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Last weekend our daughter and her family came out to camp for the night with some friends. They had planned to go to Redfish Lake, but had to change plans at the last minute and so they just decided to camp out at the little river house.
The crew pitched a couple of tents, had a campfire and then floated the river the next day.
The funniest thing... I went out that morning to check on a few things. It was all pretty quiet except for a couple of framers working on the facia and soffits. I didn't see any sign of the campers until I came around the corner and saw this little bundle of cuteness...
His mom was just down by the river but it was so funny to see him sitting there in a construction site, sound asleep!
The great news is that the whole dry wall, tape and texture process finally finished up this week. They worked for about 10 or 12 days and really pushed to finish up as fast as possible. The fact that the temperature has been in the 90s most of the last week, really helped things dry quickly.
The doors were delivered so the finish carpenters could start working on window and door trim, closet packs and a custom mudroom cabinet.
We've had a few Uh-ohs this week and the doors were the first one...
As we walked into the garage, Mike noticed right away that these were not the doors he thought we'd ordered. There was definitely a miscommunication somewhere along the line. We had picked out a nice, simple smooth, two panel, shaker style door. The doors in the garage were two panel, but they were a raised panel, wood grain door. After a quick phone call, the matter was taken care of and new doors are ordered and on their way. It shouldn't be a hold up because the door jams are all fine and the actual doors won't be needed until we are about finished.
Uh-Oh number two this week...
As we were walking through with the job manager for the finish work, we were talking about the beams in the great room and he said "You have a problem..there's a return air vent right where your ridge beam will come out of the wall".
We can't believe we didn't notice that! Mike talked to the heating and cooling guys and they are going to come out and lower it so the beam will fit.
With Mike being the general contractor on this job and the fact that he is not expert or that he hasn't built a house for twenty years, this is just one of the many boo-boos we keep making. Some are no big deal, some are a much bigger deal. We have tried to just roll with it and make the best of each situation. So far, we've done a pretty good job. Things have gotten a little testy a time or two, but for the most part we have agreed on things and enjoyed the challenge.
The neighbors are in the dry wall, tape and texture phase. They have all of the exterior siding completed. I didn't get a picture of that, but I will.
Ed has continued to work on the road and it looks great.
We did realize that by putting the septic tank drain field where we did, we have scrunched up the front drive area and now the circle is too tight. We are still trying to figure out how to make that work without losing the circle.
I've always wanted a circle drive, so I'm not letting it go yet!
And finally this week, we completed buying all of our light fixtures and most of the plumbing fixtures. ( just a few are still being shipped). We're lucky we have an extra room to store all of our purchases in!
Signing off until next time...
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