Here I am at the beach on a cold and rainy Atlantic day. 
Unfortunately my camera broke while I was on vacation.
The situation will need to be remedied before more pictures will be available for the blog.
Back at the ranch, I can report that the house is a bit of a mess.
All inhabitants are present and accounted for including the dog.
Unfortunately my camera broke while I was on vacation.
The situation will need to be remedied before more pictures will be available for the blog.
Back at the ranch, I can report that the house is a bit of a mess.
All inhabitants are present and accounted for including the dog.
It is very sparsely decorated as there is still work to be done, but it needed to be cleaned up and made functional for the weekend.
The men did an amazing job on the windows, siding, and trim. The store is now bright and fresh.
I refurbished some old furniture and collected odds and ends from around the park to make it homey and comfortable. 
The wood stove is a wonderful addition. It doesn't exactly get warm in the store (especially not when it is 1 degree outside like it is now) but it does take the chill off the air. Plus, it just looks so rustic.
Our old store desk where we will put the cash register once everything is finished:
We have lots of wonderful lights courtesy of Gregg and Scott:
And last but not least, the essentials - toilet paper, kleenex with lotion, and a doofy little frog all of which will move into the bathroom as soon as the polyurethane is done drying:
Three kitties all twirled up together:
Tigre at the bottom, Bakshi on the right, and Dean in the middle.
So peaceful...until I accidentally step on their poor tails as I try to take my laundry into the basement. The laundry, the kitties, and I all go bumbling down the steps together and their nice nap is ruined. 
The men have finished paneling the store bathroom. It is approximately 6 feet by 6 feet and now has pine walls, a pine ceiling, and a pine door. It has a plug-in electric heater.
Between the pine box effect and the heater the bathroom is like a cross between a coffin and a sauna. The men think this is very funny.
Since we put the heater in they have been spending more time hanging out in there than is strictly necessary. At least I know where to look for them when they go missing. 
The Stonehouse is essentially two buildings in one - an exterior house built of stone and an interior wooden frame house. There is a 2 inch air gap between the two which was formerly used to help heat the house. Over the years the wooden frame house has sagged in spots. The floors are no longer level and there is quite a bit of bounce to them. There are cracks in the plaster and gaps under some of the walls as a result. When you walk through the hallway the pots and pans in the kitchen jump and rattle.