Wordless Wednesday (side porch prep)

Rain, rain, rain....

I should have known that it was going to rain today.  I could have predicted that as soon as they said they were coming to put paper on the roof.  Anyway - The shingles are ordered and hopefully will be in this week, so soon this house will be a little closer to being dry!  Even with all the rain, the guys were able to get a little work done.  I've now got closets in the bedrooms, a hole for the attic door, and the loft extension was installed.  I can hardly wait to get drywall on these studs!

Deck Steps and House Wrap

I didn't get a chance to go by during my lunch break, but I was able to go by tonight and check out the progress.  To my surprise we now have deck steps and housewrap (only along the back and one side).

Still a lot of screwing to do...

Lunchtime Progress:  A BACK PORCH!

They guys started putting the decking down first thing this morning, and by lunch - they had it all in place.... except - there is still a lot of screwing to do!  Jeffrey had them just put a few screws per board to hold it in place so that we can come back this weekend and finish it off!  He's so anxious to get the house dried in, he's looking for lots of little ways to speed things along like this.  I guess this is how it came that I got to nail the floors down, so it's only right I get to screw the back porch too :)

Actually, I'm looking forward to it.  I haven't really "worked" on the house in a while, and I think I'm having withdrawals, lol.  Anyhow, enough blabbering - here's the eight foot back porch with decking!

The little things

So it's been the little things this week that have kept the guys busy.  Including an impromptu trip to Lowes to pick up a few bolts and more quick-crete. 

It's the moments like this that I hope I will never forget....

The beginnings of a back porch

God's Beauty

The last few days have been busy days, mostly running around doing little things here and there.  The holes were dug for the back porch posts this weekend, so yesterday the inspector came out to give the A-O.K. The posts for the porch were then put in place and braced up.  The brackets for the side porch have now been delivered and we decided how we were going to place those.  The gable up top has been built and sheathed, the termite treatment has arrived and arrangements are being made on how to apply it.  Jeffrey went to Franklin to get the quickcrete for the posts, and now it's on site.  The electrician came and went through the middle story with us yesterday afternoon while we tried to hash out where all the light switches and receptacles were going to go.  There's still a few small pieces of OSB to go up here and there and little framework jobs on the inside including the second set of stairs.

In the middle of all the chaos, a strong storm came up yesterday afternoon and made us step back, slow down and just pause for a few minutes.  What followed was nothing but pure beauty, and it reminds me just how thankful I really am for all the beautiful wonderful people in my life and of all the MANY blessings God has bestowed upon me and my family.  I just want to share that with you now.