Sunday, August 18, 2013

Let There Be Light!!!

This weekend was a monumental weekend.  A game changer. We now have electricity.

It took us a while to figure out how (and where) to turn it on, but it most certainly is on.  And it is sweet.  So different laying in bed and then turning off the light with a switch.  It's great now and it's summer but when it's winter and getting dark early, it will be even better.

Not only did we arrive to electricity at the cabin, I think we've started the final push to the finish line there as well.  We put up drywall and were able to mud it as well.  The bottom half of the walls will be 1x8 boards with a chair rail between the boards and the drywall.  Should be sweet. We also did a little extra work furthering the driveway even further up the hill toward the future garage and also were able to plant two Blue Spruce along the property line to help give us more coverage from the snowmobile trail.  We also spoke with the neighbor about adding a few more culverts to our driveway to make turning out easier for big trucks.  One of the culverts spills over to the neighbor's property so we spoke with him about the job.  He's all for it!

The road ahead is exciting.  The upcoming jobs include:  finish mudding and sanding the walls, instal a floor and also put up the bottom half boards, add the track lighting at the ceiling and the can lights under the loft.  We also have to add an exterior light--it will be amazing to come home to a lit cabin when it's dark.

I'm continuously amazed at our progress, vision and results.  Nothing has ever been so gratifying.  The future is bright--literally!!

Oh and the wild blackberries were out, and they were amazing!