Basement Work - Part 7
Work has progressing a slower pace this week. Matt went to the doctor yesterday and found out he has bronchitis. He hasn't been able to help out much over the past week so a lot of the work has fallen on me. I told him I don't want his help now, I'd rather he get well because I'll definitely need his help next week for Thanksgiving. I think he'll tell you I'm not the most empathetic woman to nurse him back to health. I order him to lay down and serve him supper in front of the TV. And by order its not like I ask nicely, its more along the lines of 'you will lie down and not move - here's your meds - shutup and eat' sort of thing.
Now we're on a definite time crunch as there is still a lot of minor stuff to take care of in the basement as well as the rest of the house -inside and out. I went ahead and pulled 2 speaker wires to the back so we can mount the in-wall speakers in the soffits. Last night I got the 4 runs of ethernet pulled to the front of the room. I also pulled the coax back into that area too. The only problem is clearance - since there is concrete behind the wall.
Time is ticking away so I think I'm going to forgo pulling 2 more sets of speaker wire to the back of the room. I originally planned to do this in preparation for doing 7.1 surround sound, however I think I only have enough speaker wire to do 1 more pull. I didn't estimate needing more than 250 feet, but I had to do a lot of wire manipulation and detours in the ceiling. I also did the terminated the jacks for the CAT6 ethernet done.
So I think the plan for tonight and Friday is to finish the vinyl baseboards (the ones that are pulling away from the wall) and to start moving stuff back into the basement. I still need to clean the walls and some other minor-but-time-consuming cleanup and organization. I'm hoping Matt will be well enough to help me move the couch and tv sometime soon. On top of that I also need to prepare for Turkey day. The upstairs is a wreck since I haven't cleaned it in weeks and I need to rake leaves and take them to the dump this weekend.
The good news is that I'm an experienced hand at doing Thanksgiving - this will be my third year for hosting. I have my schedule set and my recipes all picked out, I only need to implement the plan. Matt's folks are bringing down a huge turkey so at least I won't have to wrestle with that until next Wednesday. I'll also have an extra couple of helpers in my in-laws - mwahahaha!
I'm now pondering why didn't I take off work all of next week....