screw holes and let em rip.

So let's see, I managed to finish siding the shed, hang and finish the doors on the shed, place the grate in the deck, drain hoses and put them away, shut up the crawl space vents and place some insulation in them from under the house. I also hung 2 towel racks and the toilet paper holder in the master bath. Hung the clothes hanger rod in the closet and flipped the fridge & freezer door to open from the right side instead of the left. About the only 3 pressing items on my list that I didn't get done is to finish touching up some paint spots on the outside trim, paint the shed and put the ridge cap on the shed. But the weather needs to be 50+ degrees for me to do that. So maybe next weekend.

Here's a shot as the sun was coming up this a.m.

So after accomplishing all that, the dogs and I went for a hike at the ski area. Geez I should'a brought my worst pair of skis. Could have made a run on the north facing grass slopes. This is a quick shot from the car windshield looking up at one of the lower runs at the base. The lodge is coming right along. They have the roof shingled and were even working on it today when we were there.

Stay tuned, see ya next week. SP