5 July 2015

Right after breakfast sat down with my house design computer program and a fresh brain, made a few tweaks to the size of the pantry, slid the doorway to the living / dining room a foot to the east and, voilá, we had a kitchen design that both Chree and I like.  Used the Kubota to reopen the trench that Alex dug on Friday, then ripped out the conduit and wires from the house to the head of the walkway. With much hard work plus many a swear word, eventually got the reducer out of the wall so that a ¾″ PVC conduit can be inserted… as per the original concept.  VERY carefully used the backhoe to dig down (and down, and down) between the wire that keeps Delores in electrons and the conduit that currently feeds power to the woodshed, finding the ends of the 3″ (main power from the panel to the house) and the two 2″ (telephone and cable TV) conduits right where we left them in 2009.  Then Chree took over excavation duties and extended the trench down the hill and around the corner towards Grandma’s house.  In between all the dirty fun, cleaned and straightened up the basement… ‘cause you know how fussy them geese are.  The lake level is 6½″ below the top of the dock and still pushes the thermometer up to 75°, which felt pretty darn good!