Now we have started chinking on the other side of the house. Its not done yet but getting there. Randy and kids have framed and installed the last door. We only have a deadbolt on one, so we are able to lock it. You would be surprised at the people that come up this hill when we are gone to browse thru the house. Knobs and other deadbolts will be installed soon. Upstairs is now ready for electrcity! Also recieved Aaron's basic training pic yesterday so I added it here. I added his rank and name with the frame also. Aint he cute!

OK while I was down for 2 weeks trying NOT to get on a ladder...LOL...I re-did this very old kitchen flour cabinet ( this has a built in flour sifter and below has a metal drawer that has a metal cover awesome) I purchased it from someone near here for twenty bucks...As you can see when you look at the pics, its all taken apart, painted many different colors, and was even stored in two different locations when I bought it....My kids thought I was CRAZY! LOL I on the other hand saw how beautiful I could make it. It had layers upon layers of paint, top was black and red, under that was yellow, under that was white, with a thick layer of varnish, under that was white milk stain, drawers were yellow. Now all of it came off with a lot of elbow grease I might add, EXCEPT some of the white milk stain...But, that makes it look even older now. I then stained it with a warm pecan stain and added a satin finish. I also had to strip the counter top ( this is a slideable top, it slides forward to make biscuits I guess)it had some kind of vinyl and it had something like tar paper under it, was very hard to get it all off but then under that was glue that wouldn't budge sooooooooo beings it couldn't be removed I added a checker board style layer of ceramic tile. These tiles were made in a near by factory in the town of Roanoke quiet a few years ago, the factory has been shut down since I lived here for sure and that's eight years this Nov. I bought this about 7 years ago, and have enough to do the kitchen counter....I'm thinking about doing it. Periwinkle blue and beige, not to modern but hey neither am I....LOL ...Let me hear your feedback on this!

Well, yesterday was going pretty well. I did all but the last row of chinking on the one side. I was standing on the ladder about 6 Ft in the air, when the ladder started to fall backwards. I had my hands full of the EXPENSIVE chink loaded in the gun, but I let it all fall and I went with it. Good thing Wyatt was walking by. He tried to help catch me...haha I would smashed him like a bug, but he did break my fall. I thought I broke my foot and thigh, after I regained my composer and got over the initial shock of falling, I as hardheaded as I am ( its an Allemand birth right ) decided to call it a day and sleep on my wounds before going to the Dr. I tell you it scared me very much and was like in slow motion. Actually I think I scared Wyatt more than falling scared me. Blake had set the ladder up for me and I climbed right up before I even checked, and he had set it up backwards. I never noticed till I got to the top, then it was to late. That ladder is history at this house, its been a thorn in my side since we started using it, its one of those folding in different directions, all in one ladders. It's GONE!
UPDATE....Went to the Dr today( day after fall ), he said nothing was broken, just sprang and a possible torn/pulled muscle in my thigh. Have to stay off ladder now ( can't believe people think im to old for a ladder...Sigh...LOL ), Dr's orders...and Kelly's...LOL....Have to take a few days off to heal, but will be back to work soon enough. Heres a pic of the chinked side, well all but the top row is chinked...Looking good huh?

Well finally! We started chinking! Randy and Nathan (teach him to stop by for an announced visit...LOL...J/k) worked on cutting out framing and installing the frame on the last kitchen window, then the next weekend I started chinking. Wyatt and Blake helped of course, but it takes a lot of patience and a steady hand. Can't waste it, cost way to much to waste. You have to look really close to see the backer rod put in between the logs, then you add the chinking. After that you sponge it to make sure it adheres to the logs. I sprayed the foam insulation that grows to fill spaces in the large spots in the corners, then had to cover it with tape so that the chink wouldn't stick to it and peel from the logs. The picture where its just a close up of the logs. That's the finished chinking. In the pictures roof looks silver but its actually beige, the same colors as the windows. Tarp is up because we still not finish painting windows and staining logs. Hope to have that down by Tuesday evening.