Maybe Post 1 of Many for today :)

So...I'm slacking. I'll blame it on the summer, even though I sit at a computer all day long no matter what.  TJ is currently in PA for work for the next few weeks, my brother has been redoing the only bathroom at my parents house all week since they've been out of town, and its HOT.  Not only is it hot, its humid.  As in this chick isn't straightening her hair kind of humid.  On a happier note my brother proposed to his girlfriend and her two kids and they accepted.  We all couldn't be happier, they are perfect for each other.

On the house front.  Holy Batman these dudes are quick.  Like super-quick. I thought building a house took time, but leave it to these guys and you'll be moving in pronto. 

Here is a picture from EXACTLY one month from ground breaking.  I'm amazed.

We have a deck!

That picture obviously gives away a ton of the progress from my last post.  So here are some of the progress pictures of whats happened in the last two weeks.

7/18--Framing for main level is almost finished, a few closets needed to be framed in.

7/19--All the plywood is up and so are the trusses!

7/20--Plywood on the roof and grating the yard

7/21--Roofs ready for shingles.

7/22--House is wrapped and we have windows and doors!

What a story with these windows.  I was following a blog about a couple in Texas that just built their first home. The House That We Built is Henry and Shannon's experiences.  Well Shannon had a ton of issues with these windows in her bedroom. They were in the wrong place, wrong number, anything that could go wrong with these windows did.  I felt so bad for her.  Well we have this bay window.  Its beautiful, I love the view and the placement.  I can't wait to watch the snow fall and the lightning dance down the power lines.

So here's the issue.  We have our bay window, and the center window fits perfectly.  However the flanking windows are supposed to be 24" windows.  The holes are set for a 24" window. What size window was delivered? 18"...That just won't work folks.  I'm surprised I don't have a great picture of this window since they put the windows in but you can see the lack of window to the right of the center window.

So that's where everything was at at the end of last week.  This week has been all inside stuff,  but I'll post more about that later.  Here's a pic of the outside as it sat last weekend. It finally looks like a house that could be lived in!

A real roof! With Shingles and stuff!