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... the SUN is shining!
... the house project is moving along! The siding is about 2/3 done, and wow, does that make an impression of change! Looks great.
... the crew is working very hard and does topnotch work.
... D is dedicated to cutting firewood, which heats us twice, despite his modest skills in chainsaw repair.
... for great teammates @ work

- T’s company on the drive down and back
- pleasant co-workers
- healthful snacks
- D’s corn chowder
- progress on the house project today, including work done by the crew and by little ol’ me!

It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted an update on the house project, so here goes. We’ve been REALLY focused on this goal, pretty much to the exclusion of everything else that’s not essential.

One of our main “contributions” to the labor is anything involving a paintbrush. So our work has kicked in, beginning with staining the siding. In my last post, I included a photo of the lap siding we were working on. Since then, we’ve done all the trim and now we’re working on the shakes that will go in the gable ends. It’s not a great shot, but here is an image of them drying in three of the handy-dandy drying racks. We’re about half-way through the first coat on the shakes. Anticipate the crew starting tomorrow with putting siding up.

Last week they did some initial insulating, and today the drywall crew hung the ceilings. Next step is for the insulation to go in the ceilings and walls, and then the drywallers will return (probably next week).

I think we’ll move straight from staining to painting the interior! Yikes!