29 January 2016
In
the light of day, found that Delores was half off the driveway and I missed
ramming her into a tree by less than 2 feet.
Glad I stopped when I did when things went awry last night! A few sauna stove ashes under her tires
and she pulled back onto the driveway and then down to her usual parking spot
with nary a difficulty. Sonny and Doug
spent the day putting up the garage ceiling ⅝″ sheetrock, getting somewhat more than half done… the worst half, where
the sheets had to be fit above and around the garage door tracks. Steve finished putting the PEX radiant floor
tubing into the under floor pan tracks then went back to roughing in the PEX
red and blue water lines. Tom, with some
minor help from me, started wiring the pantry subpanel and activating some of
the outlet and lighting circuits on the main level. We now have lights in the living room with
which to test the appearance of the various LED color temperatures. We also have a garage door opener that works! Bill Mills from COMCAST arrived at 8 (as
scheduled). With help from Lenny Cram, he
pulled coaxial cable into the basement from the telephone pole next to Kate’s
driveway, through the previously buried 2″ conduit, and thence into the utility room. Bill set up our WiFi network and telephone
service. Mid-afternoon Lorenzo Wood and
Larry Stevens showed up. Cary Marshall
from the alarm service of the same name was looking for a place for them to
work out of the snow, so sent them over to start wiring our alarm system… 5
days sooner than previously scheduled. Apparently
“occasional snow showers” in Vermont is
equivalent to Washington, DC being paralyzed for days, as we had 3″ on
the ground by the time all the workers left.
So fired up the Kubota and blew the mess away. Chree said I was just looking for some
justification for the snow blower’s expense… Chree spent the afternoon
preparing Soupe á l’Oignon Gratinée and a salad, with Babas au Rhum for dessert, which Marty & Merry
seemed to enjoy. Sure is nice having a
real chef in residence!
