Saturday, December 5, 2009

Time is flying by....

I did not realize that so long has passed since my last update. Well, here is all the new stuff.
Temperatures are cooling down. We had two nor'westers (periods of winds from the north west that are a result of winter storms in the US) in the last month with did a lot to reduce the humidity and bring nice temperatures back again.
There is still rain but it is now isolated showers. About a week ago, I had to ride through two of them on my bike commute to work.
Chickens are OK. There is a bit of competition between two of the large roosters hence a chicken dinner will be coming up this week. The "Group of twelve" to steal a Canadian artist reference, at 9 weeks old are the size of 16 week adult chickens. And are quite heavy. Our best guess is that we have about 5 males and 7 females, but time will tell.
We are starting to move into the new house this weekend. The past month has had us going over every night, tacking some little job or the other. The longest running project has been the master bathroom and the tiling. There has been enough do and redo in order to get things looking just right and it looks like we have finally succeeded. It is really amazing how many little things that have to be done. You think you are finished a room then you remember that you forgot some item which leads to remembering another and so on. I am taking the upcoming week off work so I should be able to get the list down to a couple small items if not finish it off.
The garage has also been worked on. We did an epoxy coating on the floor and it is holding out quite well as machines are dragged over it. I have been constructing drawer cabinets to ultimately store tools and other items. I am hoping that I can get the lathe and milling machine into it before the Christmas season. That would allow me to play during the upcoming holidays.
Well, enough of a break. back to work!