November 30, 2008

After sleeping 12 hours it was time to get up. It's hard to tackle any "to do" list with sleep taking up so many hours! I don't know what it is about being at O'Wich...it's so easy to sleep.

We were looking out the back window and Carlo spotted three trees along the river that were gnawed by some critter...most likely a beaver or three. He had been on the prowl for the bothersome red squirrel duo, but now we may have some other havoc wreaking visitors. We went down by the river to check out the damage. OMG - it was more than three trees...it was five! Hopefully, they are done and maybe we can salvage the trees for firewood if the beavers haven't built their condos by the time we can move them. We don't know how long it took for the trees to be chewed like this and we don't know if they were keeping their teeth sharp and looking into building. We did want to prune down the amount of trees, but those weren't any of the ones we wanted to get rid of!

We put up the bathroom fixture after custominzing the install and conquering a few minor set backs (of course, nothing can be done e-a-s-y). And in true Bob Screw Up fashion, the wiring was all messed up. Good and bad. Now the wall switch operates the fixture (good) and the ceiling light (bad). Not part of our plan however we do have an outlet and the fixture looks great. 

We had to build a box to hold the fixture flush. The walls are log and there is no way to run the wiring in the wall. Everything has to be surface mounted. The fixture couldn't be mounted without an electrical box...so the wooden box houses it and the wiring. 

Oh, by the way - it's snowing!

It was another lazy evening. TV, fire, food and sleep. It's amazing that I have to wake up from a nap, just to go to bed!