Well once again it's been a long time since the last post, and this time I don't have a very good excuse. Can you believe the main reason for not posting sooner was that the counter tops in the kitchen weren't clean so I couldn't get a good picture?
That sums up how things are going these days. We've come quite a long way since the last post. The floors are finished, the painting is mostly done. Just a bit of touch up and trim to paint. The last being a bit difficult since we don't have any yet. As you can see though we have a wood bin in the mudroom which was being filled as it was being completed. That happened earlier today with the help of Matt, Sean, and Sarah. It was great even if the skid steer has a flat tire, and could not be used to haul wood from the pile to the mudroom. Will's tractor did stand in duty on that front and we were done in no time. Thanks everyone!
We've been busy putting together our kitchen from IKEA, and finishing up lots of other little things. We also got our phone hooked up a few days ago. So soon we will have high speed internet as well. A first for us.
Last weekend I took a couple of days off and went to take a class on low impact forestry. It was a great class and well worth the time away. The emphasis was on the horse logging side of things, and I learned a great deal. I got to do a bit of logging with a great Belgian draft horse named Molly. Having never driven a horse before she went easy on me and no one any worse for the wear at the end of the day. I've always been intrigued by those big draft horses and this certainly makes me think that I might like to try farming and logging with one or a team in the future.
We have begun to think about a barn and other building which would certainly be a prerequisite before horses came along. We plan on doing some major thinning in the stand of trees that is close to the yurt this winter, and hopefully that will help us figure out some more specifics about barn and other building placement. The guy who has been doing some logging on our land in the last few years is also going to do some more cutting this winter and we'll see if we can arrange something with the local mill to either have some of it milled or some sort of swap for milled timbers which we hope to use in the barn construction.
It's been getting colder around here and as you can see in the picture we've had some snow which Abrahm has quite enjoyed. It's been staying pretty warm in the yurt with the wood stove so far, but we haven't had a major test yet.
Hopefully the plumber will be back the early part of this coming week to hook up the last things and then we will really be getting close to moving in. Not really interested in paying another months bill for the storage unit.
Hope you're all well and had a great Thanksgiving. Time for bed!
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