Well, we got a wonderful answer to our rather specific prayer - Matt decided to talk with our framer at the end of last week about who he would recommend to do the shingling so he could start calling for estimates. Mike jotted down two or three names on a shim with his pencil, paused, stuck it in his pocket and told Matt he'd help him do it free of charge.
Woo hoo!!!
We're not sure when it will happen - Mike's got a busy schedule - but the tar paper will hold things for a good while yet, and we have plenty of other things to do.
My mom came up for the week to help paint siding. She's hoping she'll be able to get it all painted before she has to go back home on Friday, AND having her here gives me and Matt and little more wiggle room to get "real" work and work on the house done, too. Very, very nice.
Then will come some more visually fun work as we cover the housewrap with "pretty" stuff. We already have a few friends who have offered time - a day here, a weekend there, to help Matt with lifting things up there - lots of that type of work is hard to do with only one set of hands.
As much as we'd MUCH rather have Krassi home sooner rather than later, we will make the most of the time before he's here to get as much done as we can.
And a bit about what we've been doing lately:
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| My boys digging out roots and dirt for the lower down area to allow light into the basement windows. This is where the limestone retaining wall will be rebuilt |
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| And what it looks like at the moment - all set to receive the rock! |
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