Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Winter is coming.

Remember last week when I said that the Farmer's Almanac said we'd probably have until the middle of October until the first frost... Well.... I had heard that there was snow on the top of Mount Timpanogos here in Provo, so I asked Jim to check the cameras at the cabin for snow... And, yep... we got about an inch of  frost/snow during the night... It melted really quickly, but, we're not very happy here...  I hate snow...


And, the colours are starting to change here in Bryce... and, even though I know these beautiful colours are a precursor to snow, I do like the scenery... Bryce really is beautiful in the fall... not so beautiful covered in that evil snow, but beautiful in the fall...  I'll take it for a couple more weeks...

These pictures were taken by our neighbour, Kelly..



This past week, I decided that the couch we have in the living room is not particularly comfortable, so I bought a new one...  This one is pretty spiffy...  We asked Ben and Kelly to go to St. George and pick it up...  

...and then, Jim and Ben carried it into the living room... We haven't quite decided if we want to get rid of the couch or the loveseat that is already in the living room...  Jim likes the couch AND the loveseat... so, for now, there's a whole lot of furniture in the living room.


And, this is what this baby looks like... I think it's great.


Apart from the 100 other jobs that need to be done, we're waiting for bids to build the steps down from the deck to the jacuzzi... This is something that I know Jim can do, but time is of the essence here, so it's out for bid...


But, before the stairs go in, the footings for the stairs have to be completed, so, this was Jim and Ben's last job on Sunday.  Here, Jim is cutting rebar to go into the cement form.


..here's the form  with said rebar... a couple more pieces and we'll be ready.


And, here's a shot looking down from the deck...  I am totally excited about this...


The ceiling insulation project continues...  Last week the foam insulation was going in, and this week, it continued...


This installation is quite a two man job... and Jim and Ben have got it down to a science...Little by little, it makes it across the room...


It's kind of a juggling act for Ben... supporting an 8 foot piece of insulation, while balancing on scaffolding, and stapling it into place.


...until it's all the way across.



But, Jim and Ben work well together on this project...


After the rows of foam insulation go in, the roof joists gets covered with the mesh to hold in the blown-in insulation... that was the next project...


And before you cover it all up, spray foam in any little gaps that might leak.


Ben does rappelling and stuff like that, so the heights don't particularly bother him... Jim, on the other hand, is really uncomfortable with heights, so this is waaaaay out of his comfort zone... 


The rolls of mesh are super heavy, so again, it's a two man job.  I am sooo glad we have Ben to help.  He's been a life saver.


Jim works to get the mesh up really accurately.  Maybe too accurately. . .


Ben loves the air tools, like the 2 inch stapler. . . You know the one Jim shot through his finger earlier this year.... uhuh...


And, at the end of the day, Ben climbs down the scaffolding, and I'm just glad everybody survived...


Jim and I were looking up at the ceiling on Sunday afternoon, and we saw this... we both commented how it looks more like snotties, instead of foam...  made us both laugh.


And, as we were leaving, our farewell party was made up of.... cows... the little one to the left stood his ground right in front of our car and didn't want to move...  These New Generation Alphas have attitude...



With that, this edition has ended... and, I think I need a nap...
The adventure continues....
Love, Jim and Cheri

Whatever good things we build, end up building us.



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