10/6/19:
(Above: Every morning I see this, I look forward to living here even more.)
Active Summary: My time at Jacobhouse this morning was spent wiping down the remainder of the south and east walls. I also tended to the north and west walls of the office area. This was accompanied by some cattle activities, and I finished off the morning by heading up to Oldhouse and preparing a large batch of homemade ketchup along with some burger patties for lunch.
(7:36 PM Update): I spent time this afternoon compiling and completing (to the best of my ability) the first draft of my Jacobhouse living supplies list. Also, I wiped down the bedroom walls.
Final remnants of the ‘wrensidents’. 
Much better.
TIL: Presently, I am in the process of learning how to make ketchup from fresh tomatoes. For future reference and for those who wish to follow this experiment, here are the ingredients I have put in thus far. My intent is/was to make a batch four times as large as the last batch.
Ketchup Ingredients:
- 100 oz. ( a hair over 12 cups) of diced then hand-smashed tomatoes
- 3 cups distilled white vinegar
- 2 ½ cups white sugar
- 6 teaspoons finely-ground Himalayan Pink Salt (or more to taste… this equates to about 12 teaspoons Kosher Salt)
- 4 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- ¼ heaping teaspoon curing salt as additional preservative
- ¼ heaping teaspoon mustard powder
- 3 whole cloves
Method:
- Mix everything up in what should be an extremely full slow-cooker.
- Set the slow-cooker to high and place a foil teepee over the top* (something that will allow moisture out whilst preventing the very rare eruptions of tomato juice from spattering the surrounding area).
- That’s about as far as I’ve gotten thus far. I started the pot just before noon, and now it is 7:14 PM. It has reduced by about ¼ or 1/3. Still soupy, though. Will need to keep it going through the night.
Commentary: Jacobhouse’s first cleaning – or rather, its first cleaning as a residence – continues, and it that there is still a bit left to be done. It is easy work compared to construction, allowing for much time listening to various medias (thus far, a textbook for a history class I am taking) and for quiet contemplation. An interesting sensation I have found about cleaning my abode versus Oldhouse or anywhere else, is that every single bit that I wipe or polish has its place in memory. It is not as if the process of cleaning has become sentimental by any means, but at least now I have that interesting distraction to take my mind off of the task at hand! That, and of course, there is a difference between cleaning a communal area and my own domain.
Final Note: Tomorrow I intend to continue cleaning Jacobhouse, finalize the life-supply list, and make the necessary online procurements from that list. That way, on Tuesday, I will know what is needed when I (and Madre, I think) are headed to town. At some point in the near future, I also must take measurements for all the lengths of aluminum angle stock that shall be used in finishing all of the remaining galvalume corner joints.
(7:36 PM Update): I found out that the spots on the roof of Jacobhouse come off quite easily. This was both a frightening and enlivening find. On one hand, I found another large bit of cleaning for myself, but on the other hand, when that cleaning is done, the entire abode shall gleam like no other. I think I may ask Madre for her extendable spongy window cleaner (just for a morning or two). It seems perfect for the task.
*An idea of Padre’s design when he found that a small bit of tomato sauce had leapt from its pot.