Day 31, "Every picture has a story"
John is playing the piano which has a LONG story! We found this on a farm north of Devils Lake ND while we were living in an empty dorm at the school for the deaf in Devils Lake ND. The family had remodeled their house and did not have room for it. We purchased it for $100 and moved it to our second floor living place. I asked some deaf boys to help me move it up the stairs that were 10 feet in length. A few days after I was "called out' by the superintendent as I should not have had the boys help me. This picture was taken at the school. From there it went with us to 710 Third St. in Devils Lake and from there it came to 2094 Niles in St. Paul. With a sanding disc on my saw I put all new ivory (not real of course) keys and then used up MOST of my life time elbow grease to refinish the entire piano. Mike Adkins recently said that in redoing their second floor bath he almost used up all of his redo skills!! (by the way Mike does beautiful work) Well I have NEVER refinished anything since the piano. When the piano turner came one time he said he had never seen a piano that was so ornate and so HEAVY. In fact when we moved into our home in St. Paul the seller would not allow us to move the piano in until he received the last $10,000 because he said he thought it may damage the floor! I should say that IT departed our home and went to the Obergs and it now proudly sits in Mike/Cynthia's home.
Yesterday ended on a HIGH note and today started on a HIGH note. I pretty much worked ALL day yesterday at getting electrical boxes in the living room ceiling for the 2 fans. Finally about 4:00 I tested the 2 wires coming out of the boxes and YES they were good AND both boxes are secure and level ready to welcome a fan. It seems that it took way way too long but it is done. I ended up purchasing a voltage sensor to see what wire was hot and what was not. I asked brother Dave how to determine the hot from the neutral and to my surprise he did not know or perhaps he knew but I did not understand. Anyway for $15.00 I was able to get a tic tic tic out of one wire and a nothing out of the other, way to go Carmen. Will I ever use the voltage senor again, not sure.
Then to top things off I stepped on the scale this morning and I met my weight goal of Sunday by .1 pound! I know, it is a bit late but as they say better late than never.
Terry started her cucumber pickles yesterday with cucumbers out of our garden. AND to make matters even better our Early Girl tomato plant has a tomato that is about ripe enough to eat. Way to go Terry and Carmen, you know how to garden!!!
I may not get too much done around here today as we have a few places to stop at today. Then tomorrow we leave for 24+ hours to get some barn wood for a door on the bathroom. That has gone on so long I am temped to just put a sign on the door with "open" or "busy" and when someone is in the bathroom they can just pull the busy sign. That would rival our three holes on the farm that had a wooden "busy" sign. That way as one rounded the corner of the house you could see if the three holes was occupied! I more I think about it the more I think there is no need for a door. Really, the toilet is hidden around the corner so that would be fine but then the shower--there is a curtain there so again maybe no need for a door! On second thought I need to consult Terry for sure. She may have a different idea!
It looks like we are in for more rain tomorrow so if that happens it will again be good for the lawn and garden.
Enough for now. I have enough FP left to sip on as I water the garden! Then on to those fans again to see if I can read the wiring directions. I will be sure to try the English ones rather than the Spanish ones!
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