Echo's Birthday: The Big Deuce

Today, December 28 is my Big Deuce. Daddy made me a cake. It even had candles. Daddy is the Cake Boss of dog cake making.

- Echo -

B&B Room Renovation

First day of demolition. Removing baseboards, doors and trim.

Adding screws to the sub-floor to remove squeaks.

Pulling down all the bad tape joints.

Adding screws to the drywall. The main reason why the tape joints are failing. In the pursuit of saving $20 in screws the drywaller caused me a lot of work fixing a bad drywall job.

Removed the stiple ceiling for replacement with California Knock Down.

New drywall the the walk-in closet. Easier to put new drywall up versus fixing the old.

The bracket for the wall mounted television. Relocating the power and cable TV outlets so that no cords are dangling down the wall.

Removed the old barely functioning mirror closet door. Reframed for a normal door.

Christmas Blizzard

First we recieved snow for a whole day and then we got the 60 Km/H winds. Visibility was less than 1/4 mile at most times during the day. Our Christmas dinner guest couldn't even get out of his neighbourhood to come to our place. I had to use the tractor 3 times to clear all the snow and drifts.

Water Water Water = Ice Ice Ice

The latest make work project here on the farm. The skating rink is 25 feet wide by 50 feet long. Made in the front vegatable garden. It has dirt burms that I made with the tractor. Next was 3000 gallons of water. We trucked the water from the farmer tap about 6 miles away. A farmer tap is a water well where farmers get water for animals and spray equipment. During our Christmas get together some people braved the cold (-26C) to skate...well at least for 10 minutes.