So many jobs to do! MAILBOX Installation.

Now that the furniture has arrived, this place feels much more like home.  Predictably, there are many, many boxes yet to unload.  Even though we thought we were being very careful in labeling our boxes, we still are searching daily for things we need.

Like any new home, there are lots of things that need to be done.  Rusty is such a trooper!!!!  The first day he built a rack and hung 3 canoes in the garage.  The second day he hooked up the washer and dryer so that I could do laundry.  The third day he assembled our desks before the cable guy arrived so that we could be connected. 

 And Rusty has done so many other things.  He's organizing the garage and the basement, no small task there.  He tacked sheets to the bedroom and bathroom windows so that we could have some privacy.  He also did a fine sanding on the built-in cutting board so that it would be more to our liking.  He hung a hook in the bathroom next to the shower for our towels.  And now I need him to install the paper towel rack.  Oh yea, and the microwave shelf needs to be installed.

Today he is installing the mailbox.

The temperatures today are in the 90's and the dew point is way up there.  This picture is foggy because my camera can't deal with the humidity.

Installing a simple mailbox is more complex than you might imagine.  First you have to cut the cedar post to the required length.  None of our saws are deep enough to cut a 4 x 4 post.

Some of the scrap cedar post is used to pound the base into the ground.  Of course it doesn't fit into the base, so it had to be "downsized" in order to fit.

Once the scrap piece is fitted into the base, it has to be pounded into the rock-hard dirt.  The ground did not yield, and eventually the scrap piece splintered into smithereens.  Rusty had to drill a hole in order to pry it out and then use a second scrap piece.  Then he applied ample water to the ground in order to get the base securely into the ground.  Remember, this is the day when it's over 90 degrees and the dew point is off the charts.  My ears hurt from the pounding.  I can't imagine what his shoulders and arms must have felt like.

Rusty measures to make sure we are compliant with postal regulations.  (Notice the storm blowing in.)

I think we are in for nasty weather tonight!