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I didn't get much done this week. I hurt myself slightly more than I let on to you when I fell off the scaffolding last week and this week I spent three days in bed, or lying on it at least. The days I did venture out I took the car into Cranbrook to have the tyres changed and I bought some lumber and sheeting for the basement. I also managed some more staining.

With the trailer out of the garage, the workshop end is now coming into its own.

The bench saw and the chop saw are now readily available the whole time and it is quick and easy to put the thickness planer on its stand (foreground). Every time I use those things, especially the bench saw, I count my fingers at the end of the session to make sure I still have them all. The stacked wood on the far side of the chop saw is decking for the upper decks - mostly.

I made up some of the lost time by working Saturday and Sunday and managed to get the trim on the front door.

I also finished staining the stairs for the basement but, my contractor's generator has decided not to play, so I couldn't finish installing them because I have to drill anchors into the concrete flooring, for which I need power. I suspect the generator is sulking because the mains electricity is about to come online. The electrical subcontractors, that laid the lines, returned on Monday and completed their work by connecting up the electrical box and putting in two 110 volt and one 220 volt temporary circuits for me, as well as a light over the box. I am just waiting for the electricity supply company (only one to choose from in BC unfortunately), BC Hydro, to come along and pull their lines through to the metre box and I will have electricity. I hope they will come next week but, being the week before Christmas - who knows. Having mains electricity will make a huge difference, so I have my fingers crossed. I tried to take some photographs of the electrical stuff in the basement for you but, the light was too poor for my iPhone camera. You can see from the photo above that I have also been putting up some walling. I am building a storage room in the basement, along the front wall, which will hide some of the electrical wiring and plumbing for the top floor. It will be long and narrow (the same width as the stair well) and have quite a large capacity of shelving and when it is complete, which I hope will be sometime in the coming week, I will be able to get all my belongings out of storage.

I am still waiting for my building contractor to organise the engineering inspection of the house construction so far. It has been two weeks since the inspector visited the cabin and the delay is holding up the installation of the roof insulation, which is becoming a little tiresome.

I should have achieved more this week but I could hardly walk, or even sit down, for much of it. I did however take advantage of the opportunity to do some research on interior decor. For those interested I have been scanning through http://www.houzz.com and searching their data base for rustic, log, interiors, kitchens and bathrooms - try http://www.houzz.com/rustic-log to see what I have been looking at. It has given me lots of food for thought and has changed my opinions and intentions in several areas.

If anyone knows of any other good sites I would be grateful it you would let me know. I have been quite confident about designing and building the exterior of this cabin but, I am not quite so confident about the interior. As the interior finishing will be critical to the success of the project, I could do with all the help I can get.

I need a hot bath and to lie down so I'll sign off now. Sorry it is a short post but, better short than nothing at all.

Hey, hey.