The weekends are getting more and more busy… and tiring! We did finally finish the stonework on the end of the house this weekend. It’s beautiful, we are very pleased and think we did a pretty good job for a couple of old, tired people :-).
When we finished that, we began putting the mortar on the front. We got about 2/3 of the way through, so that is a project for next weekend. We’ll also get as much of the back of the house as possible.
We did have some help. The good boy got to go with us.
The bad boy got to stay home. Sad but true. He is bad, bad, bad. On the occasions we’ve taken him, I’ve been worn out by the time we got to the house just from the ride in the truck with him. One of the problems is that our property isn’t fenced yet. So while the good boy follows us around and on the rare occasion he wanders to the border, comes right to us when we call…the bad boy makes an immediate run for the border the minute he gets there. You’d think that with over 5 1/2 acres we could contain him to the middle. Nope. He just loses his mind.
Working on the house is starting to be exhausting, but we’ll get there. Our framing inspection failed last week, so everything was halted. We have to put a fire break between the basement and first floor, so Daniel-the-Builder is working on the solution. Hopefully that will get done this week. There were two or three little things to be done that we finished this weekend. Other than that, some extra support for the ceiling beams, and we’ll be able to move forward with insulation and walls.
Did I mention it’s exhausting?