Benjamin’s Turkey

During this spring’s turkey season, Benjamin went hunting with a friend and got this tom:

 

Lydia is curious

Showing us antlers she find

4/16/13

No Turkey this Season

   Benjamin is probably the least photo genic of us boys, but we’ve found that he’s always got a broad smile on his face when he’s posing with a trophy.

   Benjamin got up at 4am this morning (and a lot of other mornings) to go turkey hunting on 500 acres a friend owns near the Mississippi river.  He’s heard gobblers and even saw some turkeys, but they wouldn’t come into shooting range of the shotgun.

Floor’s Finished!

 

The work on our new flooring was finished this morning! The house looks so different!

Hallway Bathroom

 

Monday: The backer board was cut for the entire work area. There was a problem w had to resolve with the installers about sealing the grout, so that stalled progress a bit. Supplies were carried inside and we took out the squeaks in the subfloor.

Tuesday: The backer board was fastened to the subfloor with nails and adhesive. They had set the tile in the living room, kitchen and laundry room.

Wednesday: The tile in the hallway bathroom, the front entry and also the hallway was set. The tile they had set on Tuesday was grouted.

Thursday: They grouted the hallway, bathroom and entry and also installed thresholds for the doorways and stairs. Installed additional small tile in bathroom. Packed up their tools and left before noon.

Preparing to paint trim

It was a creative challenge to navigate through the house without stepping on mortar or grout that had to dry. While the installers were working in the hallway the 3 of us couldn’t get to our bedrooms, so we had to come up with some creative solutions so we could climb through the windows!   It looks like we’re practicing our fire drills.

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Noah and I started getting sick yesterday and today we feel a lot worse. I spent the majority of the day in bed.

Tomorrow we’ll be moving in some of the lighter pieces of furniture and laying down the baseboards. We’re hoping that on Saturday we’ll be able to move in the appliances, so we can cook a meal again! We’re going to use the left over tile, mortar and grout to put the same flooring into the back bathroom ourselves. It’s very small, so it shouldn’t be too much work.

 

Back Bathroom

Ronda started working on the hallway bathroom and the back bathroom.

Hallway bathroom

In the back bathroom she stripped off the old, peeling paint and repairing the walls with drywall mud. The walls in the hallway bathroom were really messed up too, so she used some joint compound to fix the holes and dents.

Floor’s Finished!

 

The work on our new flooring was finished this morning! The house looks so different!

Hallway Bathroom

 

Monday: The backer board was cut for the entire work area. There was a problem w had to resolve with the installers about sealing the grout, so that stalled progress a bit. Supplies were carried inside and we took out the squeaks in the subfloor.

Tuesday: The backer board was fastened to the subfloor with nails and adhesive. They had set the tile in the living room, kitchen and laundry room.

Wednesday: The tile in the hallway bathroom, the front entry and also the hallway was set. The tile they had set on Tuesday was grouted.

Thursday: They grouted the hallway, bathroom and entry and also installed thresholds for the doorways and stairs. Installed additional small tile in bathroom. Packed up their tools and left before noon.

Preparing to paint trim

It was a creative challenge to navigate through the house without stepping on mortar or grout that had to dry. While the installers were working in the hallway the 3 of us couldn’t get to our bedrooms, so we had to come up with some creative solutions so we could climb through the windows!   It looks like we’re practicing our fire drills.

.

Noah and I started getting sick yesterday and today we feel a lot worse. I spent the majority of the day in bed.

Tomorrow we’ll be moving in some of the lighter pieces of furniture and laying down the baseboards. We’re hoping that on Saturday we’ll be able to move in the appliances, so we can cook a meal again! We’re going to use the left over tile, mortar and grout to put the same flooring into the back bathroom ourselves. It’s very small, so it shouldn’t be too much work.

 

Back Bathroom

Ronda started working on the hallway bathroom and the back bathroom.

Hallway bathroom

In the back bathroom she stripped off the old, peeling paint and repairing the walls with drywall mud. The walls in the hallway bathroom were really messed up too, so she used some joint compound to fix the holes and dents.