So, most of the work on the house has been going on inside. The plumber came and did all his work. It was inspected and passed. We have a water spigot on the side of the house that works, but until we get all our plumbing fixtures for him to put in, he's finished. So that will be next fall. The electrician has been coming and after our walkthrough, we have 34 canned lights to put in. He does the wiring and we do the buying of the lights. And he puts them in, so that won't be until next fall. But we do have some power available. Tony and I put in the support box and roof flange for the wood stove. While we're gone, it should be insulated and sheet rocked, which means we're coming close to the end of Monty's work. It's been very enjoyable working with him. I spent most of this weekend painting the trim around the windows and corners of the house. Got mostly one coat on and will have to do a second, hopefully before we leave.
Here's an update on our cherry blossom tree. It doesn't take much to have a green thumb here. Things just grow, so we didn't screw it up. The tree is blossoming and the leaves will be out by the time we get back.
So, what are Saturday mornings like around here? About the same as most everywhere else. Soccer games, tee ball, little league. They do have old timers softball. It's big here and I'm going to join as soon as we get the house done. You have to bat, but somebody can run for you. I went out in the yard and practiced catch with Tony and I think I can still play. Yay! But the one major difference here on Saturday kids' sports day is Keiki Rodeo! Keiki is Hawaiian for children and I must say there are a lot of budding cowboys here in Hawaii. So we went to the Keiki rodeo for a while and watched some little kids on man size horses do some barrel racing and break away roping.
Int barrel racing the idea is you can't lose your hat before you enter the arena or it's a deduction. You can't allow the horse to stop or reverse. You must keep it going. The first two barrels are done in a figure eight, then you high tail it to the third barrel, circle it and go gangbusters back over the finish line.
In break away calf roping, the calf gets a head start and the rider has so many seconds to lasso him and let the rope go. If the contestant tries but still hasn't lost the rope, he/she can keep trying until time runs out, but if the rope falls and the calf isn't lassoed, then it's a miss. The kids are still a little small to actually dismount and wrap the calf's legs with the rope. This video is a little hard to see, but the kid actually lassos the calf and you can see the rope trailing on the ground. A success.
So here's a couple pics of the house with some of the trim done. you can see in the top picture the sidewalk forms are in place to go from the front door to the lanai. Gary of Gary's Custom Cabinets is going to do a 40 inch wood front door with two sidelights. The red trim is the color of Waimea barns and represents the red dirt. That's why we wanted that color. It goes on bright but dries dull like you see on the roof trim.
This is the back of the house. That's the dining room window. The small one is the guest bathroom and the last is a guest bedroom window.
