Busy Week

The siders have been busy. Still may make some adjustments with the gabled-cedar ends. We have the garage ready to be poured, so are pads for the deck and porch. Cultured stone for the outside as well as the fireplace arrived today. Monday we hope to pass our framing inspection and then we are on to insulation on Wednesday and sheetrock, Monday Oct 15. Happy Dance!!!!

Electric & Gas Ditches

really weird - I took the picture just as John was driving by - he honked, but I never imagine that I got the truck.

O.K. the wedding is done and Randy is feeling better, so it is time to get the ditches dug so we can have gas and electricity to the new house. Randy rented a toy and worked really hard to get everything dug -- then he went back to work and it POURED rain. Had a bit of a problem with the dirt following back into the trench. We did however get the gas line installed this week. This week-end Oct 6-7 we will work on finishing up the electric lines. Things are coming together!

Septic

August - Randy was in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks, Nancy and Meg headed to Wyoming for college - nursing program and getting things all ready for Jen & Bill's wedding Sept 1. The house had a couple problems, so we didn't get alot done on the inside. We did however get the septic systems all in.

Roof, windows & rough-ins

Trying to get the blog caught up. We had alot of activity during July and then we basically came to a screeching halt. July saw a roof, plumbing & electrical rough ins and the windows

It Looks Like a House

It really does look like a house!! Worked on choosing colors today. We have two colors picked out, but I think I better go to the paint store and purchase a quart of each and try them on a bigger space. Jack was helping too --- he has "Coastal Sand" on this butt right now. It looks so good with the plumber's goop that has been there for a month. Oh well, I guess he is involved with the project too. It's the last day of the month and the guys will be putting on the tongue and groove pine on the underside of the patio cover. Surely isn't my idea of fun. The roof out there is 25 ft in the air. Yuk!! I seem to be getting more and more nervous by heights lately. I'm thankful there are people that don't seem to mind it.

New additions to the Inside

The framing crew is getting things wrapped up. Once the trusses went on things really started taking shape inside. There are things that look even better than I thought they would. Have had some concerns about the size of the fireplace, but looks right to me. Still pretty amazed by the view upstairs. I keep dreaming of what our first big gathering will look like when the kids come home to visit. We may have to "draw straws" for the upstairs guest room. The tub doesn't look as big as I thought it would, but that's o.k. less tile, less to clean!

June 25- Trusses !!

Well the trusses did arrive today around 2:00 pm. I can't imagine having a job like that. Those guys were scurrying around like monkeys, but on about 6" board - and way too high in the air. By this evening the garage had all the trusses placed and so did most of the area over our bedroom. Tomorrow they will sheet that portion as well as start with the upstairs trusses. That may move a bit slower, kinda holding our breath to make sure they fit. Also Imer worked on the front porch....something just doesn't look right to me. I thought it would be a bit more beefy, but maybe it will look differant tomorrow.