Day: August 4, 2013

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Beer On the Porch

Laura came over around 7:30 to get some more information I had printed out for her. It was a nice evening, just a little cool, so I had put out some chairs in case she wanted to have a beer and a chat. She did, so we gabbed for about an hour. I love having a semblance of a porch since it’s so rare that I host others (but not rare for me to bring beverages to share at a gathering). L thinks that once my awning is down regularly, my porch will be all the more inviting.

I hadn’t had dinner and thought I was too tired to cook, but Laura brought me some fresh picked green beans! Green beans are on my list of most favourite things in the universe, so after she left, I put together a dinner of a teeny amount of rice, a chicken breast, and a giant mound of green beans. YUM!!!

I still have some transcription left to do and am going to power through then have a long hot shower. My wrists and lower arms are going to be soooooore tomorrow!

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Driving It Home

I got up early this morning to work on a transcription project, then I printed out some stuff for Laura and headed for her place. There, I helped her level her new fridge, a job that wound up being much hard than either one of us would have expected.

We then headed across the street to see if C&C needed our help. Not yet. We were asked to come back around 1:00. So I went home to do a load of laundry and continue with my transcription.

I returned to C&C’s promptly at 1:00 and got put to work. They had spent the morning laying out and leveling patio blocks that would serve as the foundation for their addition. The next step was to build the beams on which the floor joists will rest. Making their own beams would cost a fraction of buying them premade, plus the premade ones would have been too short anyway.

So the afternoon passed quickly to the sound of hammers pounding big spikes to connect three layers of wood. My wrists were already a little tender from yesterday’s hauling, so I ran out of steam in a couple of hours. No problem, that coincided with snack time. Caroline makes wonderful coffee and has it exactly the way I do, so a cup of her joe is always perfect. 🙂

It then took only an hour to do the remaining half of the job. I then earned a ginormous and delicious gin and tonic. Yuuuuuuum.

I’m feeling quite done for the day, but I still have a little transcription to do, so I’m trying not to crash. I’d rather finish it tonight so I can sleep in tomorrow before heading to Montana.