Watkins Glen
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It's been a day.
Mitzi wanted to replace the vanity top in the bathroom. So she bought a new top and sink combination. I told her I thought it looked kind of big. She said she measured it.
To save a long story, she's now ordered a new vanity and we're brushing our teeth in the kitchen sink for the next few days.
And what did we ever do before the invention of the multi-tool? They installed the cabinet and then ran the plumbing. Maybe that's normal? But I had to cut the cabinet out from the PVC drain and the PEX. Tricky with the PEX, didn't want to nick anything.
So the photo above is Watkins Glen International. We can hear the cars running from our place, but we can't see it. This is about six tenths of a mile up the road, near the turn-around of our morning walk.
Progress on the house is moving along slowly. We met with Dana at 84 Lumber to discuss the window order. We're going with Andersen double-pane, 400 series. Good thing we met with him too. He had an older set of the plans where the designer had drawn the vaulted ceiling beneath scissor trusses, and we're using parallel chord trusses, which match the pitch of the roof. So the windows in the gable end had to be enlarged, which resulted in them being shipped in pieces and assembled on site because they were now too big to ship assembled. Dana thinks that's going to be a challenge and suggests we have an Andersen rep available. Brad's confident he can do it. We'll see how it goes as we get closer, and when we have to get the windows delivered. The price was about where I expected it to be, so that was a relief. That's not to say they weren't expensive, just that it wasn't a surprise.
We met with the timber frame guys who are going to cut the timbers for the porch and deck. That's going to be pretty exciting. They're going to be the focal point of the exterior elevation. Waiting on their proposal so we can sign the contract. Then they're going to have to coordinate with the architect to get the details for the timber connections to the ICF.
Mitzi had Brad pour a concrete patio behind this place, so she'd have somewhere to grill out of the sun. It also shields us from the road. It was pretty cool last night, so I suggested we go outside and have a fire in her little fire pit. Mitzi's a bit of a pyromaniac, so it didn't take anything to convince her. We sat outside and watched the moon rise from behind the hill. It was great. You could hear the coyotes in the distance. I was also surprised out much we could hear of the road noise from 79, a mile down the hill from here.
Before we went out back, we finished watching The Boroughs on Netflix. Loved it. Kind of like Stranger Things for Boomers. Great cast. Funny, spooky and clever. Some Twilight Zone riffs, along with Thelma and Louise.
Our personal trainer is likely going to get a promotion, which will take him to Elmira and that means he won't be able to work with us anymore. That'll be another challenge. We'll figure it out. Movement is medicine.
As usual, the beat goes on...
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