It is officially winter now, despite the record high temperatures. We have had over half an inch of rain in December already. The new mud boots are coming in handy now that the barn lot is a pig pen. The nice thing is it has been so warm that about half the barn lot has sprouted grass and that is really cutting down on the mud. I had plans on getting the barn door fixed but the mud and tractor combination is not very exciting so I am waiting until it gets freezing cold to go work on the door, which is its own special kind of hell. But it’s better than getting stuck in the mud with the tractor.
Mr Rainman was able to get the office slider doors done one rainy day. I had not seen them as I am not in the wife’s office very often. But I did have to go in her office today and the doors look amazing! There is almost nothing left to complete in the office, I still have to fix the trim around the cords going to her router up the wall. It is truly the only thing left, except for building the shallow shelves on her central table arrangement so she can sort her new wood sheets out easier. But after that it will be completed!
We spent one whole day doing nothing but cleaning up the old house and machine shed. The organizing was sorely needed and had not been done in quite a while. We even managed to get the old DeWalt radial arm saw from the 40’s moved out of the old house and into the old chicken coop. That meant we were able to move the toolbox from my future room into the project area. We also moved one upright cabinet. The cabinet has a lot of rust on the bottom half but it is an upper and lower piece so I think we can ditch the lower piece and move the upper piece out into the machine shop. This will open up some more space and allow me to move the last big thing from my future craft area. Once I get that space emptied I can finish getting the electrical outlets wired and the light installed. Once that is done then I can finish insulating the last two walls then put up the inside wood.
After Thanksgiving we decided that more external light was needed over the bridge. We purchased some rope lights and were going to install one on each railing. The wind and cold meant that Mr Rainman and I only managed to get one side installed before calling it quits. After it got dark I was glad we only had one side installed. One was incredibly bright, I cannot imagine how bright two would be. We are going to see if we can use a Wi-Fi controlled electrical plug to control the bridge light. We can program the plug or turn it on/off with our phones when needed. We have not tried it out to see if the Wi-Fi extends that far out into the yard yet.
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