30 April 2016

Kaleb and Matt worked six hours of overtime this morning, putting more paint on the main level ceilings and then starting the first coat of paint on the two guest bedroom’s window trim.  Right after breakfast, I tried to take to the Salisbury recycling venue the load of cardboard that is completely filling (to overflowing) the Tacoma’s cargo bed.  The man in charge there refused the load unless it was cut up into 2 foot squares.  Get real!  Tim stopped by mid-morning to see how his guys were doing, arriving in time to referee further “discussions” by Chree and me about wall paint colors.  We released Tim after a few minutes to go enjoy his day off, as our “discussions” looked like they were going to continue for awhile… which they did.  Chree and I also cleaned all the slate tile areas and then covered those areas with a protective cardboard floor covering, which should prevent them from getting spotted by exuberant painters.  Chree and I spent most of the afternoon polyurethaning the first side of the rest of the second batch of interior doors.  Taking one for the team, Chree forewent a concert in Middlebury, that she really wanted to attend, in order to keep the varnishing project on track.  After the varnishing was done, I applied Durabond to an area just above the woodstove nook mantle that we decided (with Tim’s help) should just be painted plaster vice a strip of wood (as originally envisioned).  I also repaired a substantial rent in the drywall caused when the casing for the wine cellar cleaning access was forced into place, obviously somewhat reluctantly.