We got three walls raised yesterday, which felt like a great accomplishment! We often set ourselves rather unrealistic goals, as in, let's get all the walls raised today, but we are really pleased! Everything seems to be coming along well. It was a little scary raising these three walls at first, as it's the high side of the house, but we thought about our bracing situation, and after one false start, we came up with a good method that makes the whole process comfortable. The goal is always to not tip the wall over the edge of the house and see it fall on the ground. Now that would be a hard wall to lift. :-) So far, we have much to be thankful for!! The first two walls will be the dining room walls, and the third is in the living room. We have one more wall on that side of the house to raise, and then we turn the corner and start the front, which has three sections, two windows, and the front door. We seem to be making pretty good time, and it was sheer bliss to be raising manageable walls (the difference in weight between the twelve foot wall sections and the eight foot wall sections cannot be underestimated, especially for two people whose combined body weight is about 250 lbs!!). These are the times that you wish for just a couple of more inches to your frame! But so far, the eight foot sections are working great, and that's what we're working with for the rest of the time, so we should be in good shape. Off to work. It's rainy-ish and windy-ish today, so we might just build the walls today and not raise them. We've also got the farmer's market and some laundry to see to. So, for now, adieu!
We got three walls raised yesterday, which felt like a great accomplishment! We often set ourselves rather unrealistic goals, as in, let's get all the walls raised today, but we are really pleased! Everything seems to be coming along well. It was a little scary raising these three walls at first, as it's the high side of the house, but we thought about our bracing situation, and after one false start, we came up with a good method that makes the whole process comfortable. The goal is always to not tip the wall over the edge of the house and see it fall on the ground. Now that would be a hard wall to lift. :-) So far, we have much to be thankful for!! The first two walls will be the dining room walls, and the third is in the living room. We have one more wall on that side of the house to raise, and then we turn the corner and start the front, which has three sections, two windows, and the front door. We seem to be making pretty good time, and it was sheer bliss to be raising manageable walls (the difference in weight between the twelve foot wall sections and the eight foot wall sections cannot be underestimated, especially for two people whose combined body weight is about 250 lbs!!). These are the times that you wish for just a couple of more inches to your frame! But so far, the eight foot sections are working great, and that's what we're working with for the rest of the time, so we should be in good shape. Off to work. It's rainy-ish and windy-ish today, so we might just build the walls today and not raise them. We've also got the farmer's market and some laundry to see to. So, for now, adieu!
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Hi Jamie, you sure are cool for keeping this blog.
Hi Jamie and Shawn--
It just dawned on me today that you have a blog. Glenn had no idea what this is all about, so I showed him. We haven't read all of the entries yet, but we did see your tribute to Felix. We were so saddened to learn of the passing of your sweet cat. Glenn will go through all of your updates, and enter some comments. He hates computers, but he willing to do this. This could be a nice winter project for him. God bless you and carry on with your wonderful pioneer spirit.
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