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Ridgetop
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DS1 even made BACON!!! 
I got 3 pieces.
I had to recut several pieces of molding to get them to fit. Still not done, need to put in bottom molding on long side. That will require splicing 2 pieces together since my long pieces are not long enough. The splice will be behind the couch though so won't show. I will also need to do a lot of nail hole filling - not only my brad nail holes but the pre-existing holes from the nails where Bay pulled them out of her house. I think they will look ok after filling though. I finished the short side, and tomorrow will finish the long side.
I was feeling very old and depressed that I did not do the entire project in one go but this evening my buttocks hurt (or are those the glutei muscles?). I realized it was from squatting down instead of kneeling on my new knee! Then there was the climbing in and out of the trailer to measure, cut, fit, remeasure, recut and install. Not old, just still crippled a bit from the knee replacement. I really thank God that I did all the removal of the banquette before the knee replacement since I removed most of it kneeling down!
I stopped before finishing the last side because the miter saw was sitting in the sun and had gotten too hot to use! The last couple days have been very hot -100's plus. I hope it cools down a bit before the ewes lamb. So hard on them in the heat. I may have to send DS1 to get a couple large box fans for the barn. I had two of the large barn fans for livestock but sold them when the kids graduated from 4-H. Wish I had kept them. May have to buy more in Texas for the lambing barn.
DH got two truckloads of dirt and the grandsons shoveled it out and wheel barrowed it to the fill site. If we were on flat land we could use the tractor. I love my mountain views, but working on hills is too labor intensive. Anyway, the boys got it all unloaded and while DH was getting another load they cleaned the barn and creep. DH announced he would get a third load, but he arrived just as the dirt place closed. So the boys collected their pay (less the time they were goofing off, arguing as to who should shovel and who should wheel barrow, and DGS1 sat in the bathroom reading!) and went home in time to swim in their pool. School starts Monday.
I got 3 pieces. I had to recut several pieces of molding to get them to fit. Still not done, need to put in bottom molding on long side. That will require splicing 2 pieces together since my long pieces are not long enough. The splice will be behind the couch though so won't show. I will also need to do a lot of nail hole filling - not only my brad nail holes but the pre-existing holes from the nails where Bay pulled them out of her house. I think they will look ok after filling though. I finished the short side, and tomorrow will finish the long side.
I was feeling very old and depressed that I did not do the entire project in one go but this evening my buttocks hurt (or are those the glutei muscles?). I realized it was from squatting down instead of kneeling on my new knee! Then there was the climbing in and out of the trailer to measure, cut, fit, remeasure, recut and install. Not old, just still crippled a bit from the knee replacement. I really thank God that I did all the removal of the banquette before the knee replacement since I removed most of it kneeling down!
I stopped before finishing the last side because the miter saw was sitting in the sun and had gotten too hot to use! The last couple days have been very hot -100's plus. I hope it cools down a bit before the ewes lamb. So hard on them in the heat. I may have to send DS1 to get a couple large box fans for the barn. I had two of the large barn fans for livestock but sold them when the kids graduated from 4-H. Wish I had kept them. May have to buy more in Texas for the lambing barn.
DH got two truckloads of dirt and the grandsons shoveled it out and wheel barrowed it to the fill site. If we were on flat land we could use the tractor. I love my mountain views, but working on hills is too labor intensive. Anyway, the boys got it all unloaded and while DH was getting another load they cleaned the barn and creep. DH announced he would get a third load, but he arrived just as the dirt place closed. So the boys collected their pay (less the time they were goofing off, arguing as to who should shovel and who should wheel barrow, and DGS1 sat in the bathroom reading!) and went home in time to swim in their pool. School starts Monday.
OOPS! 
Now that I took out the banquette and we have additional space, maybe just a basket at the end of the sofa would work to toss shoes into. Probably easier than climbing the steps to the BR and leaving over to shove them through a small door. Even easier than having to kneel down to reach in under the bed to retrieve them! The space on either side of the bed is so narrow that once I got down I might get stuck! 
 Hopefully this one will be as well. 
