Straw Bales
OK we kissed and made up. Greywater is going into the septic. Whatever.
Today we went down to Cerrillos to pick up 20 straw bales. We thought we'd only get about
half of them in the truck but Tonka took them all! We were piled high and overflowing the sides but we got ‘em all in there & back home. Tonk likes being a farm truck. These are for making the stepped wall, archway, and "adobe" wall benches in the BIG room. We'll 'build' the walls/benches out of straw bales, cover with chicken-wire, and plaster over the top. Voila!
David Trujillo got started on the septic today--there is a hole all the way to China in the back yard. He thinks the tank will come tomorrow. Cut a check today for $3400—that’s only the first half. Yikes! Now we have to yank the fixtures out of the bathroom and fix the floor (we’ll have to totally replace it—there’s a giant hole under the nasty old toilet) and find a decent toilet to put back in. A brand new economy model from Home Depot would do, even, they aren’t that much.
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