Two Week's Worth

--> My favorite part of a creating a list is checking off the items as they are completed. I’ve even contemplated adding “Make a list” to each one I compile so I’m able to check off something as soon as the list is written. It’s a thought.

Now that our construction to-do list is getting shorter and shorter, I’m compelled to make an accounting of everything we accomplish during each Torrey visit. Our most recent trip was fifteen days long. Here’s the list:

Completed Elfa closet

Completed dry river around house

Installed mechanical room door

Installed trim around mechanical room door

Moved all of the dirt piles away

Wrapped fruit trees

Winterized garden

Reinforced fence

Checked the yurt for holes

Removed bathroom fixtures from office bathroom in preparation for plaster

Finished lath in office bathroom

            (Repaired bathroom wiring after I put a staple through
             two wires and blew out the lights)

Checked smoke alarms

Planned bamboo fence to go around propane tank

Planned bamboo railing for bedroom

Wrapped exposed wires on solar panel
Planned pantry for living room

Staked future fence line between house and pasture

Staked future driveway

Built firewood rack and kindling box

Once all of that was done, we felt justified in going on a three-day llama trip.

We even went to our neighbors’ apple tasting party! We brought these Kerr crabapples from our trees in Logan. They were a hit!