Back at Thrive fixing Jenn's house

We had a great time at the Ocean.  We enjoyed each other, the Ocean, the pool, the food and the relaxation.  We left on Saturday morning, and made it back to Jenn’s in the afternoon on March 7.  There waiting for us were some ladders and some caulk.  I had told James, the property manager, that I needed those things because I was going to begin sealing up Jenn’s new place so the wind wouldn’t blow in as much as it had. 

Whenever the wind blew at the chalet we stayed in at Mt. Everest, the drapes would move in the wind.  One night it blew so hard that the bed we were sleeping in moved.  It woke both of us up.  At first we thought it might be an earthquake, but then we heard the wind and felt the air moving in our room.  From then on, I kept thinking of how cold the winters are there, and how cold it would be in Jenn’s place.  I committed myself to trying to stop the wind from moving Jenn’s drapes.  As I mentioned earlier, these cabins were not designed to be used year round. 

Andy and I started caulking the front of the house.  We saw some spots where the boards didn’t match.  Remember, these houses are made of the round part of logs to make it look something like a log cabin  There were places where the round of the walls met the round of the roof, and they didn’t match very well.  Then I came to a place where the floor joists for the loft were sticking out of the side of the wall.  I thought something looked strange, and I examined it closer.  I could see inside the house.  There was a gap of about 3/8 of an inch all along the bottom of the joist. I could look in and see most of the room.  We got that hole filled, and then kept going around. 

Looking at the gable ends of the house, I realized that we couldn’t caulk from the outside, so I went inside and saw a little insulation stuck in the cracks where the walls and roof met.  That was the solution.  We found some insulation at Thrive, and I took a screwdriver and wedged it into the cracks.  It helped that there was a wind blowing – the wind blew at Thrive a lot – and I could feel where the air was getting into the house, so I would pack and pack until I couldn’t feel it blowing in anymore.

We were able to get most of the one end done and then it was time for dinner.  We made it to bed because Sunday morning we had to leave early to make it to church.