First off, thank you to all of you I know who have served in the Armed services.  You are all the reason I have the freedom to move to the woods and build my dreams.  Despite the issues I have with this country, it is my home and I respect all of those who have served to protect it and continue to do so.

I had a really fantastic weekend.  The Donut King of Port Wing returned for a working weekend at the cabin.  There was painting of trim, logging, brush hogging, shooting, BBQ-ing, drinking, and fraternizing.  Many things were accomplished.  Much fun was had.  I have some video that I shot felling a tree and the wife shooting and hitting a target with a 12ga shotgun to come after they get edited.  I also missed my first great video with the gopro, after changing batteries the damn thing switched to snapshot mode and took a picture of my face instead of filming us felling a 50 foot tree.  I guess I need to fell another dead tree.

We built a tripod to hold the solar shower out of some Aspens we cut down.  There are about 6 million of these on the acreage so we are using them as we clear some of the scrub.

We painted a bunch of trim.

We also started installing the trim.  Nail guns are amazing tools.  I also am getting better with each corner but I can say for sure, finish carpentry is an ART! I am still a neophyte here when it comes to carpentry at this skill level. Just a small difference in the corners really makes a big difference and requires a lot of fidgeting to get it all to fit and look decent.

I am getting much more confident in my coping skills.  I made a few minor errors but nothing that will be too visible after paint.  Maybe just a little caulk would be in order as well.  I have two rooms cut.  I cut the square sides just a little long so that I have room to fit everything and trim it up once it is painted.  I would rather it all be a bit too long than too short.

Today was supposed to be a putzing day.  But the wife ended up showing up early and helping me get the last door in.  It was by far the easiest.  I am getting a lot better at hanging doors.

I put the ceiling fans back together.  Moved the cabinets to where they are going and did a bunch of clean up.  I ordered my crown molding and door casement trim.  That should be here tomorrow but I am not picking it up til Friday.  Starting to look livable, well closer anyways.

Also ordered the outdoor shower bag today.  It was warm enough to remind me that it will be nice to shower outside soon.  I just got one of those solar bag camp showers.  Going to make a little tripod or stand for it in the next week or so.  Lots to do, lots to do.  But soon we will be done.  I am really looking forward to trying my hand at some of this trim stuff.

With the exception of the corner that was behind the furnace, we are done painting.  The first coat covered so well, there we only a few spots that really needed a second coat.  I am pretty sold on this Sherwin Williams paint.  Besides giving me 35% off on the paint since it was a contractor over buy, It is really nice paint.

I measured for base and moldings, casement extensions, window and door trim as well.  Hopefully I can order trim Wednesday, for the Thursday delivery.  And get all my tools set up to hang that, and put in some doors.  Make casement extensions, sills and all that good stuff.  Things are moving along quite nicely.  I was not expecting to be done with painting yet.  Except with two of us, we painted the whole house in less than 4 hours.  Which is not too shabby.

Started putting on the color in the house.  Here is the color called likeable sand.  Took about 6 hours of work to slap that up on the walls.  Pretty soon I will get to work on some new stuff which is always exciting.

We started painting tonight.  I had estimated 10 gallons to cover the walls and ceilings for 2 coats.  The meant that we would need to get darn close to everything done for the first coat.  Well we were a bit shy on that one.  We rolled 5 gallons of Killz2 Sealer Primer tonight.  I worked with the roller on an extension, doing the ceilings, and wall tops.  The wife did the lower walls.

I thought I was excited to paint.  Until I started painting and then I remembered I don’t really like painting anymore than drywall.  In fact I was not excited to paint I was just really really glad to be done with the drywall.  In painting I found some spots that need a bit more sanding or a slap of joint compound.  So I am going to finish coat one on the wall and one half that need it, sand and fill a few gouges tomorrow.  If I am feeling really adventurous.  I am going to do some brush edging.  I forgot how much work it is running a roller on the ceilings.  My shoulders are killing me.  I am really hoping we can spray the color coats.  Much easier.  Enjoy some photos of primed walls.