More Updates

 Installation of the dishwasher/disposal is ongoing.  There was some screwing around with the breaker needing to be added.  I helped Bryan get that put in.  With the power off, the basement gets pretty dark.  I had to hold the flashlight.  

For both of us to be in the basement, we have no one to police Poor Kittie, and make sure he doesn't go down there.  And no doors we can close him into unless you put him in a bathroom or bedroom.  So, Bryan has these plastic covered cardboard signs left over from the City Market fuel center.  We used these a lot on the move.  We put them in between the furniture to keep them from scratching when we loaded them in the trailer.  They are great if you have to have a waterproof...thing...to put down on the ground or whatever.  And they are big, the size of a piece of plywood.  We took one of those and blocked off the kitchen door while Poor Kittie lounged in the living room.  Then we went out the front door, walked around to the back door, and pulled the plywood off the stairs to the basement.  Poor Kittie could not get through to come down the stairs!  Presto!

So the breaker is installed.  Now Bryan is working on the overflow drain.  He thinks by tomorrow, I will no longer be washing dishes by hand.  

We are not too happy about the John Deere.  Bryan's first attempt to mow got him half way through the lawn, and a belt broke under the mower deck.  We think it caused a safety switch to be busted, because the tractor would not stay running when you shifted it into gear.  Replaced both, began to mow again, and the belt blew apart again, within minutes of starting out.  Bryan has looked up the issue.  Seems a pully often gets nicked when the belt breaks, and takes out every subsequent belt you put on.  So, new belt ordered, along with the pully that looks the worst.  I suggest ALL new pullies, but Bryan is convinced that this particular one is the culprit.  We shall see.  But this is what happens when you buy an older machine.  You have to wrench on it.  

We are still unpacking.  I worked all day yesterday to move staged boxes away from the back door, to their staging area of unpacking or for taking upstairs.  The Green Room (as we've taken to calling the spare bedroom) will be taking most of the items.

I will have to stop and rearrange the kitchen cupboards.  You know how when you move in, you're like, this is a good place for this, and this is a good place for that.  Well, it didn't work out the way I want it to.  So, I need to move some things around.  I am going to use the bookshelf over the basement stairs as my pantry.  I am going to move all the flat pans (muffin tins, etc.) to the drawer under the stove, and the cupboard they occupied will now become the baking cupboard where flour and sugar will reside.  I was using the lower corner cupboard for pans.  But the lids are everywhere in there.  So, I'm going to use a plastic tub for the lids, and shove them way back in the corner to leave more room up front for things I use more often.  

Picks of the kitchen so you can see what I'm talking about:

Looks like Bryan's work schedule for the time being will be 10am to 7pm, Wednesday through Monday.  This is the trainer's schedule, so he thinks that's what it will be. 

That's it for now.  Thanks for reading, and please comment and share!