Hold me back... Hold me back...

At the apartment complex when we take Copper for a walk, he is always on a leash.  The terrier half of him strains at the leash to get to the rabbits, birds and squirrels that he encounters.  He'll run to the end of the retractable leash until it stops him short.

At the house, we can take him outside off the leash.  He minds well enough that he comes back when he calls.  However, we were wondering how he would react the first time he encountered a critter in the yard. Would he go tearing after it?

Yesterday, when Robyn took him outside at the house off the leash.  There was a gray squirrel in a small tree just outside the back door (I saw a black one the other day.)  Copper just stood calmly on the steps and stared at it.  Guess all that stuff on the leash was just bluster.

Sunday was another productive day for us.  An early start at Home Depot where we picked up the new tub and the wall enclosure.  Interesting loading it in the 35 degree weather with the 30 mph winds and occasional snow flurry.  I learned my lesson from trying to haul the 12 foot long 2x4's down the interstate so we took surface streets from Home Depot to the house. 

I used every inch of the 50 foot rope I keep in the back of the truck to tie everything down but the wind still blew over the box with the enclosure walls.

My corner trim for the sheet rock got caught between the box and the side of the truck and all three pieces have a nice little crimp in them now. 

We bought a white fiberglass tub with a reinforced bottom so we don't have to pack it with mortar to keep the floor of the tub from flexing when the tub is used.  The walls and tub have a joint which hooks together and doesn't require caulking or greenboard.  (I'll put up the greenboard regardless.)

Robyn's main project for the day was to finish putting up the replacement for the ceiling fan that used to be in the dining room.  Here she is attaching the crystals...

Once all the crystals were attached, we wrapped the chandelier in plastic; sanded the spackling over the holes of the drywall screws attaching the medallion to the ceiling (the screws were countersunk); and then Robyn did a bit of touch-up...

For those of you who may not remember what this room looked like when we first started, here is a before shot...



We still need to put the crown molding and curtains up and install the flooring, but this is how the room looks now.

Even after cutting off over 4 foot of chain and wire, we're going to have to shorten the chain some more.



But that's a project for another day.

Another big accomplishment for the day, was finishing up the master bedroom.  Here's some shots of it...

As soon as the closet is painted, we can put the flooring down and start moving furniture into this room.

We also got the last of the sheetrock up on the soffits in the living room.

Unfortunately, my cordless drill ran out of battery about the same time I ran out of sheetrock screws.  Robyn was raking the yard to get pieces of debris up so we can cut the grass next weekend.  She encountered some issues as well.

Final bit of work for the day was to carry the bathtub upstairs.

Copper was just about as excited about this tub as he was with one full of water.