A lot has transpired since the last blog entry back in late May.
I've been able to finally feel that my head's generally above water on the house project and, after six months of feeling that the to-do list was not shrinking, this is a very good thing. Then, too, Delaeno Rempel returned for a few days last week and expects to be back for perhaps a couple more short stints. And, as of this past Friday, I have an assistant – my son, Thomas, for a few weeks. Finally, speaking of heads above water, we had a deluge last week Tuesday.
Delaeno & I were returning from a buying junket to Winnipeg last Tuesday afternoon. The skies out toward Balmoral were the most amazing shade of purple. Light rain began falling about 10 minutes from home, but the bladder of heaven absolutely ruptured as we pulled onto the yard. It only took a couple of minutes to unload the trailer, but we were both drenched by then. We learned the next day that our area got up to 5 inches of rain within an hour, making the week's tally over 8 inches.
By nightfall, Greg of the RM of Rockwood was at the end of our drive setting up "Road Closed" signs because the Jackfish Creek one mile east of us was flowing over the road. In addition, water was running over the road half a mile west of us, and the intersection of our road and Road 6E one and a half miles east of us was completely submerged. An hour later, the water was running over our drive, and so it continued for almost 36 hours. Our sump pump kicked in every three minutes for almost a week thereafter, spewing out 30 gallons every cycle.
On more pleasantly exciting fronts, Delaeno spent two and a half days installing our bi-fold doors and our loft stair treads, and also working with me to plan our railing system. We're looking forward to his return in the next short while to coordinate the installation of our railings and, possibly to get me started with building a stairway to our bonus room above the garage.
Meanwhile, Thomas started his employ here by restacking the 4-5 cords of wood I cut last year. After that, we got busy wrapping the verandah posts with pre-finished material and installed the lighting. Today, we managed to get the entire verandah perimeter framing done. With luck, we will have this particular project completed well before week's end.
On the weekend, I managed to get most of the last four wiring circuits done. We should be able to call for final electrical inspection within the week.
Oh, and our shower should be functional within a week or so. Can't imagine what having showers instead of baths will be like. Much to be thrilled about in here. Meanwhile, the light outside continues to amaze now that the heavy rainclouds have departed.
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