The week that was...

A crazy week. We continue to burn the candle at both ends.... maybe three ends. Work, house, and mom (with sandra and fred jumping in to help). Mom seemed to improve as the week went on with her attitude. But, she will be having a blood test to check on something the doctors saw when they did a catscan to look into her stomach pain... results at the end of the week. We are a bit nervous. Yet, the photo of us all at Rich and Joanne's cabin makes us feel better....

Mom certainly takes the top priority lately. Yet the catch 22 comes in to play - we try to finish the house so we have more time for her - yet, if we spend more time with her now, which is so important, we have less time for the house...

So, on the house front we had three inspections - gas lines passed, rough plumbing passed, and framing inspection potentially has two corrections that we can take care of, or may not have to depending on what the engineer says.... so we are on hold till we hear from him... But, we got the green light to start the radiant heat and insulation so here we go.

In the meantime, we started our trail to the house. Laid out the fabric cloth to prepare for many many wheelbarrows of gravel! Need exercise? Just try this one... it is great when you want to work outside of the house.... Reminds us of our endless work when we buried the electric and water lines..... by hand! We realize it my be a bit of cart before the horse but if we do a little at a time it is always there for a few loads..

And, we started the prep work for the "roof awning" that goes over the front door. Great fun running the skill saw while hanging off the ladder. Then chiseling the stucco off the AAC. Post and beams next, followed by trusses, plywood, facia, and metal roof. Gotta keep our eye on the ball.