Not much news. Most of the electrical work is done at the cottage. Some left to be done in the kitchen and basement. Also some outside lighting.
Much plumbing to be completed yet and propane line to be connected. The toilets are in place but no water to them or the sinks yet. Kathy has decided that she does not like the shape of the toilets and finds the seats (which she tried out with jeans on) uncomfortable.
Kathy's son, KJ, is in The Fort for 3 weeks of CDL school and the two of them drove to the cottage after work/school yesterday afternoon since it had been a while since KJ had been there and much had been completed. They noticed a section of siding on the south side of the cottage that had buckled and Kathy will give Builder Mike a call so that can be replaced. It seems to be the only place that happened. Thankfully there is extra siding. Kathy and Bonnie noticed it from a distance while driving a couple weeks ago but weren't certain what it was because of shadows and weren't able to stop at that time.
We will be treating Barbara and Denny to Biaggi's this Saturday and are looking forward to that. Kathy had a chef's special the last time we were there that was very good. She was told that the chef would be happy to make it any time, but Kathy can't remember what it was now!
No offer on the villa in Ft. Wayne. That is a disappointment. It would be nice to have it sold.
The grapevines don't look too good. Don't know how many we will lose and must order some more. We will know soon enough when we have (or don't have) bud break.
Bonnie has been busy working on the utility room, trying to get it ready for Rex to put in the mechanicals. We saw an application of plaster on the walls at Olive Garden recently where it looked as though the plaster had been applied with a trowel and a heavy hand. We saw the same application at Cebolla's. So Bonnie is trying that method on the walls in the utility room since it will hide a lot of sins. And we may carry it over to the rest of the basement when we finish it. We hope to do a Mediterranean theme in the basement, and doing the walls that way will work well for that theme.
The rest of our things from the campground lot have been brought to The Farm. This included the charcoal grill, a fire pit ring and firewood. Another thank-you goes out to Barbara and Denny!
Oh, yes. We do have gutters and a downspout on the front of the house now but none on the back yet. Too muddy to get back there and do it, perhaps?
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