A full week after Dorian and there are still some people on the island without power. Crews are working on homes where the line from the road to the individual house was taken out. I imagine it's been a long week for these people and underlines how lucky we were.
I wasn't to happy on Tuesday though. It doesn't happen very often, but Scott woke up in a foul mood and feeling particularly negative about our progress to date and ability to get the house closed in quickly enough. The majority of the build falls on his shoulders and the enormity of list is quite a burden. There really isn't anything to do but get on with it. Thankfully by noon he was mostly back to his human form and had already punched (maybe literally...LOL!) a hole through the roof and gotten a good start on the dormer. The dormer is at the back of the house and needed for head clearance at the top of the stairs.
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| Roof making way for a dormer |
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| A window on the right will offer a nice view and plenty of light into the hallway |
Staying out of the way, I was supposed to be planing floor boards however our planer is definitely not up to the task so we're going to plan B on that. Instead, I worked on cleaning up the yard since we are having the yard graded next week. All the floor boards needed to be moved as well there was a pile of random wood and garbage.
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| Moment of truth - old rafters being cut |
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| New rafters |
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| It was cool a couple of days |
Scott worked on the dormer most of the week getting it closed in on Friday.
During rain breaks he put in support posts.
Once the grading is done the yard is going to be muddy until the grass and no doubt weeds start growing so we called to have the windows delivered avoiding the truck getting stuck. Although we took down the original kitchen when we reconfigured our design we used all but one window and one door which we were happy about. Turns out I figured out how to use the door while writing the blog, so even better. They aren't the cheapest items and you get nothing for them "second hand" even though they are brand new.
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| Lots of windows - There are 2 of the one one of the left for the front |
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| Me "playing" on the tractor, cleaning up the yard |
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| Needs a cover |
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| Roof plywood going on |
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| Rafters reconfigured inside |
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| Windows.. wood piled in the house - it'll be interesting working around it all. |
Veda invited me to come along on a bus trip to Charlottetown with her 50 Plus group to see a 3 exhibits on Saturday. The first and best for me was the quilt show in St. Pauls church. There were also 2 rug hooking exhibts with lots to see. So many talented people. Here are a few of my favs.
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| Check out the detail - Lots of embroidery and applique as well |
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| 14 years in the making |
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Machine Quilted - So much detail
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| Hooked and put in lobster trap hoop |
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| Hooked by a relative newbie from a picture - she did have someone experienced giving her advice |
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Veda - not overly comfortable with selfies yet
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| Hooked |
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| Apple tree is gone |
When I returned home Scott had taken down the massive apple tree in the front yard as part of the prep for it being graded. I know some will be dismayed that we took this tree down however it was massive, as tall and wide as the house. The smell of hundreds .. probably over 1,000 rotting apples was overwhelming and it blocked a lot of the view. We still have a birch and 2 beautiful maples for shade and birds.
Hopefully the coming week will be very fruitful (no pun intended). We are tackling the West Wall. It'll be interesting to see how long it takes to make new holes for windows and a door as well as closing up the gaping hole left from when we took the old kitchen off the side of the house.
Fingers Crossed!!
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