16 March 2016

Eric was here well before 7 and finished mudding the lower level, packed up, and was gone by noon.  Only the garage now needs taping and mudding… to be done at some future date to be determined.  The Goodro’s truck arrived shortly after Sonny at 9, delivering 2,400 linear feet of 1x4 and 1x6 poplar boards that will become the interior door and window trim and the wall baseboards.  That is a heap big pile of lumber!  Sean, master timer that he is, showed up shortly after we finished unloading.  He, Sonny, and I then went over the cabinetry plan in detail, so that that installation can proceed while I’m away.  We also looked at a spot at the intersection of the basement floor and the east wall of the storage room where water has started to appear.  Is this residual moisture from the propane heater or is water getting into the basement from outside?  Stay tuned for news at 11…  Kevin also arrived mid-morning and (with grunt labor help from the geese and me) put in the triangular stone that is both the top of the woodstove alcove and forms the mantle on which stocking can be hung with care.  Kevin also put in the stone that will be the bottom of the wood box.  Early afternoon the much-anticipated delivery truck pulled in with all the Kraftmaid cabinetry for the house.  That load filled half of the garage; what you might call a heap of a heap big pile of boxes!  Beth Buckman came back mid-afternoon with a paper we overlooked during yesterday’s loan signing marathon.  Bri Desautels from Countryside Carpet & Paint used her GPS navigator to try to find our place.  It took her to the nonexistent 1750 Lake Dunmore Road address… in Salisbury.  She eventually wandered far enough south on Lake Dunmore Road to find our place in Leicester.  Bri took measurements to refine how much carpet we will really need to order for the house.  Went over to Marty & Merry’s for another of Merry’s experimental repasts.  No surprise, the dinner was great (a shrimp fettuccini) and the company even better.