Day 111

After about a week of doing just about nothing, it was time to get something accomplished. I started by painting the wood base that I put up to mount the phone antenna. I had left the ladder on the side of the house because I ran out of daylight when mounting the antenna. The rain started the next day and lasted until we left, so no painting. I forgot about the ladder, and it's been out there for weeks. It's aluminum and none the worse the wear.

Then I finished sanding the chest for the apartment. I finished up the rough sanding and did all of the finish sanding. It's ready for painting. I think that we'll get some paint for it tomorrow.

I also mounted the router on the router table and put the table together. The previous owner had spilled some resin or something on the table and I spent quite awhile scraping it off. Now all I have to do is teach myself how to use it.

I priced out the cost of the materials for the rain gutter yesterday. It's going to be a little more than $200. We're supposed to get another freeze later this week, so I'm going to delay buying it. Instead I'm going to build an insulated box for the well plumbing inside the well house. That will make heating it during freezes a little bit more efficient. Eventually I might buy a thermostat controlled heater just for it.