I went to the cabin on Sunday, but forgot the camera. Today I went back out with the second car load of my things. Have been battling cold with earache and sore throat, so I didn't do any cleaning out here today, just unloaded that second load of junk. However, I did take photos of the progress made yesterday, so will show those tonight.
My daughter and I had moved one of the work benches out to the porch on Saturday. Yesterday I moved the other one, and made the cats a fort.
The entry way is the one room I haven't shown you yet. Here is what it looked like the first day.
And here it is now.
Much emptier, don't you think?
The kitchen looks empty, too. I still can't get a good shot of that floor, but it was scrubbed and scrubbed yesterday. It still isn't clean, but it is getting there!
We found an issue yesterday. The white unit that was put there to protect the original wall behind it needs to come out of there, now that there isn't soap, lotions and candles being made. But as the landlord and I stood there discussing taking it off the wall, we realized it can't be taken out of the house. It is too big. It was built in the kitchen, so that problem never came up. I fear we will have to disassemble it. The landlady suggested a chainsaw, but I would worry the logs behind might get damaged. I am sure we will figure it out.
Here is part of the collection of blue speckled tin ware I found in the cabinets. I think it just fits the personality of the cabin. If you have any pieces laying around that you don't use, send them to me. I'll give them a good home!
And this, my friends, is a ree-ee tool.
I have been assured that I can take those refrigerator doors off and put the hinges on the other side with this tool. I am going to leave it right here and check back tomorrow to see if the doors are changed. That should work, don't you think? Of course, that's what I thought about the exercise videos, too. I walk by the shelf and look at those tapes every day, but so far they haven't helped a bit. I hope this tool will do a better job!
The landlady brought me the cabinet doors for the cabinets over the stove. I sure hope they have crawled up there and attached themselves by tomorrow, also. I don't want to have to figure out how to get them to stay. Duct tape, perhaps? No. Even I know better than that. I have an electric drill coming and will have these installed in no time with that handy little devise. Patience, that's all it will take for now.
Load one of my personal effects was moved over from my daughter's house on Sunday.
I brought my tv, vcr and movies. I have noise again, yes!
I don't sit and watch it, I promise. I put on movies that I have seen so many times I know what is going on. Right now Blues Brothers 2000 plays over and over. It keeps strange noises at bay when I am out there with just the critters for company. Once we are moved in the house noises will be muffled somewhat, but in empty rooms any noise is very loud. With pecan trees hanging over a tin roof, there are some mighty strange noises I'd rather not hear so well.
As I said earlier, I am fighting a cold right now and feeling a bit sorry for myself over it. As I was driving back to town after I unloaded the car, I got to thinking about a lady we once knew who decided to try a home remedy she had heard about for a sore throat. She gargled with turpentine. Now I don't know about you, but I couldn't get that stuff near my nose, much less close to my tastebuds. She, however, took a big ol' mouthful of it and was gargling it way back in her throat. Her husband came in, and seeing that she hadn't heard him, decided to sneak up behind her and scare her. When he grabbed her he did scare her...and she swallowed the turpentine! When asked later if the home remedy worked she replied, "Well, I don't have hemorrhoids now!" Bless her heart! I think I'll stick with cough drops!
'Night, everybody!
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