John's plan for the morning was to head back up to Matt's to cut, split, and haul more firewood. He was just getting ready to leave when it started to rain, so he went to Plan B and worked in the shop until the weather cleared off. The only problem with doing wood later in the day is you encounter the higher temps. When John got home from doing the wood he looked like he had been swimming--good thing he drinks plenty of water.

My plan for today was to get the painting finished. I thought to get started on it first thing this morning, but there were several bumps along the way with my plan, and I didn't get started until almost noon. Fortunately, half of the wall had a first coat, so I was able to get it all painted by late afternoon. Next job is to get everything cleaned up and the furniture put back in place. Hopefully that will get done tomorrow. We had a severe thunderstorm this afternoon with very heavy rains--it broke the heat and humidity and our forecast calls for highs in the 70's for the next week. Maybe the hotter summer weather is over for northern Minnesota.