Welcome to the 2013 Lake Season

This last weekend, we drove up to the cottage to open it up for the season. What does that mean? It means we have to haul a bunch of things from the house back to the cottage. We have to take all of the towels and washcloths. We have to haul all of the sheets, blankets and pillows. We have to haul all the cabinet stock item that would freeze if we had left it over winter (shampoo, bug spray, sunscreen etc.).

In addition to the hauling, opening the cottage means work.  It means that we have to clean the refrigerator that has been unplugged for the last four and a half months. It means reconnecting the water system and restoring service to all of the fixtures in the house. It means removing items (table, burn pit) from under the carport and placing them where they belong in the yard. It also means that we do some cleaning to remove any evidence that the place was closed up for 4-5 months. This was best accomplished by taking everything out of the house a room at a time.

 

 

We got a lot of our tasks completed, but still have work to do. When we started this adventure, we thought we would complete a task and it would be finished. We now know that completing a task means that it is only complete until it isn’t any longer. Like any dwelling, upkeep is important. I hope to keep you up to date on what is going on at the cottage. It amazes me that after 7 years, we still have items on our original to do list. This summer, my goal is to have the original items crossed off that list.