11 December 2015

Ian and Doug here promptly at 7.  Doug spent an hour putting in the rest of the kitchen wall cabinet blocking while Ian built a wall for one end of the shelves that will be in the upper hall.  I installed the new and improved (i.e., properly planned) version of the clothes pass-thru from the master bath to the laundry.  Came out pretty good, too!  Then Doug went on a search and destroy mission for places that still needed nailers, while Ian and I built the arches for the doorways between the living / dining room and upper hall, mud room and kitchen, and kitchen and living / dining room.  That took most of the rest of an abbreviated day; the guys left at 3 for the Goose Creek holiday party… to which I was not invited.  Too bad, so sad!  Other than building the vaulted ceiling for the sun room, the main level is completely framed and blocked… at least until Sean inspects on Monday.  A major milestone, that!  After the guys left, I filled the roller with water and made several passes up and down Kate’s driveway.  A half ton of pressure drives the rocks right into the dirt!   Hopefully that means the replacement snow blower shear pins I got the other day won’t be needed.  Of course, because I just spent $5,000 on a new snow blower, the temperature today was almost 60°… and is forecast to be in the 50’s all of next week.  Winter, where the #$%)! art thou????