I slept in, read, ate, napped, finally walked to Piggly Wiggly this afternoon, then just piddled away the evening. It was wet, cold, and foggy today. Hopefully my car will get properly fixed tomorrow.
Chilly day on the mountain.
I woke up just after sunrise this morning and was too lazy to go out. Actually I did have to get something out of the car, and it was freezing, so I stayed inside for a couple more hours. I did go to the Goat Market when they opened and bought a couple of little things for Luke. Within five minutes of them opening the place was packed. I drove over to campus but the goats weren’t out. Back at the cottage I messed around on my phone for a bit before going next door to see Debbie. She was making candles for the market tomorrow, and I helped for a while by putting wicks in tea candles. We chatted for a long time while we worked. A few people came by the store, some from Nashville,and all were very friendly. I really admire Debbie for all of the passion and effort she is putting into her business.
After leaving there I made a sandwich then went to Lake O’Donnell for sunset. It was cold but pretty, and I took a number of pictures. Then I drove to the lake in the development across the street from the cottage and took some more. The sky was lovely. Now I’m just relaxing and sketching up plans for a little shack I want to build.
One week!
Liz and Luke return next Saturday. I’ll meet them just south of Indianapolis and give Liz’s mother her car, then we’ll drive to the farm. There is a lot of cleaning and furniture moving to be done first though. Fortunately we only have a two bedroom condo’s amount of furniture and not a four bedroom house’s worth.
Liz said that Luke is getting into making funny faces. He is also very curious and observant. It will be lots of fun to have him down at the farm. I guess I need to look into safety devices for cabinets and such, especially now that he is more mobile.
Below are some recent pictures that came from Liz and her mother.
Passed again!
I didn’t sleep well at all last night. Probably because I was worried about the county inspection today. I was also anxious this morning as my dad and I reinstalled doors and such. Well, all that stress was for nothing. The inspector came relatively early and approved us for a temporary certificate of occupancy. That was a huge relief. He also gave me a list of things to do in order to get the permanent certificate. The only real surprise was that I have to finish painting the outside of the house.
Just after noon I drove up to the mountain. I needed to get some more work done on my car, bit unfortunately they didn’t have time to complete it. So I will have to return on Monday. Oh well, there are much worse places to be stuck.
Today was pretty cold. Tomorrow should be a little better and I want to do some stuff outside, like hike and take pictures. I drove by the goat pasture late this afternoon but they weren’t out. Probably all huddled up in the barn.
Passed!
The electrical inspector returned today and gave us the thumbs up. I’ve scheduled the county inspection for tomorrow morning. A little more nervous about that one. My dad continued to paint today and it looks fantastic. I cleaned, scraped, spackled, and more. We are getting pretty close. The expected thunderstorms never really materialized. It was 75 degrees. Tonight will be below freezing. Tomorrow I hope to scrape all of the outside windows if the weather is decent. It’ll only be a half day for me as I’ve got to drive back up the mountain to get my car worked on some more. My appointment is at two. Hopefully they will finish in time for me to see sunset somewhere nice.
