We are still working through our punch list with the builder. The floor buckling is back. We had the flooring installer in and they are scratching their heads trying to understand the cause. David suggested a solution to put in some transitions to reduce the pressure but they are not sure they want to go that way. Our landscaper, Weston Gardens, came and install the two trees toward the front of the property and the landscaping across the front of the house over three days. The rocky soil is an issue. But the plants we picked are made for our soil conditions. We had another swarm of bees come in. They landed on a boulder by the driveway. We have the bee keeper on speed dial now! He came out and vacuumed them up, and took them home to add too his hives. David had made it a point to go around the house and make sure there are no holes the bees could get into again. Leslie’s Sister and Brother in Law (Cynthia and Felix) came up to stay with us for a couple of nights and helped push us along in getting the boxes from the storage unit unpacked. We found stuff we had forgotten we had, and other stuff we wondered why we had kept it! We are still also unpacking stuff from the Wanderer. David swears he can hear the Wanderer sigh with relief as we pull stuff out! We went down to The Woodlands the first of May to see Cynthia and Felix. Leslie was staying with them to help Cynthia recover from surgery for a couple of weeks while David went back home to work on projects and his consulting work. One of the big projects was building the Barnwood headboard in the primary bedroom. It took three days to finish it up but it came out great. He also worked with the contractors coming into work on our punch list. One funny incident was with the plumber. We had an issue where when the water filter/softener would backflush, water would shoot out of the utility sink drain and sewer gases would leak past. So they sent a young plumber out to fix it. The pipe for the flush fluids was put between the P trap on the sink and the drain. So, the water flushed both ways (up out of the sink and down into the drain)! His solution was to put a separate P Trap in for the filter flush line. David did not think that would work because of backpressure in the septic line since that branch did not have a vent on it. It had an ACV valve that allows air in to relieve suction. But he held his opinion to himself. So the plumber installed the new P Trap and declared it fixed. David looked at what he had done and said, “Lets test it! Let me put the system into backflush”. David went out to the garage and started the backflush and got back to the utility room just intime to see a geyser of water shoot out of the sink drain and hit the young plumber in the face! I am sure it is an experience he will remember for a longtime. Fortunately, his boss came up with the better solution that fixed the issue. They ran the flush line across the attic to a plumbing vent and connected it in there. That problem fixed. Got to have a few laughs out of this experience!
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| Second Bee Swarm |
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| Landscaping installed |
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| Barnwood Headboard |
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| One of our beautiful sunsets |
