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Highway 205 Construction

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They are starting work on another roadway leading to our lakehouse.  The last one shaved off 10 minutes form our trip.  Let hope this one does the same.  Highway 205 from Lavon to Rockwall is going from 2 lanes to 4 lanes with maybe a turn lane also.  For those of you coming from Dallas on I-30, or elsewhere this will mean nothing to you.  But we are pretty excited about it. Here is the map that shows the construction project.

Mirror Framing

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We used the long weekend to finish framing out the bathroom mirrors. Below you can see the before and after pictures. And if you like this look, I can make some you too. All you have to do is measure your mirror, pick you size and stain or paint color and then checkout.  Click below for the Etsy link. Eaty Page - coming soon This is the master bathroom. This is the guest bathroom. We also had an electrician install several new electrical outlets. Woops. Forgot to take pictues of that. I will post those next week.  Hope to see ya'll soon.

Upstairs Air Conditioning

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  Of course in all this heat, the upstairs A/C would choose to go out on us.  The unit for the upstairs is pretty old and it will need to be replaced but thankfully not today.  Condenser capacitor was bad.   Not a super huge hit.  But all is well again.  Yea!

1958 Potato Chip

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 The "Potato Chip" has arrived. We brought back this fun toy from our most recent trip to Cass Lake, Minnesota.  This boat was built by my dad in 1958 in shop class in high school.  He got the drawings and blueprints from an advertisement in the back of a Popular Science magazine.  I have fond memories of zooming around the lake on this sucker when I was a child and cannot wait for my kids to have the same thrill.  If the lake is calm, it's really a rocket.  Here are a couple more photos.  Just need a motor now.  Anyone have a 7-10hp hand controlled boat motor for sale at a reasonable price?  Leave me some comments or drop me a line. Have a good week.  Stay cool.  It's HOT out there.  Hope to see you all soon.

Chilcottage Cookbook

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  You got some good recipes? So do we! Check out our new Cookbook. Here is where we will share some of our favorites as well as some from our friends and family and past guests. https://chilcottage.blogspot.com/p/recipes.html And if you have some great recipes.  Post them there too.  We would love to see them and try them out! Hope we see and hear from you soon!