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Friday, March 12, 2010

This Is a Townhouse????

It has arrived! Yesterday afternoon the door bell rang. By the time I got to the front door, the UPS man was already in his truck and speeding away. Those guys don't waste any time these days!

April was here, so I forced her to lug it into the house. Then it simply rested after it's long journey for the rest of the day. It was a very tired little house. Vermont is far, far away.

This morning I opened the box and did the check list and labeled all of the parts. Yes. I am actually following directions! Amazing.

Tessie wandered in after I finished labeling. My hammering woke her up.

Here's a "Where's Tessie?" photo. It will give you some idea what is in store for us. I mentioned hammering. The first thing I have to do is to punch holes where the nails are going to go. That way it will be easier when I actually start putting the thing together.

Tessie volunteered to look cute and point to the holes. I am doing the first ones in the channels where the floors fit into the sides.

The other thing that I have to do is kill all of the rounded corners in the window, door and stair openings.

It is simply a matter of taking my fine toothed saw and straightening them out. Not a big deal, but very boring. I still need to sand the corners also.

Tessie stayed long enough to point and smile at a corner. Then she was finished for the day.

She did come back twelve minutes later(some kind of record for her) and, with a straight face, looked me in the eye and asked....."Is it done yet?"

"See for yourself, Tessie......Not quite."

Sorry this is so short, but I have to get back at it if we are going to get to the fun part sooner, rather than later.

See you tomorrow. Post Script! Tessie here.....I have a door! Look!

6 comments:

Debbie said...

You know what they say Casey no res for the wicked. Tessie is going to be driving you round the twist to get her Manor built. I've had a great day rummaging in all my stash and found lots of stuff I'd forgotten about..

rosanna said...

Such a nice little house And it comes from the Mail... Tessie will be on the moon wit joy. have fun Rosanna

Jo Raines said...

You'll probably have it built completely before I finish Joanna's wiring! We are going to tackle that task during her spring break week which I think is week after next! would you like to send Tessie to help us?! LOL!

Jody

Kathi said...

Your new house looks like a BIG project! I know you'll have it done in a jiffy. Especially with your little coach/hindrance there...

miniacollection said...

I am looking forward to seeing the house. I will be more patient than Tessie ...
I love the door.
Geneviève

MiniKat said...

Can't wait to see more pictures. Have fun, Casey!