Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 17th, 2016
First order of the day was to grout the floor tiles. And then the busiest wall was completed, the one with the cubby hole for soap and shampoo containers to sit. Now the rest of the shower is whole pieces of tile so that should go fairly quickly today. Maybe by Monday this will all […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 16th, 2016
The floor tile has been set and will be grouted on Friday, and then the wall tiles will be set. Also the tiles on the outside of the curb are in place.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 15th, 2016
The cool part, and leak proofing part, is a membrane which is applied to the entire interior of the shower, and is in overlapping pieces like roofing tiles so that water is directed to the drain even if it were to get underneath the tiles themselves. The mortar is all dry this morning, so […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 14th, 2016
Just so pretty outside this morning at -8F thought I’d share. You’ll have to imagine how the air feels, yourself. It got even prettier as sunrise approached.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2016
What a difference a day makes. Today we have concrete board on the walls, and the base sub-floor system including the curb have been cut for size and put in place. Just now the thinset mortar is being mixed, so there is concrete dust in the air in the bathroom. I have no desire to […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2016
Apparently we need our heads examined as here it is December and we’re starting a remodeling project. Yesterday was the dust and destruction part of the process. Our poor cat just can’t understand why it is we keep allowing people into the house who immediately begin to tear things apart and make loud, rude noises. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 11th, 2016
Timing is everything. We had discussed turning the cages upside down, to protect them from being crushed by the snow, but then things sort of interfered with that project. The garden is sleeping and getting the annual covering blanket of snow. So far the past week we’ve gotten about five inches of snow, an inch […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 4th, 2016
We were up really early on Friday, and by the time the sun started to come up, we were pretty much awake, and enjoying a particularly gorgeous sunrise that lasted for quite some time. Normally they are over in a couple of minutes, but not this one. Then it started […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2016
It started snowing this morning, and we have many days in a row with one to three inches accumulation forecast – promises, promises….
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2016
To quote one of my favorite characters in Star Wars. I was seduced to the dark side by yarnharlot. She’s a good, err bad, influence 🙂 As soon as I saw Santa Mouse on her blog I had to make one. Can I only make just one? The jury is out on that at the […]