Slabs to Boards

Finally got the big ugly pile of slabs in the basement milled up into half inch boards. Machines in the workshop did great. Dust collector got plugged up and it took a while to figure out what the problem was, but now it's easy to fix. Looked like a sawdust bomb had gone off after all that work! 

Thursday was a snow day. Once again, surrounding areas in all directions got dumped on, and here in Marquette we got a measly couple inches. It was enough to get the sledding hill started though, so the girls had lots of fun. It's melting now, but the cold is coming back in a couple days. Rain tomorrow. Yuck. Abigail did a fun experiment to calculate how long it would take water to freeze outside and then test out her prediction. 

On Friday the piano teacher took our girls and one of their friends that also takes lessons to a high school play/musical in Negaunee. Frozen. Seemed like a really fun night! Quite a compliment that she offered to do that - I guess she likes teaching those three girls. 

Managed to get the floor and lights in the kitchen pantry this week, but that's it for this week in regards to getting the ground floor in order. Way to many other things going on. Discouragingly slow progress. Had to deal with a botched job at the mechanic too. They replaced part of a tail light and broke a piece of trim in the process, trying to pass it off as being fixed even after I took it back once. I left the broken part with them in hopes that they come up with a better solution. Definitely not inspiring much trust, but no other options within walking distance, so rather stuck with them. 

Meijer's parking lot doesn't disappoint. Sunrises and lake views.

All milled up!

Almost.

Abigail's experiment.

Fun in the front yard.

We checked out the laser light show Saturday night.