Late Summer 2009

Hello to the few people who still have the patience to look at this Blog.
My apologies for not keeping it up to date. It has been a busy summer, and we have not been home on weekends very often, due to work trips to Michigan.
I had estimated that the cabin would be completed by the end of July.
WRONG!
Here we are in September, and I can see the end of construction is now within sight.
I have to finish the ceiling in the last bedroom and then we can schedule carpet installation.
I am starting to feel the weariness of working so many hours up in Michigan. I will be very happy to call it DONE soon. We look forward to the weekends up there with no major chores to be performed.
Sue Ann is busy giving the walls 2 coats of water based Ploy sealant while I do finish carpentry.
We did spend a very nice week up there during Labor Day. We worked hard but also enjoyed some relaxing times, including Kayaking on a couple very beautiful lakes located nearby. We also purchased a queen size mattress set so that makes me very happy. I have never been fond of sleeping on the Futon Couch. We also took the time to assemble a dog enclosure for the Beagles. They seem to have gotten used to spending all day out in the cage. I still have to build a dog house for them, but I may cheat and buy a plastic one.
We look forward to having visitors this fall. Winter is very close by. We can tell because the temps at night are now in the mid thirties.

Here are several photos taken recently. Thanks for the visit.
Randy

Kayaks ready to go whenever we need a break.

View from our fire pit.I like to keep a coleman lantern running for old times sake.

Cooper wanted to get into the hammock.........I think.

My Birthday presents included a nice bottle of Strawberry Margaritas. Thanks for the cards!

That's me taking a much needed nap. The hammock is one of my favorite things about the cabin.

We had visitors late in July. My Mom and two sisters stopped by on their way home from a week of camping in the UP. We enjoyed the company!

The bathroom mirror turned out nice. I also made a small shelf that in now under the the mirror. No photo of that yet.

The kitchen is all done and we are happy with the way it turned out.

Thanks again for visiting.