Working (not fishing)

This week, I went up to the cottage alone. I hope this isn't starting a trend. I had planned on getting a few projects crossed off the "to do" list. I also planned on getting an earlier start on my trip, but I was delayed due to a project on our primary home (sorry, I am not starting another blog for that).

I ended up arriving around 3:00, and unloaded the truck. It was supposed to be a wet weekend, so I started on my first project while the weather was still decent. I needed to cut and install the shelf rail in the front porch. This has been one of those tasks that seem to go on and on, and it keeps growing and growing in the scope.

Before



After



As I was pounding the nails into the shelf, I quickly discovered the aluminum windows were very loose. One of them was held in place with 6 screws (out of 16). The weather was holding out, so I removed the three windows from the front of the house and realigned them. I had to replace some of the mounting strips and then secured them with new screws. The outcome is a much more secure and stable enclosure, that really doesn't show well on a picture.




I changed several electrical outlets throughout the house to three prong grounded outlets.

Contrary to what some might have believed, I did not spend the weekend fishing instead of working. When you consider that Notre Dame played on Saturday night, and the Colts played Sunday afternoon, I would say that I got quite a bit finished.

Catching up from last week

CMV made the trip by herself last week. I had the camera with me, so the pictures are from the next trip up.

She arrived late in the day Saturday, with a van loaded with bagged mulch for the flower beds. She also bought a few mums and planted them around the shrubs.

She them cut back the grass so we can see the edges (you can see the results in the top picture), and removed the last traces of the astroturf grass that once covered the walkway.

I will save the pictures of the floor tile until the project has been completed.