Some new inside stuff and some new outside stuff

Hello, everyone!  Here I am again, on the NeverEnding Story of the house renovations. Sometimes I think it will never be completed.

 

Yesterday, on one of the soggiest, wettest days, Duke Power came with TWO huge trucks to replace the pole in the corner of the back yard. (The power supply has been buried already.) I was surprised when Jerry said they were coming to do that -- and so were the fellows on the trucks!! They were hoping for an assignment in a nice paved parking lot, but instead they got to work in my mud bog! Here are some photos:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Despite those big rubber mats under the back tires, the huge truck pictured above got thoroughly stuck! So, what do you use to pull a big truck out of the mud? Answer: another big truck!

 

 

That tiny little cable -- seriously, it was about 1 inch in diameter -- pulled that huge truck out of the mud and up the driveway! Here is the process:

 

 

 

I hid behind a tree and just peeked out to snap these photos. I was convinced the cable was going to snap and kill me.

 

Okay -- so, the guys switched trucks and the pulling truck went down the driveway in reverse (yes, it got stuck, as well) and the crew installed a new pole.

 

Now, the scariest part (to me -- the Duke Power fellows didn't even flinch!) was that when one of the crew was up in the bucket up in the air, the weight of the boom on the back LIFTED the front wheels of the truck right off the ground!!

 

 

Yikes! How much does that truck weigh??? Scary. But, somehow, everyone (and the trucks) finished unscathed, just muddy.

 

Okay -- onward to inside stuff:

 

The new stove (gas cooktop but electric oven) was delivered. The fellows had to come through the back door (yes, through the mud bog) because it wouldn't fit through the door at the front door foyer. These guys were funny and nice. I really appreciate their hard work -- they had the most interesting harness system - it sort of distributed the weight between the two guys and made this bulky thing maneuverable.

 

 

 

 

 

And, here it is!  No, it's not blue -- that is a protective film that covers the stainless steel.

 



 

 

P.S. on this -- other appliances (dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave oven hood) are due for delivery on Friday, February 7th.

 

 

And!  More inside stuff -- Eric the Electrician (such a nice fellow) installed all the can lights in the kitchen -- here they are!

 

 

 

 

There has been one setback in all of this- - the island, in the photo above. It is just TOO BIG. It cuts off the flow from the new back entry and just dwarfs the new space. So, the massive thing pictured above will be cut down to a more manageable dimension. Well, one stumble in all of this is not too bad.

 

 

Okay -- that's it for now! Thanks for following along! 

 

Carolyn