Time Flies

We’re in the phase of all interior work on the house now. The master bath and the guest bath have both been given their base layers of cement stucco and are ready for the lime plaster to be applied. Then, since there’s a bunch of stuff sitting around, like the bathtub, faucets, tiles and such, the plan is to start putting the bathrooms together so we can have room to start plastering the walls and leveling the floors.

The floors will have more road base added, moved, relocated—whatever—so that the packed adobe floor starts going in and then the radiant floor tubing can be laid down. A final layer of 1” tinted adobe layer will be the final layer of that. Should be a couple of weeks for all of that. After the bathrooms of course.

So that’s three weeks of work (probably more, if history serves.) The plastering should take more than a week, and that brings us to four weeks. Interior doors, kitchen cabinets and countertops, appliances…the list is getting shorter. The time seems to be expanding well into fall. This doesn’t please me. Another fall in The Tin Can is not a happy-making thought for me.

We won’t talk about the costs, OK? We’ll just say that it is all going to be do-able very soon;) OH! And a fireplace is back in the picture and budget!!


This past week saw the rough cut planks and vigas get installed, lathe placed around all the windows and doorways in prep for the plastering and I even devoted most of my weekend to getting some ceilings and the master bedroom closet painted.



Some of the colors that Carolyn played with are plastered up on various walls around the abode. I think she’s finally having fun, since the color and plaster stuff is more her forte.

Damn if this structure ain’t looking like a house now!


I guess there’s not much to bitch, uhh, write about this week. We’re just moseying right along.

I suspect that Lil’ Bit and Lil’ Bun have run off together—no one’s seen ‘em in a coupla weeks. Rusty is still around, looking lonely and racing further afield than usual. Maybe the Lil’ ones will come back with a brood of baby ones and a ‘friend’ for Rusty. And, no, thoughts of coyotes dining on the bunnies are not in our mindset here at the Ranchita!

Friday night was gorgeous, with no threat of rain or high winds so I hauled a bunch of necessary items up to the roof and spent the night up there. I can’t begin to describe how magical the night was, from the stars to the shooting stars and other heavenly bodies aligning, small surprises and light breezes that came from one direction or another.

Southern breezes brought warmth while the eastern and western winds were cooling. Northern winds brought a hint of rain, but no clouds any closer than somewhere over Albuquerque. It’s nice to be in a place in my life where I can take the time to slow down and enjoy all that life here brings with it. And even that which just suddenly appears. I do love a good surprise.

And we won’t talk about life in town, either, OK?

I feel like I’m forgetting something, but it’s nothing major to do with the house. So we’ll leave it at that.

Mmmmmmanana!