Frosty nights ... skating!!

 

It was freezing cold outside, but fortunately most of last weeks work happened on the inside. 

There was one of the nastier jobs that still had to be done on the outside though, or better, under the outside ..

 

See that hole under the steps to the suite?

        

That's were James and Joe worked on putting up the insulation under the whole suite ..

It's a pretty lousy job to begin with (all that scratchy fiber-glass), but especially when it's above your head, and than to have only 2 feet of  'sitting-up space' makes it even more challenging!

Inside the house we've done a lot (a whole lot!) of painting ..

 .. and we're still not there ..

But other areas are pretty much done, and are looking quite nice if we say so ourselves ..

   

                             

And the weather? Well ... steady snowing through the night with temperatures around freezing, and this is what you wake up to ..

What can I say .. it's (northern) Idaho .. it's the mountains .. it's a cold Fall!

 

This is looking down into the valley in the general direction of Grangeville ..

Walking through the snow covered pine forest reminded me of Lake Arrowhead .. nine years ago .. 

 

 Wow, time flies!

It's times like these that call for hearty breakfasts, like Grand Slams:

And the delicious spicy heat of hot southern Gumbo!




Well, that about covers this week, I think. 
As for next week, we hope to be finished around Tuesday, and we might have a slight change of plans coming up for the two after that .. we'll see!