Paint

It's been a while since I've updated.  Busy few weeks.  The week before February vacation was spent sanding walls, vacuuming plaster dust, and priming ceilings with every spare minute.  I just barely got the upstairs done (last room got done Saturday afternoon a few hours before leaving for the airport).  A much needed relaxing week in Florida.  Since we've been back:  More priming, sanding, vacuuming,  and now real ceiling paint.  Took Wednesday "off" to finalize colors and amounts of each and to order paint at HD.  Also got a look at the cabinets painted.  They look amazing.  I should finish up the ceilings tomorrow, then on to COLORS! 

Underlayment, Bamboo, and Hickory were delivered this week as well so I can start conditioning them to the house.  One false start on Tuesday when the Moffet couldn't maneuver on the ice in the driveway.  Lots of sand and they got it into the garage on Wednesday.

And the wide pine from the saw mill is ready!  $566.41 for the entire upstairs and the mantel.

Valentines Day: the first fire in the fireplace.

80 and sunny every day for a week in Fort Pierce, FL.  No physical labor, just relaxing by the pool/beach.   I even met up with Larry at Archie's.

Got to see one of the last space shuttles from the beach right at the condo...

... from 100 miles away!

The plaster looked white... until I put primer on it.

Family room painting staging.  It was a little hairy out in the middle of the plank with nothing to hold onto or lean on.  Luckily no accidents, and I finished the ceiling after school today.

29 gallons of wall paint.  Apparently, HD won't mix $1000 worth of paint for you before you pay for it...  This is on top of the 20 gallons of primer and 10 gallons of ceiling paint so far.  ~60 gallons and counting.

With the water continuously running beneath the ice in the back yard things are starting to melt (a little) from below.

The geo wells are finally going in.  One is drilled.  The other is cased and ready for drilling.  Then it's just piping, grouting, trenches and connections in the house!  This is a picture of the erosion of the ice caused by the warm slurry of rock dust and water that comes out of the ground.

The drill "bits"

Drilling in progress.  This shot taken seconds before something broke and water shot out like a geyser.  After a little welding they were back underway.

The aftermath.  The rock dust-water mixture sprays everywhere.  And a lot of it has run around the house and into the garage as well.  That's going to be fun to clean up.