Adding currents

August 27, 2007 (6:26pm)

65º F, Cloudy, SSE Wind, 9 mph.

Good evening,

I finally have my extension cord back! The one we have been using to power the refrigerator, rather than the lamp cord extension that was on it. We now have two new outlets installed, one for the refrigerator. Hooray! The hard part was stringing the wire in the wall. I did find that there was a gap at the top of the wall to run the wire through. I didn’t think I would be able to do that and was expecting to put the wire on the surface again, but in a less obvious place. I did need to make a slot about 3" long in one place, but it will disappear when I build some cabinets. All of the wiring is now complete in the old eating place. I will add one more outlet one the opposite wall from the refrigerator, and it will also supply a new outlet into the bedroom too.

Before breakfast, I had the old range out. I thought Margriet would be jumping for joy - she was. She was glad to see it disappear. So was I! I do need to re-pipe the gas to the new range. The old line was put through the back splash of the counter top. Not too sure how I will repair that, but no matter what I do, it probably will not look all that good. Margriet sure didn’t take very long to find a use for the added counter top she has not been able to use before, even though it was only about 2' wide. I think we will pick up a section of counter top to fill the space between the refrigerator and the new stove. The cabinet from the main house will support the counter top, with the help of a couple of wall brackets, since the cabinet is about half the width of the new counter top.

Before I started the wiring this morning, I figured I would be a bit short of wire, so we ran into town. As it turned out, I had about 4" too much of what I had and didn’t need any more. Of course if we had not gone, I would have been about 4" too short. What else is new? Eh! I also need a cover for a 4" box to provide a place to gain power for the lamp over the table. They didn’t have one of those, so may need to go into Iron River tomorrow to my favorite Ace Hardware store to get one. While there, I think we will pick up a table saw. I have been using my Dad’s old saw for everything I needed cut, but haven’t used it for a few years now. It is old, very small, and the bearings need new babbitt again. I really don’t want to fool with that, or even know now where to get some.

The saw I have been drooling over is a house brand of the good old Delta I have used while teaching forever. It ain’t fancy, but will do all I want it too, just as the style did in the school shops I taught in. It no longer is the same Delta I knew, in that there is a lot less cast-iron and much more stamped sheet metal in it’s construction. I will modify it to fit my needs anyway, so as long as the basic structure is there, I will be reasonably happy. I certainly will need it to build moldings now, and cabinets, windows, &c. later.

We didn’t go to church yesterday. For some reason, I got messed up in the time and Margriet got messed up in what day it was. The end result was the we got it all together about the time we were supposed to be a church! Felt really bad about that and something was really missing from our life. This coming Sunday we are assistants for the service, so we will not miss it. We do have to stop at the pastor’s office, probably tomorrow, to see what is necessary and what the readings are. Should be interesting, since the assistants read the lessons, usher, greeters, and are communion assistants. We told you it was a small church!

Instead of going to church, we went to Alpha for brunch at the Circle Café. The café is in the old school and very interesting - food is excellent too. The furniture is made from pine in a massive, rustic style. The table in the booth we had was about 4'-0"x6'-O’ made of 2" thick natural edge pine! All of the tables and chairs are similar construction and very solid. We like the style. We really got a BIG breakfast. We ordered it with ham, which was cut from a “real” ham about ½” thick, two pieces, along with a pancake, hashbrowns, 2 eggs, 2 slices of homemade toast, and coffee. We didn’t need to eat anything for the rest of the day, but I did have a bowl of ice-cream in the evening. Me thinks we will stop there again. They are only open for breakfast and lunch though.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris <><