FORWARD PROGRESS AND HOO PONO PONO AT THE HEART OF AN! We thought that after we had moved in and unpacked that we would be able to sit back and relax a bit, not realizing that there was still so much to do. Not only with the building of the guardian casita, but there are so many things, both outside and inside our house, that need attention. What makes it easier and more fun for us is that every single day there is obvious progress and everything becomes more beautiful. Hidden layers of exquisite beauty keep emerging from the Invisible! During the past week, major progress was made at the guardian casita. The walls are finished and the roof is going on at this very moment. Next, we need to put in the electrical cables, the plumbing, the window and door frames, then put yeso on both the interior and exterior walls. Even though we received several donations this past week, we still dont have enough money to finish the casita, but we can continue for at least another week. Talk about living on the edge!!! The cement floor of the small storage shed behind our house is finally dry so yesterday Emanaku was able to immediately fill it up with building supplies and items for the casita. This freed up some congested space in our house. Weve also had 1 - 2 workers busy building rock wall flower areas, stone stairs and fortifying the walls of our acequia canal that wraps around two sides of our house. Whats good is that we already have most of the rocks on the land and dont need to spend much to do this. The canal work is especially important since the rainy season will begin soon and we dont want the canal to flood our house if there are heavy rains. Our kitchen is in a state of Hoo Pono Pono. There were some leaks around the sink area which caused several tiles to crack. The tiles in this area were removed on Monday. Yesterday, new tiles were glued into position and today they will be grouted. With luck, we should be able to use our kitchen again by Friday or Saturday. Of course, our plumber isnt available this week, so we will do it ourselves.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:10:29 +0000
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