Saturday After Thanksgiving

And today is opening season for firearms. Already can hear 'blam, blam, blam," in the park behind us. Run, Bambi, Run! I can see a guy on a lawnmower in the corn field, blaze orange. It's barely daylight! The boys knew he was there, they pointed him out to me.

It was chilly last night, but not a hard frost. The buckets weren't iced. He worked on the door installation project and the floor transitions. He also spends time on the internet, researching exactly how to do this.

Back in the day you'd have to learn from a family member or friend. Or the library! Now information is easily available through the phone, with pictures, graphics, schematics. No reason to keep owner's manuals, everything is downloadable online. 'Downloadable' wasn't even a word, now it's a verb and a noun.

He's also taking this time to address the basement door moulding issue. The moulding apparently was broken so a new piece of wood was placed on top, upside down and not door moulding, and the empty space was loaded up with wall mud or plaster. All this was then painted. He pried it off, trimmed the upside down moulding and will repair it with drywall.

We also seem to have a yellow tabby cat hanging around the barn and run-in shed. I really don't want to leave food out for him because I'd also be feeding the skunk, the raccoons, the mice, etc. How do you feed a feral barn cat? My Google finger is not broken, I'll have to look that up on the internet, too!

While installing the marble threshold on the bathroom doorway transition from Pergo to sheet vinyl he broke the end off. He had already made one trip to the Big Orange Box earlier in the day while I shoveled out the kitchen and the barn. (not much difference between those two, really). When he decided to go back to get another piece I went with him.

We also got a bucket of gray porch and deck paint for the 2-horse Gooseneck. The flooring paint is starting to peel, better to attend to this now than buy wood later, right? This trailer is now 22-years old.

Installed the new marble threshold, looks great. The new bedroom door looks great, too. He had to repair the door latch area with Bondo, then put the door knob assembly in. Irene is a little put out that she is restricted for the first time in this house.

Later after dinner he walked into the bathroom and broke the marble threshold. It's going to stay broken. He filed off the rough edge, and that is that. It still looks great.

The temps were mild and the day was delightful. I hope the hunters had a successful and safe day. The sunset was spectacular on Annapolis Rock.