Holidays & Birthdays
It has been beautiful summer weather here on the farm. The biggest news is Liz has arrived, and will be spending the summer, and maybe more at the farm. As a result, we have added a phone, and yes, even a mailbox.
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Mailbox time!
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We also spent the first part of the weekend working on the upstairs hallway. There is a lot of water damage to the plaster, so it was decided to cover it all with drywall. We stripped off all the moldings and pulled out all the nails to prepare it for new walls.
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| Prepping the upstairs hallway. |
Waiting for the new drywall. But it will have to wait.... guests have arrived.
To help celebrate Bill's (Greg's Father) 87th birthday, the family arrived on the farm with a tour of the farm and a trip to Monroe for lunch at Bumgardners. We had 12 family members present and the weather was gorgeous. It took away from getting things done, but was worth it. After everyone left, Greg, Liz, and I took a nap. Then, we got down to business.
As I (Laurie) began putting another layer of joint compound down on the drywall in my studio,
Greg started yelling my name and asking for some help. Liz stumbled across our visitor, the bat. While Greg tried to stir up the bat Liz knew was in a corner by all of our electrical supplies, Liz and I held up two quilts to block the entrance to the upstairs. No bat emerged. Liz kept hearing it in that same corner and Greg slowly put each item from that corner into bags and boxes to take outside. Eventually, Greg and Liz found the bat hiding in an empty light bulb box and set it out over by the silo.
After that everyone was very productive and we got about half of the upstairs hallway covered in drywall.
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| Measuring time! |
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| All done, for today anyway. |
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