House Update

Here's Joel working on the roof. I hope ya'll haven't been losing sleep over our roofless state, because he did finish it. Actually, he finished it the night that it began to rain! God is good. It seemed to take FOREVER (especially for Joel), but it's done and it looks awesome!



Here's our house, complete with roof, windows, and Tyvek! Isn't it beautiful?!? Now comes the fun part: wiring and plumbing. This part isn't so easy as it sounds, and it seems to be a long process. Joel keeps telling me we'll be done by the end of March. I think I believe him. But in the meantime, it sure is nice to not have leaves and wind rolling through the house, willy-nilly.



The current job: wiring and plumbing. Crazy how much wire it takes. Seriously. It makes me think that candles are very practical. :) After this step (and the inspection) comes insulation (yay!), and then drywall. This is a very happy part for Joel, since he isn't doing it! (drywall, that is.) I guess that leaves time for siding. Alas.

Here's Joel's little workshop. It was supposed to be a garage, but our house is too close to the property line to have a real garage. At least he'll have a home for all of his tools (and my freezer). :) Aren't the stairs awesome? Much better than the paint bucket we had been using to get to the main level! Joel learned his lesson with those, though: never ask your wife what she wants when you could just google the correct dimensions. Apparently I want the railing 6 inches higher than what is considered "normal." Poor guy!!

(Now, I'm sure ya'll are going to be wondering why there are pictures on this post but not on the previous posts. Joel is now sitting by me and has instructed me in the blogger method of picture placement. Way to go, coach!)