The rains are coming!

As I write this, it is steadily pouring outside. While not expected to last more than a day, the rain is a reminder that fall is quickly approaching, and with it, many days of rain. Can we paint before winter? We'll know in about a month...

Anyway, for the fun stuff - new photos!

Mark and I jackhammered a 3,000 slab of concrete on Sunday. We both felt like we were vibrating the rest of the day!

back porch and bedroom balcony
One of our two front doors!
our wiring and plumbing are roughed in and ready for inspections

front porch really enhances the look of the front of the house

Windows and injuries

The good news or the bad?

Starting with the bad... I've now had my second of first-time injuries. First, it was two broken fingers from moving landscaping rocks back in May. The fingers are pretty well healed, though the middle finger still looks pretty funky.

The second injury was not as painful, but much more stupid. I went to the site in my work clothes (read: heels) and, violating common sense and previous experience, jumped down from the back of the house (where a deck will soon be), spraining my ankle.

I'm not completely laid up, but hobbling around and unable to run, jump (ha!) or do anything too physical. With the exception of dirt digging, which I managed just fine last night, to my dismay. What good is an injury if it doesn't get you out of all the really crap jobs?

Ok, that whining aside, we do have good news - the windows are going in!!! Siding, roofing, front and back porch, all a tedious if-then game, but will all be in progress in the next week. Pictures (as of today) below:

our future dining room windows
south side of house - and a bit of the front

Vacationland at the house

Mark and I are on 'recess' this week and next, which means that the Council members have two weeks off and we have almost nothing we have to do at work. So we're trading in office work clothes for construction work clothes pretty regularly these days.
The house is really coming together - the sheathing and 2nd floor framing will be complete today, which means that roofing and windows are tomorrow/Friday/early next week. The plumbers are at the house as well, working on the 1st and second floor bathrooms and the kitchen. The house is abuzz with activity! We had two inspections yesterday - side sewer and water line - and passed both, so we were finally able to have the excavator finish grading the front yard - and digging the new driveway.
A few pictures below for your viewing pleasure...

Taking a break to look at exterior paint colors. We settled on Benjamin Moore 2063:
click here for color







Roof trusses arrived last week via crane.








Roof trusses and sheathing.
Sheathing the roof.





Plumbers get busy in the first floor powder room.