About 1:00 AM on Friday morning, we lost power. We were under a high wind warning and it sure hit. The rain and wind combination just pelted the house. But - thanks to Jim and some divine intervention - our generator kicked in when the power went off. How miraculous was it that Jim got the generator online about 36 hours before we needed it? And we really needed it - the winds continued all day and we ended up being without utility power for 18 hours! What a great first test for the generator - it passed with flying colors. We were careful, especially this first time, with what power we used, but there was never an issue. We were safe, warm and could use water! It's truly the basics that you are so grateful for. We did lose internet as well - it just came on late last night which is the reason there were no blog posts. Thanks to those of you who checked in on us!
The storm was very powerful, especially in this area. In fact, Saratoga County was under a state of emergency after the storm. There were trees down and roads closed everywhere - including the section of our road in front of our house because of a downed tree a few houses away.
We were also so grateful that we did tree work this year to make the carriage house safer. We lost two trees up on top of the hill - one tree was totally dead and on the list to be cut down.
This big limb fell and missed everything!
Friday was a short day because we had Holy Day services at church at noon. We had previously decided to go to the church in the town close to us instead of our regular church. It was a great decision because it took us forever to get back home afterwards with all the road closures!
For the first time on generator power, we were cautious about what power we used. So Jim didn't work in the workshop on Friday; instead, he did more work on filling in the cracks in the metal shop. He has the process down well now - first, he tapes on both sides of the crack and then starts caulking...
Then he scrapes all the excess off...
All pulls the tape off....
Beautiful!
The utility power came back on Friday night about 6:00 pm. The transition from generator power back to utility power was seamless - I didn't even notice! Again, we are beyond grateful to go into winter knowing that the generator performed perfectly!
Jim contacted the person who picks up his man glitter - Jim had 3 big bags of sawdust for him that he set out on Friday night. So nice that someone can use this and we don't have to worry about getting rid of it.
Saturday morning, Jim redid some wiring on the tv. We recently bought an Apple TV and were then able to get rid of our cable box and remote. Jim has all this set up so well - all the wires go through access holes in the wall so there are no hanging wires!
Jim spent the rest of the day working on installing door frame moldings. First, he had to size each piece...
Then he cut each piece to size and mitered the corners...
Putting in the first finish nails in the small section of the molding...
Continuing to attach the molding...
Such a pretty look...
Working on the section in between the bedrooms...
Measuring to make sure the offset from the jamb face is the same before attaching...
Beautiful!
The bathroom presented a different challenge because there is a still between the wood floors and the bathroom tile. Jim had to cut a tiny piece of the sill in order for the molding to fit flush.
Working on the inside of the living room...
Once all the molding was nailed in the thinner section of the molding, Jim had to go back and put another nail in the thicker portion - these go into the wood pieces Jim put around the door jamb.
Then he had to size and miter the top pieces and repeat the installation process...
Working on the bathroom door frame...
A finished look down the hallway - these add such a beautiful detail! And just imagine when they are all done and painted!
The living room...
This morning, we saw our deer family back on the property. Since the tree butcher has been working, we haven't seen a turkey or any animal. So it was nice to see some wildlife come back. You can probably tell from this picture that we had our first hard frost of the year overnight - it was only in the upper 20s when we woke up.
And, of course, this morning was that dreaded time change day...
Jim's been continuing to read about how best to tackle our Corian projects. Even though Jim was very happy with the cuts that he made with the table saw, Corian recommends that you seam the joints.
This basically involves using a straight router bit to go down the cut edges at the same time, getting a mirror image to the seam. Jim had to measure the seam opening to make sure it was exactly the same width and everything was clamped in place. You can see that Jim's set up looks just like the picture above!
All done!
Wow - after putting the two pieces together, you can hardly see the cut. And this is on the back side where the swirls are very prominent.
Gluing is the next step. It's a two part glue which requires this special gun to mix the two parts together.
Making sure it's mixed well on a sample. Corian specifies what color glue to use for each color; this is Dove Gray.
Starting to glue...
All done! This glue hardens very quickly - you only have 18 minutes once you start.
The underside view. Jim was very smart and put pieces of wax paper underneath the top where it sits on the wood so there wouldn't be any sticking.
There are various ways to cut off the excess - Jim was experimenting with using a block sander.
Before Jim can install the tiny side molding on the bedroom doorframes, he needs to make a wood spacer to go between the door jamb and the wall. Doing some sizing...
At the end of the day, Jim headed to Lowe's to pick up some cabinet plywood as well as more caulk for the concrete.
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