Paradise ponders, bright red door edition...

Paradise ponders, bright red door edition...  Yesterday Brad H., our painter, finished putting the second coat of white on the outside of our new mud room, and the third coat of red on its door.  The result is at right.  Debbie is quite happy with her red, red door. :)

Thanksgiving leftovers are a good thing.  Ours were complemented by homemade turkey noodle soup, with the broth coming from our Thanksgiving turkey, and the noodles handmade by Debbie and Michelle.  Oh, yummy, it is!  And there are a few quarts more of this ambrosia in our refrigerator right now...

Jimmy and I worked outside most of the day on the electrical wiring for the deck.  We didn't get nearly as far as I'd hoped, mainly because I made some mistakes that had to be undone and then redone.  At this point we have one duplex outlet installed on the house wall, a pair of switches on the house wall, and the switches are all wired up.  I can turn on the deck lights and the flood lights separately.  Or, more accurately, if I had the lights wired up I could turn them on. :)  Right now I just have the end of a wire that I can energize on command!  Today's first order of business is to mount the flood lights on their oak panels.  Then we'll start actually wiring some things up...

That's in between eating leftovers, of course.  I started with a slice of apple pie with my tea.  Wonderful apple pie, made with Jonagold apples that stay crisp after cooking, and enough cinnamon to start a cinnamon distribution business...