Year two and beyond
Well, delivery day passed without an entry (sorry!) but we haven't forgotten about you!
Year two kicked off with some excitement as we purchased a kayak! You can probably see it in the lower right of the webcam image - it's the red thing lashed to the upper rails. It's been out for a quick spin in the marina, but neither of us has braved the open lake yet to see just how good we are at keeping upright.
Meanwhile, on the construction side of things, progress continues as well! The final things on the bedroom to-do list are falling one by one. There are shiny new bookshelves against the closet wall, and nice hemlock molding around the ceiling, making that room look much like the front room does with wooden ribs. All that remains is a bit of molding around the port window and everything will be done.
One sticking point (pun intended) for a long time were the doors. There are wheels on the bottom of each door that are supposed to facilitate rolling them open and closed, but all three doors dragged unpleasantly for some time. The weather was finally nice enough to take the doors off for a while, put some screening up to keep the cats inside, and take a look at them. It's amazing what a little WD-40 and grease will do, and now they glide to and fro with the lightest of touches, just like they did thirty one years ago!
On all of this (and more, no doubt) Kristin has lots of photographs and lovely prose ready and waiting, so be sure to check back again very soon.