I thought 21 degrees and snow was bad. I lied. Working in the POURING rain is NOT fun! I couldn't keep my fingers dry, went through three pairs of gloves in an hour, had to go to the little hardware store and buy new dry socks on my lunch break AND switch shoes. Anna and I were glaring at each other the entire time, and occasionally our significant others just for good measure, not because we were mad, but we were MISERABLE! Thank goodness after lunch, it drizzled lightly for about an hour, and then the glorious sun appeared!
So as I said last week, these blogs are going to get very boring from a technical standpoint. Guess what we did this week? Yup...you guessed it! Framed and sheeted exterior walls, and then framed interior walls. Daniel, Garrett, Ahren and Josh rolled trusses, and another group put floor joists down in Robert and Nathans houses. We had lots of awesome volunteers this week: it feels SO GREAT to have all your volunteer hours covered by the time you leave on Saturday! We still have 2 1/2 hours to make up this week, but we enjoyed a day off together on Sunday, and it was SO needed! I'm hoping to find a way to work these in once a month!
Some exciting things we learned this week: We are going to be the first group that gets two different types of siding! It will make the houses look more "fancy", and we also have two-tone paint schemes. AND, our garage doors will have windows! SO AWESOME! :) We still haven't picked our door...I'm guessing we'll end up with Ahren's choice.
There was some really sad news: Obama's 2012 budget cuts nation-wide mutual self-help programs. We were encouraged to write letters to our senator about the importance of the program to us individually. Our house and the rest of the Kingston Cedars group will be able to complete, but all the rest doesn't look so good right now. I know what an amazing thing this program is for my family, and it's sad that it looks like it will be discontinued.
So the short recap is this: The 3 1320 plans are moving right along. Tina's house has the roof sheeting on, and looks like a house! (With no doors and windows, of course!) Zhan's house had the trusses rolled out this weekend, so I'm guessing sheeting for the roof will happen this week. Robin's house was the one we were working on. We had all the second story exterior's up, and were starting to frame interiors. I bet that will be done this week easily, and the boys will be rolling trusses on that house next week. Robert and Nathans houses were getting joists so we could put the subfloor down on the second floor. Which means I'm sure we'll be throwing up the exteriors on those next weekend, and I anticipate a few new lumber packages this week as well. The great part is that once we start ONE MORE HOUSE, half the houses will be started. I know this really means nothing, but it SOUNDS accomplished! We've only really been working "full time" since the beginning of March/end of February, and it goes quickly! :)
Your still-slightly-pruny-from-all-that-rain homebuilder,
Heather
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