We took Saturday off from working on the house. Chris, Ray, and Dale came up from NH, and we hit Kingdom Trails on the Mountain bikes. the morning was great (the rain held off until about 2), but after 19 miles my legs were Jello. I just don't have the miles on this summer that I usually do. Anyway, it was nice to have a break, and we had a blast with the guys. Loralee, despite only picking up mountain-biking 2 years ago, and out-bike me up any hill we encounter. So far, I can still stay ahead on the single track, but not for much longer.
Friday, Neal Faulkner (tri-state wells) showed up in the afternoon, and said he'd be gearing up to get the well in. He told Lor he'd be back in 2 hours, but never showed. As of Monday, we still haven't seen him. I'm hopeful we get the well in this week though.
While Lor was at the site, I hit Home Depot after work, and picked up our lights for the house. We decided to go cheap for now, and upgrade to better lighting when we had the money. We have a $1,000 light budget, and that really doesn't streach (Wendy, did I spell that right?) too far. I hate home depot, and am glad we haven't had to use them much.
Sunday, Lor and I were back at the house. I worked on the trim, and Lor worked on urethaning the windows. Today, Lor wrapped up the trim while I put a second coat on the remaining windows on the 1st floor. Also, we picked up the hardware for the 3 doors. We had priced out the hardware at Home Depot, Allen Lumber in St. Jay, but ultimately got the best price at Wheeler's in Lyndon. To be honest, this has consistently been the case throughout the project. For example, we are installing six-panel pine pre-hung interior doors, with black hinges... At home depot, these doors run $170 and you can't get the hinges in black. Wheelers, however, is giving them to us for $130 each, and will special order the black hinges. To me, it goes to show that Home Depot seems to be over rated.
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