Day 215 - cleaning day

Day 215 was a busy cleaning day. Up at 8:45 and out of the house after breakfast at 9:45, stopping at Tims and to pick up Shaina, back to house to grab lunch meat and out to the ranch by 10 ish. Time to get cleaning. Just after 10:30 Mom arrived to help :-)

 using the new hide a hose for first time

the girls changed out a few CFL bulbs

 the mountains were crisp today

 Mom cleaned window sills

 lunch time

 then she used the vacuum

 the stairs carpet installed yesterday in better light

 basement carpet yet to be stretched and finished Monday

 Shaina scrubbed their bathroom tub and installed the shower rod

 Sheldon adjusted the light now that all hardware was removed :-)

 Britt's closet started

 floors before

 Zoe finding some sun

 Britt puts the hardware back on

 Shaina trying to decide her closet configurations

then it was time for a break

 Britt's closet finished

 Us girls went out and wormed all the horses. What nice weather for November.

I "Bona'd" the office floor

 Kaylin stopped out bringing Tims treats and drinks for all and gave Shaina a ride back to town at 3:30 pm

 the bath chandelier

 Mom cleaning cabinets

 assembling the new pantry shelf

 in a few steps

 but complete

 Britt bona'd the main floor

 then it was chandelier installation time

 requiring many hands

 and a few swears, finally I had to take over and solve the issue giving S the tool passer job

 and success

Mom could not reach the top of high cabinets so S tried no luck so I grabbed the swiffer and modified it with wet cloth with success here too

 the dishwasher I forgot to photo yesterday

 the pantry shelf in place

 the fireplace door called to Sheldon to clean

 so he and Mom shone it up

looking very clean and ready for the first fire. At about 6:30 we came back to town with the horse trailer. Sheldon dropped us off to make supper while he went and washed the trailer out ready for loading. Mom and Britt cut the last of the apples from our old tree and added Coreena's saskatoons making a delicious crisp which we enjoyed at 9:45. Visiting, blogging and hockey viewing were the evening activities. Mom headed to Amanda's around 10:15 to hit the sheets.

Day 214 - carpet is laid!

Day 214 - no school so Sheldon and I both took work off today so we can all (wait, just 3 of us, Shaina is going grad dress shopping with Shannon some time today) work at the ranch. At 9 we were up and finally out of the house after 10. First stop Tims then to Totem to pick up more closet organizers grabbing some sandwich meat & cheese at No Frills. Time to stock the fridge with lunch food and beverages. We arrived at the ranch at 11 where the carpet crew were busy putting down the carpet. Very different to see it en mass, not a small sample.

Dustin and Connor were busy

cutting the register holes open a bit more to fit the fancy covers we bought, and Connor assembled the vanity, they also caulked all the granite vanities and the tub

 Britt spent most of the day sweeping, vacuuming and cleaning stickers off the windows

 note the ever increasing mound of recyclables and trash in the background!

Sheldon graded the road, then came in where Dustin helped him reset the dishwasher to fit better dinging the floor in the process.. UGH I guess I am used to it now. The back insulation had to be cut off to make room to push in more. Dustin builds a super tight fit cabinet that is for sure, all the appliances will never move once in.

Sheldon then shocked the well with bleach

here he is cutting the closet shelf

 here is the finished cabinet sans granite

 the stair carpet guy hard at work

 Rob popped out to help install the exterior stairs

 here is a better day shot of the back ones

 front stairs

Shaina and the girls stopped out on way home from dress shopping to check progress here inspecting her room

lifting stairs in place

 and attaching

 seems like the grade is to low up front, note the horses booking it in the background, 7 more soon follow. They love the free roaming of winter

 here are 4 samples we found yesterday at Home depot and Julian tile

 but here is the winner from Euro tile, note the colors are skewed in the photo

 barbecue deck stairs go on and I missed big deck since I was cleaning

 greetings and welcome

 then I sealed the slate with first coat

 still wet and bubbly

 Rob throwing up a guard rail in garage

 while Sheldon installed the last exterior coach light

 finishing it up

 and done, now to be painted.. this winter

Then it was on to closet organizer installation starting in Britt's room. Here she holds the mini shop vac while S drills pilot holes.

 unfortunately the drill bit was too small so project was put on hold

so we went to install the granite only to find it did not fit, {also just found not only did stainer stain the entire left wall but tried taping the wee area down the right and pulled off the paint and the drywall paper too!! good grief. Should have picked the mobile home I think :-) }

so install the garage thermostat and change out 5 of the under counter lights that were yellow light rather than white. This was enough to wrap up the day.

At Six we came back to town where I made supper and TV became the relaxation choice for a couple. After supper I updated blog while the two watched the end of the movie but Sheldon fell asleep. At 8:15 I ventured to Totem to try and find this zip disc for closet installation and nickel fittings but no luck so tried Canadian tire with success.