Saturday morning, we were all doing a variety of activities. I was touch up painting in the bedrooms over the spots that got damaged from carpet installation. Dad stuccoed around the patio door. Mom sealed cracks in the stucco with elastomeric caulk so, hopefully, they won't continue after I paint.
After lunch, we took a truck full of junk to the metal recycling place. This place is great if you have old appliances - they'll just take them from you. Yay! Randomly, they paid us $14 for an old stainless steel sink. We totally weren't expecting that. Alas, even though they would take the aluminum window frames, they wouldn't take the one that still had windows. We still had to figure out what to do with them.
On the way home, we decided to stop at a specialty paint store to get some questions answered. The guy was very knowledgeable and we got information. Also, he noticed our old windows in the back of the truck. He commented that he was building a greenhouse. We said he could have them if he wanted. Score for both of us! We thought we were going to have to take them to the dump. This was so much better.
That evening, we installed the baseboards around the floor of the bedrooms. The uneven gaps are now hidden.
Sunday, the work continued. Dad put the top coat of stucco on the door. As I watered it Saturday night (something you do with stucco to, hopefully, prevent cracks while drying), I realized I need a light over it. Just created another task.
Mom and I filled more cracks with caulk. After lunch, we bought electrical supplies and exterior paint. We're moving right along with this house! The day ended with Mom and I filling even more cracks. Dad painted primer (actually, cheap 'Oops' paint) over the new stucco on windows that had already been sealed by Mom and I.
Monday dawned and Mom and I continued our battle against the cracks. We discovered the sun definitely has an impact on their creation. Less sun = fewer cracks. Dad spent a bit of time moving things out from the enclosed patio room. It's been a major work and storage area, but the walls there need to be painted as well.
When it got too hot for Mom and I to work our front on cracks, the three of us came inside and installed the ceiling trim in the guest room. Now, the only place left needing trim is the living room, since we're still working on closing up the wall from installing the door.
After lunch, we spent some time moving furniture from the garage into the house. Many things had been there while rooms were under construction. Now that all the bedrooms are available, I can get more moved in. Yay!
Dad spent the evening priming more new stucco areas. Mom kept working on cracks. I worked on the wiring for the new light over the patio door. This involved installing a switch and running some new wire to connect the light to the switch and the switch to the circuit. I ran out of time for the light itself to be installed, so that will be a project for another day.
More things will be happening this week, as Mom and Dad decided to work here the rest of the week, while I go off to my paid job. =)
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