Monday, December 17

Mooooooore siding. I even got to help put some on! Very exciting. It snowed like crazy on Saturday, so they guys didn't come out to keep going. So far, we have about half of the house sided. The heat/ac guy came out on Friday afternoon, so hopefully they will get started digging the coils for the geothermal soon.

Poor, lonely puppy!

Buddy up on the roof. Right after I took this picture, Dave and I climbed up and put the VERY top corner piece in.

Here's the roof from the top!

Here's the pond all snowy and icy.

The front is all sided!

More of the siding

More siding, the east side of the house.

The laundry room niche.

A meeting of the minds.

My stupid, muddy boot.

Step #18...Siding

Siding is going up. It's so nasty outside, so they haven't made much more progress. The last picture is how beautiful the pond looks, even though it is slicker than snot outside.

Tuesday, December 11

Well, we have made progress. But, due to the severe ice storms that have left us without power, there are no new pictures to post. We lost power on Sunday morning, and Hallie and I managed to make it over to Barb's to stay the night. We stayed Sunday and Monday, and then they lost power last night at 11pm. So we all had to go to Lucille's this morning to take showers and get ready for work. They have declared Jacksonville a state diaster zone. Fun. Dave just called and said that our power was back up though, so at least I can shower in my own house tonight!! And I can stop dragging around all of our stuff everywhere we go.

In regards to the house, they have completed the siding on the garage front and the laundry room part of the house. They are back today to continue siding the rest of the house. The soffitt and facia are up and everything looks great!

We did have a loss in the family...our dog, Burt. He was a great dog, and will be missed. His sister, Zoey, doesn't know what to do with herself. She just sits on the front porch and waits for him to come home. Very sad.

Thursday, December 6.

Yesterday they got the front door in! It will look a lot better once it gets painted! Almost all of the windows are in now, except for the bonus room window and the basement room window. They have also Tyvek'd most of the house, with just a few more places to do. Unfortunately, we hit a little snag with all of the other exterior doors, so we have to reorder and try again in two weeks. Oh well.

Here are the living room windows and french doors. The french door hole is covered with Tyvek.

Here is the glass-block window in Hallie's bathroom.

Here are the breakfast nook windows.

And the back of the house.

Tuesday, December 5

Not a whole lot of progress. The shingles are completed...I think. They are supposed to be working on the soffit and facia, so hopefully that will move things along. I just want to get this thing totally enclosed. I want siding, I want shingles, I want it all!