It's in the details

Song of the day: “Where have you been” by Rihanna. Very catchy, even though it is not her best by far. Good beat, though.

First off, visitor went back home, which followed a rather sleepless night for yours truly since I was stupid enough not to plug in my anti-mosquito plug, darn it. Seriously, I woke at least ten times during the night, scratching every bit of exposed skin. It didn’t help either that the night was extremely warm compared to the nippy nights we’ve been having lately.

On the evening before her departure, visitor came up to where big brother and I were already set up for the evening to start writing…not a lot of that again, seeing as by the time I finally sit down in the evening I can barely keep my eyes open, hah. But it’s sluggishly going forward and some movement is always better than none, right. But anyway, I digress, visitor came up and we chatted for a bit, saying our goodbyes. Let’s hope that the next visit won’t be in seven years, like the last. Time really goes way too fast. Seriously, it has been already more than two weeks since her arrival and the big fire. How weird is that?

A bit of sad news is that our eclectus parrot killed our small blue love bird. And that poor little darling had just barely survived the death of its mate some odd two years ago by constantly teasing yellow bird, and then the parrot, only to have it end with its throat cut by our big red and blue. I had no idea that parrots could be that predatory. *shivers*

There were the normal stuffsies like laundry, dog food and cooking (did a wonderful pumpkin paste on one of my patties yesterday, and a ratatouille today) and of course heading down into the yard. Admittedly I did very little in the yard, since the cooking had to be done, but what the hey, it’s the thought that counts.

As to the cabin for Sally.
While Cousin Ed hauled furniture and such up the mountain so we could start preparing the room, I worked on getting the power set up. Several power plugs (one more to go, this one a little more heavy for when she needs a heater this winter) lights and everything she might need to get through her first night in her new place. She was properly pleased with the cabin, loving the light colors and cuteness of it all. The thing she hated most about the old pool apartment was the darkness of it. Since it is partly submerged under the ground, that’s not surprising. But anyway, she spent the first night there, and claimed to have loved it when I saw her this morning. Details are so time consuming.

Today was all about working on the cabin again, of course. I set up a whole bunch of shelves in the bathroom. First off a closet in the corner, and then two heavy shelves over what will soon be her sink. Will have to work on that a bit soon, too. Ideas are already going through my head and maybe I’ll get to that tomorrow. Big brother and grandpa worked on the roof today. Though the basic roof that was supplied with it was already on, they put padding on top and attached one third of the plating we got second hand. She’ll need it in winter and summer for sure. The cold is just as bad as the heat in that regard.

Hung the window of the bathroom too, so she’d have some privacy, as well as a curtain for her bathroom, because a door would be so closed off, and because a curtain is cozier without taking up much place.

There was painting to be done, again, and planning for the porch overhang, along with planning the pagoda on top of Cousin Ed’s bus instead of the old covering that doesn’t let through any light. She finds it a bit daunting to do it on her own, but that’s the way to learn it. Doing it wrong is part of learning it, and it tells you a lot about what is the right thing in carpentry. Practice makes perfect, and all that jazz.

The car. I got an update yesterday. It’s like we expected, the transmission box, and all oil (2 L.) leaked out for some peculiar reason, since after they filled it up again, they couldn’t find a leak anywhere. So, rather than risk it happening again, they’re going to put new gaskets in. *sigh* It’ll be an expensive “little thing” to do, but also not something to skip since otherwise we might wreck the car.

Well, that’s it for today. In all likelihood I’ll be posting a picture update on Monday, and otherwise it’ll be on Wednesday. We’ll see, won’t we. I’m out.