9/24/19
(Above: The fully functional kitchen sink within Jacobhouse.)
Building Summary: This morning’s activities at Jacobhouse began with my installing the kitchen sink’s faucet. It was a simple task completed in about five to ten minutes with the only difficult portion being when I had to crawl halfway into the base-cabinet so as to turn the so-called ‘EZ-tighten’ hand-tightening nut*.
Shortly after that, the Centurylink internet technician arrived and initiated the process of bestowing Jacobhouse with internet. The primary role I played in this task was showing the fellow the location of my dwelling and laying the temporary cable all the way from Jacobhouse to the road (more in TIL).
It was when the technician went off-property to work at the DSL substation that I tended to Jacobhouse’s various cupboard doors. I corrected the bathroom’s cupboard so it could be fastened shut (via catch-latch), and then I installed and added similar latches to both the office cupboards. Some of the latches required a bit of blocking/spacing, but this was easily accomplished with a combination of scrap lumber and scrap linoleum plank flooring**.
To finish off the morning, I hooked up the new modem within Jacobhouse and got the internet working.
(7:44 PM Update): Dug the DSL ditch this afternoon and also fashioned a wire-protector out of some old irrigation hose. Even though it is not the best protection, irrigation hose is better than nothing (can probably protect from errant shove-pokes), and it was the only viable option I had available without having to dewire the outdoor Centurylink box.
With the addition of a DSL box, the utility pole outside of Jacobhouse is now completely covered with various electrical-related equipment.
TIL: When phone companies need to put a new DSL / Phone-line in but are unable to dig the ditch on short notice, they lay a temporary orange cable along the ground. In today’s case, we could not very well lay that cable through the pasture adjacent to Jacobhouse, because there are a number of a cattle there. I instead opted to route the cable along a couple fences with it at one point following the same ‘sky-born’ route of the electric fence***.
Commentary: It was quite a progressive day at Jacobhouse, and now, with the cupboard doors fastened in place, I believe the only in-house lumber work remaining is the implementation of the sliding barn door and trimming the front door area. More exciting (there is not really another word for it) is that with today’s installation of the kitchen faucet and the DSL line, I no longer need my plumbing or wiring tools and supplies. I have about 1 month – perhaps less – until I’m living in Jacobhouse. Let the de-cluttering commence!
I don’t have much additional time for highlights this evening, but I will leave two little highlights. The first is that Madre gave me a rubber mat for the front step; it is quite grippy, which is excellent when I’m moving quickly in and out of Jacobhouse in slippy sockclad feet. The second highlight is that my Uncle Eric dropped by today to see how things were progressing. I don’t quite know how to describe the sentiment he exhibited (happiness, wonder, maybe a wee bit of envy?), but I will say that his eyes lit up on entering my abode. Either way, the visit was enjoyed and appreciated!
Closet-wall is now completely enclosed; this time I’m telling the truth. 
Functioning internet now exists within Jacobhouse! (Placed modem behind crate to protect it from morning sun.) 
Big ole bulls on one side of the fence and a plethora of little heifers on the other side; this cable had to find a unique route to avoid both. (Cable is orange.)
Final Note: Tomorrow I intend to fill in the DSL ditch that I dug this afternoon, and then I will commence with the galvalume molding experiment. I do not look forward to the task of handling that metal, but it is my hope that a diamond-blade circular saw will make cutting it much easier.
* To be fair, it was not the EZ-tighten’s fault that it was such a long reach toward the postern side of the kitchen base cabinet. I believe the fault for that would partly be mine for making the kitchen counter 44″ tall.
**I have found on a few different occasions that scrap pieces of linoleum plank flooring make for very convenient (snappable) and attractive shims.
***I had to climb up a gate and stand atop a post to lift the temporary line high enough out of reach where neither the heifers nor the bulls could chew / tug on it.