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May 2005
Day 78 - Well Permit & Fibi's haircut
Tuesday, 31 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
We applied for the well permit today and then called the well guy with the permit number so he can start the well. Did other trivial house stuff including trying to determine what kind of water heater we are going to get. We had really thought ab
Day 77 - more walls and sliding door
Monday, 30 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Got the sliding door in the Rec room and finished the walls on this level (level 2).Got started on the walls in the basement (level 1).Dennis secured the bracing to the trusses on level 3.Took down the little wall in the kitchen at the end of the hal
Day 76 - fireplace framing, stair walls
Sunday, 29 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Dennis made the little wall above the 9' wall between the living room and garage so we'll be able to sheetrock clear up to the vault on the walls. Then we framed in the fireplace. It will have rock on it later.I cut the cripples for the rest of t
Day 75 more walls
Saturday, 28 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Here's how the fireplace looked when we got to the site this morning:Part of why we chose this one is because of the brick inside; makes it look more real.We got Khristiaan's walls up as well as the little walls next to the foundation so we can sheet
Day 74 - Fireplace in
Friday, 27 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
The guy came out and put in the fireplace. We will frame around it then put rock up. The door is not on it yet, but tucked safely away in it's box until after the drywall and painting. And I got another bird's nest down. That robin's been a bus
Day 73 Miscellaneous
Thursday, 26 May 2005 9:05 P GMT-06
Spent some time getting a couple of quotes on cabinets. We found a real nice exterior cedar post for our front porch and picked it up for $20! Amazingly good deal. UBC said they had it sitting there for a while (I think I saw it there the first
Day 72 Shingles done!
Wednesday, 25 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
They were done with the shingles by 10:30 am. It looks REALLY good and I thanked them profusely for saving my neck. I spent the afternoon moving the rest of the lumber into the house so we can finish those walls this weekend. It's supposed to
Day 71 Shingles & Anniversary
Tuesday, 24 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Well today is our second Anniversary. :) Dennis drove home from Illinois to spend the evening at home even though he has to be back down near Madison in the morning. Awwwww. He's kinda sweet.The roofers almost finished the shingles today. T
Day 70 - Shingles going up
Monday, 23 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
The roofers arrived this morning and the shingles did too. They got the South end of the house done and most of the back. We're using Dimensional shingles in the color Driftwood.
Day 69 - Windows in
Sunday, 22 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Friday Haden and I spent almost 5 hours making drainage for the water to travel to get out of the driveway hoping to make the drive dry enough for the shingles on Monday.Yesterday Dennis finished the sheathing along the back of the house. I worked
Shots fired -driver arrested in semi chase
Saturday, 21 May 2005 9:35 P GMT-06
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Day 67 plumbers, HVAC & Roofers
Thursday, 19 May 2005 9:42 P GMT-06
Yesterday the plumbers came back to keep working on the plumbing and the HVAC guy came to start doing his thing. Seems they all 5 were intent on cutting holes everywhere. Many questions to be answered, decisions to be made. Since I work up with
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRITNEY!!!
Wednesday, 18 May 2005 7:16 A GMT-06
Hope you have a wonderful day!!! I really miss you baby girl. Hard to believe you're 19 today. Okay, now I'm feeling old. Have a good day, Honey. I'll call you. XOXOXOXO
Day 65 rough plumbing started
Tuesday, 17 May 2005 10:55 P GMT-06
Dennis had to drive to a plant about 4 hours away for the day and night. Since I didn't know if plumbers wre coming today or tomorrow I ran out to the site and did some cleanup. By about 10:30 I decided they weren't coming and went home for lunc
Day 64
Monday, 16 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Back up on the roof. :( We put some weathershield along the back of the house. Decided to go get another ladder and maybe some scaffolding. That didn't work much better but we went back to the front to put on more felt. Finally decided we
Day 63 Up on the rooftop
Sunday, 15 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
We climbed up on the roof to start the weathershield and felt paper. Got a little done but it's really scary up there. We have a 6/12 pitch and that's kinda steep. We hoped to get it all done but it's slow going as we have to be so cautious.
Day 62 & Graduation Day
Saturday, 14 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Happy Graduation Britney!!!!! Wish I could have been there. :( Miss you and love you! You should come up and spend the summer. :) In a few days you'll be 19 and it's the fist birthday I won't be with you for. I hope you have a wonderful
Day 61 - Windows delivered
Friday, 13 May 2005 8:53 P GMT-06
We got our windows today. This driver was cautious. Even though our truss guys has smoothed out the drive and area around the house (it looked great), we've had enough rain to make the drive a pain again. The muddiest area is right in front of
Day 59 Roof sheathing on
Wednesday, 11 May 2005 5:11 P GMT-06
Boy these guys were quick! They were done by 2pm! Amazing. They put some of our wall sheathing up too, so we have very little left to put on ourselves.They took their little dozer around and leveled the ground around the house a bit and the dri
Day 58 - Trusses up
Tuesday, 10 May 2005 8:19 P GMT-06
They got all of the trusses up today except a few small ones that join the main level to the bedroom level. They'll be back tomorrow to finish it up along with the roof sheathing - if there aren't thunderstorms. FrontPorch - main entranceThese Scis
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Day 57 Trusses delivered
Monday, 9 May 2005 9:57 P GMT-06
Trusses arrived this morning and the truck got stuck. He was trying to back down the drive and he got on the soft edge right at the start. He couldn't get out and had to call a tow truck. So an hour and a half later the trusses were placed on t
Day 21 / 56 wall sheathing and top plates
Sunday, 8 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Today was supposed to Thunderstorm all day but we got lucky and had no rain. We finished putting the top plates on throughout. And tried to finish the sheathing. But we are both so exhausted we weren't quite able to finish it. We got all the
Day 20 Exterior framing done
Saturday, 7 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Yes, another early day. Mikal surprised us by coming out. Since he was there we built the whole wall and we all three lifted. We got the last two exterior walls up! Exterior framing done! Haden spent the day with us and used some of the scr
Day 19 - level 4 starting walls
Friday, 6 May 2005 10:33 P GMT-06
We woke up by 6 this morning - again no alarm. It rained overnight. There was a little water in the lowest level so after sweeping off the flooring had to sweep it and run the sump. Then we got the headers in the garage walls and the cripples.
Day 18 - Garage walls
Thursday, 5 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
We woke up at 5:45! I guess we're feeling a little pressure to accomplish this; we didn't set any alarms. We had to run to Menards first thing as we needed more glue for the floor. Then out to the site and we almost finished the floor but we ne