Primed and Ready!

Today is Saturday and Karren is home! YAAY! She was a big help today and we really did some good work around the homestead. First, it was off to the landfill to deposit all the old galvanized guttering we had ripped off the house last week. Throw in a few (3) satellite dishes and one NASTY swamp cooler for good measure. Bill (the guy that runs the dump) didn't even charge us for throwing out the old coax wire. Out with the old and in with the new!

Once we satisfied our lunch cravings with a couple of corn dogs and hot wings from the Flyin' J truck stop we headed home for our next task. Prime the house. Armed with our new Graco paint sprayer we set to spraying paint wherever it would stick. Four hours later we were finished and almost out of primer paint.

The sight of a monochromatic house color almost makes one weep! We saved enough paint to coat the side walls of the center sections (above the roof) but we'll not do those until we move to the roofing operation. I'm still not sure how much of the roof flashing is in good shape and we may have some siding to remove/replace up there. No reason to waste paint there.

We also left the chimney out of the equation because it is slated for demo as well. Gee, the place is beginning to look like I could live there...

There was enough paint left to give the well house a quick coating too. That's it to the right of the blue trash can. It needs new shingles next.

After cleaning up I cooked a steak on the grill and we ate dinner. The quality of beef out here is outstanding. Sitting out in the front yard (sans mosquitos) afterward was sublime.

Perhaps we'll get the finish coat cut-in tomorrow? Maybe we'll just take the day off. Sure is tempting to play hooky. See you all in the next installment of this old Idaho Shack.