Day 2

Today went well.  Despite the fact that Todd lost some sleep thinking about the calculations for the floor, things seem to be working out ok.  I guess the long days of activity and extra, different brain processes are wearing us all out but Todd is taking the brunt of it.  He was already dozing on the couch before Finn even went to bed.  

The weather is finally beautiful and summer seems to be here at last.  Not too hot but still warm enough.  The guys arrived at 8 and started working.  I managed to still make it to Jazzercise and Todd took fine for a hike after the dump. 

Pat and Eric working on sill plates

Trevor and Todd working on curved wall

View of future mudroom

The team seems to be working faster than expected as we again ran out of material and had to have Village Hardware deliver the needed materials for the floor joists.  Finn and I made the rounds to the hardware store to drop off the complete list for bidding.  I do like the fact that we are trying our best to support the local economy with this project.  Although I did try to get a bid at Home Depot and Lowe but both were to busy to pick up the phone.  Oh well...

Bonnie also managed to complete a small project and built a new compost bin using the old deck boards.  Our older compost bin is continually being used and we have out grown it so a new one sits up by the shed on the top of our lot.  It seemed kind of silly to be building that little project in the shadow of a giant house project, but it seemed more helpful to not have one more person in the action.