The House Built In One Day

While the electricians did their thing, I decided to build a house for Finn from all scrap lumber. Here is my neighbor's son, Gray, helping. He tried like hell to sink just one nail. He's a good kid.

Walls going up. Finn was running around with Gray's brother, David, at this point.

Rafters.

The scrap pile is getting smaller.
Jennifer comes home and paints.
The happy homeowner moves in. He has asked for a red roof, just like the color of our steps.





All tuckered out with Jennifer, and missing out on a new episode of "Meerkat Manor."

The Rural Electrification Act Comes To 31 Vine

SK Electric at work. I finally got all the framing work out of the way so they can get started.



That's a big spool of ROMEX.

New Color For the Steps, More Framing

Jennifer picked a new color for the steps. Now if I would get off my ass and finish that....





...instead of dicking around with framing. Here is Cara's Closet.

This is the 'niche' in which Finn's bed fits.

Corner of our closet as seen from Finn's room.
Detail on framing to show Pat I done good.

RIP DeWalt Reciprocating Saw

It died. I spent $8-$9 to extend its sad life another couple of weeks and it was worth it. The motor burned up after all that work on the steel pipes.
It died last Sunday. I used a hacksaw to cut out the walls yesterday.

Two Walls In Five Hours (4pm-9pm)

First old wall to go. Notice cobbled electrical work.



Walls gone.

Jennifer framing.

Wall between Cara and Finn's room

Wall between our room and Finn's room.

I could not have done the second one without Jennifer.

More Joists And More Demolition

Jennifer tore out more walls in prep for the electrician.


This is looking from the kitchen into the stairwell.

I put in four or five joists in the DR ceiling to make the floor upstairs bounce a little less.

And I made something to help support my neighbor Jerry's bed.

The Blessing Of Good Neighbors

I used to hate accepting anything from anyone. But since we've moved here, our neighbors have all been very friendly, giving, and helpful. Jerry has given us fruit and flowers, Christine has given us veggies from her garden, and the Phillips have given us much help and lent us many things. Just today, Flip came over and gave us some old shiplap that was in his garage from years ago. We're really grateful because we pulled the aluminum siding off the porch and the shiplap under there needed some repair. Thanks, Flip and Beverly!

Oh, and Finn loves playing with their grandson, David. He's a great kid.