Edited to say: in my wonderfully working "got it all together" mind, I thought this was published last week. Ahem. Oops. Yet, sadly, goes along with the rest of the post... Mommy brain fog... Lord help me... us...Sorry for my slackerdom the last few weeks. (And yes, that is totally a word! Spell check so…
5 Random Thoughts
Cause I am just in one of those moods.Mr. Man got a job!! Praise God!! Its kinda sorta like in a similar field as before but much less stress - and we don't have the overhead. Praying it works out well. The owners were concerned about me being due this week and having him take a couple…
Can you hear the Angels??
The Angels are singing "Alleluia - Alleluia - Alle-lu-ia"!! I hear them, so loud, so clear 😀 Remember that little strip at the front because I cut the sheets a tad short - and then how the last sheet I cut was 4 feet to short. Get this! After cutting "way to short" piece to fit the peak we…
Coming together
Here it is! The roof rafters, sheathing and wall sheathing!! Again, thanks to mama!! Those little boards up front - 4x3 bead-board on clearance for $1.30 instead of $11!! Yea, we got all they had. How wonderful!! Tomorrow starts the work making all the trusses. Since it is so hot we figure it will be very slow going, but…
Deck and Temps
These are August temps right here (it did show 115 at one point)! And considering we haven't had a significant rain since March, it is not a good situation. I will admit, the lack of rain has been somewhat helpful for construction. But its two-edged because we really need the rain. The pond across the street is completely dry…
2nd Floor!!
Today was the big day! Sadly, the wood prices had gone up almost $5 per board in the last 10 days. Our 18 2x12x16 ended up being almost $26 each! Needless to say that ate through mama's contribution pretty quick. She decided we needed the OSB subfloor regardless. Needless to say I tried to talk…
Another leap forward and deck progress
Oh my!! The Lord is working in amazing ways!!!! My mom called last night - said she really wants to help more get us in a solid shelter and decided she can postpone her big purchase (shingles for her shed roof that has been shingle-less for a year!) and help us purchase more lumber - doubling…
Front porch
The one and only time I will ever say the words "Just go play ball in the house!" LOLOSB for the front wall. Gift of 7 sheets from my mom 🙂 Bou is spending the weekend with my mom and sis, so he is missing all this fun in 103 heat!Deck frame adjustment - decided…
Amazing Day – Work Day
A blog post in pictures...Not the greatest pic ever, but we have been camping for almost 2 weeks... :-PThe CrewLeveling the piers - we were really blessed with having a couple of contractors on hand!One of the 3 projects going on at the same time - building a large fire pit to burn the brush.One…
A big haul
Oh what a day!! It was a day of gathering, and gather we did!! It's amazing what people want to give away! Ended up with 15 2x20's from a wonderful little family with 4 children. He works construction and she is going to school. He is a project man with big ideas and no time…
Together Simply 