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Last Sunday, Jack started rattling off everything that had to be accomplished this week. He was getting overwhelmed and I was overwhelmed in listening to him. I said, “let’s put it on a list so we can keep track.” And we did. Now that it is Friday, I am proud to announce 98% of the items were accomplished.

Among the items on that list was to have windows and exterior doors delivered. Check. Begin installation, check. Those windows were heavier than they had anticipated. After a few strained muscles, they rented a lift.

Windows installed on house facing road

Up close. Love the passive solar outriggers!

A friend sent me a photo of our house under construction from the water. It gave me a new perspective. Then last week, I was taking a golf cart ride down the runway and got another perspective. One day I had to use a neighbor’s driveway since ours was blocked and got another perspective. I think the house will blend in once it is complete. It’s often good to see things from more than one angle (or perspective). That is so in life too, right?

As soon from the lake cove

House from the runway

From two houses over

Panel Pros are pro! They spent 10 days here and put on the roofing panels, completed the tongue and groove, foamed all of the joints, added vapor tape and cleaned up! Coming from New England, they loved our weather and southern hospitality. They went home with a better tan than any beach vacation!
Here is Scott working on the lift. Those men scampered all over that roof!

Jack took several of the crew for airplane rides then I insisted on a photo. This was taken as they left the job site Thursday April 18. Thanks guys!

Next steps: Footers for the porches, Tyvec house wrap, install doors, windows and garage doors, build chimney shell, and tarpaper and tile the roof.

I am thinking of these colors:
Feedback?
Hardiplank or Certainteed (the same thing) reps are coming this week to do an estimate on siding. The two beiges are my finalists for the main siding with the darker trimming around the large windows and using the same color on the decks and porches. The green is the roof.

Enjoy the pollen!

OK, so last week, we got 3 inches of snow and yesterday it was 87 degrees! Crazy, I know! But, we remain busy! Jack worked to build the second floor walls. Tom R. and Tom B. helped in addition to Matt and Steve.

At least they were smiling through the heavy work!

Destiny was here for Spring Break when just last week it was windy and still cool. She loved my Blue Ridge TimberWrights sweatshirt and we loved having her here!

Note the orange dirt! That’s the color of all our socks!

This week, a new crew came to put up the second floor exterior walls. The Panel Pros crew of 6 drove down from New Hampshire and the first thing they did was take off their shirts so I supplied them with sunscreen for their poor white bodies.

Although they are raising exterior walls, Jack is still framing interior walls staying a step ahead of them.

Adding exterior walls around what will be fixed windows.

I took this photo about noon today and I just love the complex shadows of the timbers and 2x4s. So this is Jack at work…

And this is me in my work clothes. I go out and check on things in between my work (At Va Tech). I have been super busy this week writing materials for Extension Agents and conducting online training. The only drawback from a hangar/home office is when the air compressor kicks on (very loud roar) during my live presentation! Oh, and it is heating up in here. I have to keep it closed because of the noise when I am online live!

We don’t have the steps yet to the 2nd floor but we have this cool ladder!

When I took photos today, I couldn’t help but notice how the house is starting to actually look like the model Jack built to help me visualize things. Do you recall I posted about this a few weeks ago ?

So look at these great comparisons!
Here is the model of the kitchen and below is the rough in of the kitchen. Can you see what it will look like now?

And here is the Common Area upstairs with the rough in and the model.

Those support beams for the common area will be added this week!

And here is the MASTER bedroom rough in without the walls to the sunroon and bath off of it as well as the model photo.

Once the roof is on, I will post again! Yes! No more sweeping rain and snow out of the house!