Another weekend has passed and I did actually work on the bathroom. I had to get the two movable shelves ready. I needed to put 1/4” trim on the front edge. Of course, the boards I had already cut and sanded were too big. I had to remeasure and recut to get them to fit. I no longer trust a tape measure, after I cut them they go inside the house to get a dry fit to ensure they are the correct size. Somewhere in the old house I had some oak trim. It took a bit of digging around to find it. I had ordered some new 24” wood clamps so I was able to glue the trim in place without any difficulty. Once it has dried I will unclamp it and sand it all again until it is shiny and pretty.
The butcher came through and now everyone has all of their meat cut, wrapped and in their freezers. We don’t have to go to any sale or sort animals for a few more months. We are still feeding the sheep and cows but the grass is turning pretty green and all of the animals are consuming about 75% of their nutrients from the fresh grass. I will need to feed the momma cows again this upcoming weekend. They are supposed to have calves in April so they need to eat as much as they want.
The chickens are slacking off again. We are only getting three eggs per day. I think I have too many roosters and they are stressing the hens. I may have to thin them out again.
I have been pretty diligent about putting in at least 30 minutes of rock wall time in the evenings after work. The new wall is large enough now to see the difference. Shoveling is way better than Yoga. Plus, I get exercise and something productive happens. Annmarie tells me that once I finish the rock wall out front I have two more in the back of the house that need to be finished. I really need to get the back bridge blocks laid down. This will involve more shoveling and then laying four inch thick concrete blocks down.
I really want to get the greenhouse up this upcoming weekend but the forecast is calling for rain. We need the rain but I am unsure why it cannot come during the week so I can work outside on the weekends. If the rain is not bad we need to trim the raspberries and blackberries still. Once those are done then we can work on the greenhouse. At least that is the plan. If the rain is heavy we will work on repairing the cultivator for the little tractor. It needs some teeth replaced and the bolts are very hard to reach. Mr Rainman is coming out to help me over the weekend.
We did some adulting and got rid of our mismatched futon from the living room and now have a recliner that matches the couch and loveseat. We should have done it years ago! I love the recliner and surprisingly I sleep less in the recliner than I did in the loveseat. I am unsure why as the recliner is much more comfortable.
Annmarie had me go out and check on the bees. I had plans on opening up the hive but there were bees everywhere! I had not dressed up in a bee suit and it is the first of the year. I need to get comfortable around the bees again before I brave them without any protection. They are bringing in pollen but we are unsure where they are collecting it. There have been no bees on the flowers blooming in our front yard.
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