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Only one more weekend before the big move. This weekend we got a lot closer to being finished painting the kitchen. A big part of this weekend was the addition of a small landfill. Our Neighbor John brought over his backhoe and dug a big hole in the ground so we can throw our worst trash in it and just bury it. We threw the big burn barrel in with all the charred ceiling panels. Jillian planted some seeds and trees and plants. I dug channels for the three gutters in the front yard and removed all the garbage out in front. We even went to the back of the property and dragged a bunch of trash up into the landfill. Pulled a dead squirrel out of the gutter in front.

Last weekend we focused solely on the garden. We bought a giant bale of hay from someone on Facebook. It was meant for horse feed so next time we need hay we will buy from Curtis Kuehl. We chopped up a lot of dead wood from the timber and brought it up to the garden and layered it against posts that we buried in holes we dug.   I did a lot of research on adding a trailer hitch to our car so we can buy a pull behind trailer to haul compost and garbage. Hoping I ordered the right size and can get this trailer in time. The floor paint in the house is finally dry but could use some more time. We will move some more things in before we finally rent a moving truck on Easter weekend.

Seems like we have been at this forever now. Painting is still in full swing on weekends but with the snow, not much can be done outside. Havent heard from our contractor in 2 weeks but our electrician is still putting together numbers. We were able to get a floor jack put in and the materials for the basement steps are getting put in this week (cost was $315). I swept out the garage and bought two burn barrels. We also had Chris bring out a desk he was going to otherwise donate. I think we will have to act quickly to bury and lengthen our downspouts as the snow is finally starting to melt this week. Still havent caught any mice in our traps but there was a dead shrew who must have eaten the poison that I threw out. 

I am very behind on getting a lot of things down here but its ok. We got a quote today finally of $2,400 to redo our downstairs bathroom. Not sure when work will begin. Still waiting on a quote from electrician. Tonight was the first night that Jillian was able to stay at the house and work while I was at work. Pretty much finished painting floors on the main floor. One of the windows fell out today. We really need to get in touch with whoever put them in for some repair. They're a mess. We've begun digging post holes for the garden and laying piles of bed material in rows for the hugel Kultur. Started cutting out significant limbs off of some of the Siberian Elm and we will start using them for posts and inoculating some for mushroom cultivation. I've learned that there is actually electricity to the garage, most of the outlets work but the garage door opener needs a lot of attention. Maybe this weekend now that its warmer will be a good time to work on that.  We have book

We painted more walls and ceilings over last weekend and today the electrician will come put to have a look at the work we need done. We are pretty far along choosing colors and will spend 4 days painting this coming weekend. All 12 mouse traps are set so a survey of mice will be good to know.

We have spent 4 days continuing to paint walls. Tonight was our first big mistake. Ran out of LP gas in the middle of a blizzard. $100 for the guy to tell us that our tank was empty and $150 for a guy to bring us a full tank. It was $1.78 a gallon and we filled it up to its 400 gallon capacity. I had some time to look at the garage construction. There are some very stupid carpentry choices all over but it was good to start to understand what we are in for. Spent $281 on paint. Made some editorial changes to the storage area above the front doorway. We are pulling out so much trim from this house.