...just waiting for Spring!!!

Well, the cabin got a whopping 3 feet of snow over the last couple of weeks, so we are unable to get to the cabin, let alone work in it.  This is the time of the year that I can't risk getting cold... I had atypical pneumonia a couple of years ago, and since that time, every time I get cold, it knocks me to my knees for a couple of weeks... so, I have been banned...But, the work does not stop...

Well, the first thing we did for the cabin this year, is to have the 2018 blog book published.  Alexander's Print, in Lindon, Utah, is the company who put these together.  I couldn't get the 2018 book put together for Christmas, because the year wasn't quite over... But, it's all done and a wrap now. The lady who put it together for me, Jammie, does an amazing job, and I love her work... I'm a fan!

We have projects all year long, but in our downtime, which is usually the winter when we are snowed out, we either buy things for the cabin, or we work on projects that will help when we get back up there.. This year, we decided to put packets of balusters together and seal them in plastic.  That way, when we are ready to put the bridge together, or the deck, the sets of 5 balusters are all complete and ready to go.  Each set has two straights, two knuckles and one "S" shape.  We had to find that purchase the sealing unit.. Thanks e-Bay!  Here's the sealing unit...

..and here's what the finished packets look like.

We found this light fixture a couple of weeks ago... I thought it would look fantastic above the table in the little downstairs apartment.  The little circular pieces are glass.. you know how I love stained glass!!  But, this is an incredibly unique and beautiful piece.

And, our piece de resistance...  This was an incredible find this past weekend.  This piece was used in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.  It is a hand warmer - they were all over the streets of Salt Lake so people walking from event to event could warm their hands and not freeze their finger tips off.  It needs a little TLC... I am not sure if we are going to just leave her as is, or sandblast and refinish her, but she is a beauty for sure.  Jim would like to put her on the deck at the cabin, but I kind of think she would look beautiful in the jacuzzi area.  She is powered with propane, and, amazingly, still works.  We are absolutely stoked.  Thank you, Jim.. for indulging me on this one!!  She's interesting, and a beauty...and the potential is, as President Trump says, "HUGE..  really HUGE!"

..she might not look like much right now, but just wait.. she's about to blossom...

As with all our blog entries, the adventure continues, we are still stupid in love, and are excited for springtime...

Jim and Cheri

..and the adventure continues in 2019

If you read our last post of 2018, you would have seen that we bought a glass sink for our upstairs bathroom... It was sitting on the couch in our living room...  I think our cat found a comfortable spot for a nap... (This is actually a good sized sink, but with the cat laying in it, it looks like a contact lens.. he's actually a pretty "sturdy" cat...A friend of Brianne's described someone else's cat as 'sturdy' and I like the expression.  I like to describe myself as... sturdy) . I love this sink, and I'm so glad Mokie loves it too..

We drove down to the cabin and storage on Saturday because we had collected so much "stuff" at the house, it was starting to look like a yard sale...Here's where the sink ended up...I was so afraid it was going to get broken sitting on the living room couch, that I took it down and placed it on the cabinet where it is eventually going to be permanent. I couldn't get the old sink out of the cabinet, so I had to place it on top.  With the green marble counter top we have, I think it's going to look amazing, and I hope the cat approves.

The trailer and the pick-up bed and back seat was piled sky high - seriously high.  The weight was pretty intense and when we were driving, I could feel every sway of the trailer.  I hate that feeling, especially when we are crossing the pass between I-15 and Hwy 89 on Hwy 20.. winding roads, sharp curves - not my favourite while you are hauling a big load.  What you can see in this picture is a pantry can storage unit (it's kind of cool, you load the can of whatever from behind, and they roll forward so you are always are rotating your pantry) and three shelving units for the walk-in closet.  The can storage unit is upside down in this picture.  But, talk about heavy - probably weighs 200 lbs...

Here's the backseat of the truck - drawers for who knows what cabinet.. I've totally lost track. You can see the sink wedged between the front seat and the backseat on the floor..  yep, we were that crammed for space...  Every time we stopped, I was checking that sink...

One thing we bought over the Christmas break was the vent for the main floor kitchen to go above the island.  I want a little cook-top in the island, and Jim thought a vent would look cool...  Jim plans on venting the vent outside and the lights will be awesome.  The antique stove will be in another part of the kitchen and is still in the plan.

 ..and someone had to do it, but, there always has to be the first injury of the year, and here it is... While we were putting the shelving units into our storage building in Panguitch, Jim smashed his fingers between the wood burning stove and another steel thing.. this was the result.  When it happened, he screamed, but, I didn't know the extent of the injury.  He had gloves on and the storage unit is kind of dark, and it was snowing super hard.  When we got to the Silver Eagle - the convenience store in Panguitch, we checked it out, and this is what we saw... not good.  At the end of the year, Jim drilled through his knuckle, and this year, to start out, it's his thumb.  Took us a couple of hours to get home, got some pain killers into him, and it was throbbing until about 4 this morning, when I think he finally fell asleep from exhaustion. I think he should go to the hospital, and have the bone checked out, but he disagrees with me, and because he's bigger than I am, I can't just pick him up and drag him in like I used to with  Brad... Poor thing...

Our year is off with a bang - good things ahead.. the adventure continues - Jim and Cheri