It's the weekend Baby

It was a sunny, warm day in Dublin today. Reached into the 80s here. John and I went pecan picking, bought some paint, brushes, polyurethane for the house. Picked up off the ground close to 2 lbs of pecans. When John threw part of the 2x4 up into the tree and the nuts came falling to the ground, it was like dashing for candy after hitting a pinata blindfolded. It was fun. Did not go to Macon because the store was only open on saturdays by appointment and we did not set up an appointment however we went to Home Depot and looked at some ceiling fans. We know what we want for the masterbedroom and John's office. The other 5 we need, we may get them locally. The lighting fixtures we are pretty sure on but we have some catalogs and books to go through this weekend just to make sure we covered everything.

We drove out to a miniature horse farm in Minter today and got soaked pretty well on the way home. Once we got back to Dublin, the rain stopped. The couple only had one horse left out of the 70 or so they once had. It was fun leading a little 30" high stallion around the paddock. They were in the business for over 20 years getting their horses from all over the country. Raising horses, big or small takes alot of time, effort, sacrifice and money. I know that first hand myself growing up on a horse farm in Indiana. We were only about 40 miles from Vidalia, the only town in the country known for their sweet onions. Others can duplicate but none are the original like Vidalia onions.

The bathroom woodwork except the trim in the utility closet and part of the area near where the pedestal sink will go is all done. The beadboard has covered the orginal white board in the utility closet. Ceiling and corner trim need to be put up in there because of the uneveness. Next, comes installation of the SHOWER! and securing the washer/dryer and hot water heater connections. The heating and air guys are still working. Probably another weeks worth of work and they will be done. The hexagon white tiles for the floor in the bathroom is on special order and it should be installed in mid november. Our ceiling fans, the masterbedroom and John's office have to be special order from Hunter.

John brought all the scrap wood from the front yard that was used in the bathroom, leftover beadboard, 2x4 and other scraps of wood on the front porch to dry out to use later for other house projects. The the back storage area is cleaned out and organized so the electric can be wired. The front part of the house is completely wired and ready to flip the switch. The back part is not ready yet. John will be painting the hallway upstairs a pale yellow with white trim, the bannister a nantucket plue and white trim and the entire downstairs pale yellow with white trim. Come to find out, the previous owners, be it the Smith's or later, used a similar yellow color we are using after John uncovered it while scraping off the old paint in the upstairs hallway.

Keep checking my blog for updates to the restoration. We are getting closer to completion every day!!