All the drywall is now hung in the bathroom, and the first coat of “mud” is covering the seams. This evening, we sanded the seams, so that we can install the shower unit. Slowly but surely, the bathroom project is nearing completion – we really could use the extra show next week when the house will be full for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Chronicles of the Long Shot Farm
Another Grandbaby
Adelaide Fearn Weyant was born this morning in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. She weighed 7 lbs 11oz and was 20 inches long. Rachel and baby did great and the whole family is very proud. Fiona calls her “our baby”. Though Sam and Tina left for Ohio at 2:00 am, they did not quite make it there before the birth. We had a great time though playing with Toben and Fiona and seeing the brand new baby!!
And back to DYI…
Today was just too windy and cold to work outside, so we decided to continue working on our bathroom project – the one that abruptly came to a halt when the weather got warm… about 8 months ago.
We kind of got used to having a semi-finished bathroom, but in reality, it is an eye-sore. Half the room is painted, the sink and toilet are installed, and we tiled the floor. The whirlpool tub is installed and operational, but we never finished the wall around the tub. We never installed the corner shower unit we had bought last winter and two walls and half the ceiling still need drywalled and painted.
We took inventory of all our supplies and realized that the only things we were missing was a shower faucet and two sheets of drywall – which we picked up this morning. By the end of the day, we had the faucet installed and the walls around the shower-unit insulated. We are ready to hang the missing drywall!!
Time Changed – and more Apples…
We successfully processed over 20 bushels of apples this weekend – the final tally was 38 quarts of canned apple sauce and 40 gallons of cider. We’ll can about half the cider and then make wine from the rest this week.
The time change this weekend marked the end of the produce stand season and the beginning of winter “fairy” lights. We completed the shut down of the produce stand, took down all the signs and planted the remaining mums in various flower beds. We are still using the pumpkins for fall decorations together with the bunches of Indian corn. Whatever apples were left ended up in the cider press. It’s a bit sad to see the season end.
Anja and Leif were visiting this weekend and Leif was a big helper with our fall decorations and plantings!
The early dusk this evening prompted us to plug in our winter lights on the barn side of the farm. The fence is lit up, and the barn windows have welcome candles – on timers. And we made hot mulled cider.
A Big Step for Project “Winery Start-Up”
