Blog delay last week, earnest attempt secret Swett Lodge advances from Kate, her surprise birthday party my place Sunday prior; Kate's Friday stop by biking to LCC nurse faculty party foils. None the less Kate surprised by family, friends at Swett Lodge Sunday afternoon. Dutch oven eight pounds pork roast - six disappear, cook monster squash whole, steam final garden green beans. Gnocchi, cheesy squash, corn bread/souffle donated sides make feast. Piece de resistance: Spud 'n Kate in da hot tub hazelnut Cory & Ruth cake. No worries: beer in hand, Kate has her suit on!
Confab prompts current kitchen table/counter incarnation. Nice having stenchy clunky old kitchen wall gone. Numerous wall removal projects on Swett Lodge renovation list, had not decided 'til kitchen wall, remove all interior wall plaster & lath. Seesaw 'bout ceiling: currently think remains. Old cement plaster holds so much stench; wire, plumb refresh; insulate; certain amount wall restructure - gut the works!
Certain areas hold more odor: by front door. Remove plaster/lath backside wall by door: smell reduce (hall into front bed room). Meticulously break away all plaster from lath; pull lath, sort into firewood/keepers; scrape floor, dump cement/plaster into bucket, haul behind garage; good lath to 'lumberyard', firewood out front, circle saw dice; sweep; trusty deconstruction refuse burgeoning bag Kirby layin' down on the job but sucking like a .... vacuum up: next stage ready.
Bring Recycling weekend half price window sale draws another sucker. Find thermo pane kitchen window storm appropriate, break down spend hard cash - seven dollars fifty, gingerly Toyota haul home, fit, clean, mount: Swett Lodge living side winter ready; raise Swett Lodge east side, strip interior free.
Mornings cooler, air crisper, leaves more brilliant, thin. Broiler burner orifice only gas stove orifice requires changing to convert from natural to LP gas. Originally supplied on stove near gas regulator: no longer there. Stop by appliance service center. They have no parts, give me their supplier's number. Call, find tiny aluminum orifice will cost 20USD plus same S&H. Ain't happenin'! Higher pressure LP gas requires smaller orifice opening. Remove natural gas orifice, place in small socket on cement back step, gently hammer peen close orifice, making as smooth/round as capable. Remount orifice, test: works good enough to leave alone for the amount of broiling I'm likely to do. LP gas convert range prepares Sunday's party fare wonderfully.
Nail punch might have been purchased day or two ago, post premonition, found protruding from kitchen wall top header electric wire/hole adjacent - tried to make hole; punch too far through; walls already plastered, unretrievable; left behind ninety years ago. Can be traces. Hang on to this baby.
Swett Lodge internet increasingly dodgy, continue to pick up important freebie items off Craigslist. Local tile business donates styrofoam blocks attic insulation perfect (middle bedroom stacked). About eighty square feet ten plus inches thick, said they stock pile this much every couple of months: will return. Easy install, easy work around, great insulator, no cost: no prob!
Spend Saturday launder, shower, listen Ducks dominate Buffaloes at Kate's, can't deny hippy freebie chair attempt on way home. Score, shun ugly squat purple table. 'Bout 12.30am few brewskis better, realize table adjusted good yard item: bike about a mile, haul heavy cumbersome metal table home almost crash least twice, walk final quarter mile: fits in dang it - birthday cake action first day on the job!
Clan member's motorcycle move requires old pickup, spread cement/plaster/gravel over carport area opportunity. So far dry this fall; rain, activity will make pretty good car park out of the old wall plaster.
Next objective: under house, east side beam; attempt thorough, understandable record. House beam stabilized both sides, center; will remove wall plaster/lath, reduce Swett Lodge weight, ease raise. Things continue along, more noticeable interior work not far off: plenty ahead! Peace
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