Except it is Wednesday...
I was still stumbling around when Tim appeared fully dressed and ready to go. He headed off to work on the renovation. I was directed to drive over when I was conscious, which always takes a quiet cup of coffee.
I'm not sure how he does that, falling right out of bed ready to go.
So I drank my coffee and made myself get a move on. I had a stop to make to pick up a bag of books for the Amish kids. There were some great titles in there, and I was pleased as anything to have them. She didn't want any money for them, none at all. She just wanted to know that they were going to kids who would be excited by them.
You can always tell a book lover, can't you?
It was a warm day today. Tim had put a second coat of mud on the second bedroom. When I got there, we went across the hall and started work on the bathroom. It had been gutted right down to the studs. Today we insulated the outside walls and the ceiling. We are not yet quite sure what we will do for fixtures there. We initially wanted to keep all the old stuff, but I suppose it would be better to put in an updated bathroom. It's a pretty niche group that likes a 1920s bathroom. We'll keep the clawfoot tub though, for sure. Just reglaze that.
It was nice to be working together.
We went up to the new house to collect the air compressor and the air nailer and some lumber that Tim needed. I also fed the cats. They are really quite fun. The two blue eyed ones with the obvious marks of their Siamese father are the most sociable. Tiger is pretty good, and will approach to be be petted. Minnie? She watches. She will take food from my hand. I can give her a random pet. But she mostly watches.
I'm glad for the distraction of them. It has been fun to watch them learning to trust.
I made my pickled ginger today. I sampled a slice before closing up the jar and putting it in the fridge to age like any good pickle, and was quite happy with the taste of it.
We had our first venison steaks of the year. They were quite tender, so that made me happy too.
We had two more Christmas mailings arrive, and thankfully, there were no problems with those. More boxes ticked.