Burrrrrrrr

Burr, its cold outside! Luckily, we now have some windows in to block the cold wind from coming inside. After debating on what color to choose from for our windows we finally made the decision, and the right one too!

Being that we are building a log home, I really did not want to go with white windows. So a while back, Nick brought home a sample window that was almond color, but I just wasn't sold on the almond. I really really wanted brown windows. Unfortunately, the brown vinyl windows were way over budget. So after many debates, I told Nick to order white windows. Well, that decision didn't last long. A few days after he had ordered the windows, I asked him if we could get them changed to almond. Thankfully, they were able to make the order change! (I guess I have to admit that Nick wanted to almond color windows all along) So now I get to here "I told you so!"

This past week front windows, basement back windows, and 2 of the small windows were installed. The double windows for the bedrooms should be delivered and installed this week. (Hopefully).



Front windows in the Living Room



Basement windows



Another view of basement windows. There are going to be more windows in the back, they are just covered with house wrap in this picture.



Laundry room window being installed



Inside view of laundry room window. (my photography skills were a little sideways in this picture)

Dormers and Metal

The dormers are up and almost finished and the metal roof is in the process of being up.

Nick has a love/hate relationship with the dormers. We decided very early in the house planning process that our house needed dormers for cosmetic purposes. But as the building process for the dormers has begun, Nick probably wishes that we had not made the decision to have them. Apparently, they are a pain to build! But they look great!







Almost finished!

The metal is almost on the entire roof! The back side of the roof is done, and some of the front. The past two days put a stamper in things. It has rained!


Nick working on the metal



Bauer

Dormers, Porch, Metal, and More!

A lot of progress had been made on the house! The front porch is up with the roof.






Nick being goofy as usual



A look at the unfinished ceiling from standing on the roof. We will have V goove wood for the ceiling on the roof.



An example of the ceiling for the porch

Home Depot Trip Turned Bad

Since we started building the house, Home Depot is like our second home. Nick obviously makes numerous trips every day. Many times I will go with him or either he and Mr. Chuck will send me on quick trips to pick up something while they stay and work.

Well, last Monday was supposed to be one of those quick trips to Home Depot. Nick was working on the dormers, but had run out of OSB (kinda like thick plywood used for framing). He asked me to take the truck to Home Depot and ask someone to load up 10 pieces of OSB and bring it home. I was a bit skeptical, but then decided it shouldn't be too hard. Boy was I wrong. First, there was absolutely no men insight to help load the OSB up ( I am not saying that I am unable to load the wood, but it is pretty heavy). So, myself and 2 other women ended up loading the OSB onto the carrier. When it was time to load it on the truck, yet again no big strong men... But, I did know how Nick had loaded the OSB in the past, so I was okay with this part, until the workers decided they knew best..

From observing the OSB being loaded previously, the tailgate was always left up. So I told the workers to leave the tailgate up. Well, the 3 Home Depot workers insisted that it would not work and the tailgate must be let down and left down. So, I let them do what they thought best. After all, they do work at Home Depot, not me. But, when they told me it would be fine on the back of the truck without being tied down I became skeptical again. But I got in the truck and drove home.

This is when the trip turned really bad. I made a left turn onto Hwy 19 to head back to the house, but the OSB didn't quite make it! 4 pieces fell out onto the highway!! Luckily, they all landing perfectly in the turning lane.

I calmly called Nick and he came the rescue. Nick now jokes and says that it seems that when I don't want to do something, I manage to mess it up in the process of doing it!



The 10 pieces of OSB made it safely home