Well the sheep are letting us down. Annmarie is hoping the mommas all have their babies this week while I am off so she does not have to deal with them at 0400 in the dark before work. I am hoping the same thing but yesterday there were no new babies. So the triplets stay in the pen with their momma and everyone else still gets to run around.
I had to go to town so I picked up the new front tire for the John Deere tractor. I also picked up stain and polyurethane for the office floor. Annmarie and I decided that a lighter color would be better in the office. I told her it would show more floor imperfections but we decided that since it is the original floor that is not a problem. There was a lot of “wax on, wax off” action as I stained the floor. The floor that was sanded the smoothest took up the least amount of stain. The small spots of brown/white paint that could not be sanded out show through. There is some kind of green stain over by the window across from the door, no idea what it is but it shows through. There are also two spots of oil stains that show through on the NW wall that show through also. The rough sandpaper marks are visible, for the most part now you cannot catch your toe on any edge in the room, you can tell there are a couple of wavy spots but no edges. The worst part is the temperature needs to be above 50 F for the stain to dry effectively. I was smart this time and worked carefully towards the door so I did not stain myself into a corner. This only takes once before you realize it is crucial to getting even coverage. I will need to hang both heaters in the windows today before I start sealing the floor. I will also need to dry mop the entire floor to get any loose particles up before I put down the polyurethane. I kept snapping pictures to send to Annmarie to see if she liked the color as I progressed.
I placed an order for parts for the barn system on Sunday. I am super stoked about getting it installed. I am hopeful I can do it this weekend. If needed I will get the entire light strings up and then do the charger conversion last. I could have lights in every room of the barn for $300 in supplies! I will be making a You Tube video for this process. It is too cool not to take the time and record it so it can be duplicated.
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