SO close!

We are almost done the roof!

Hooray - I know it may seem crazy that it's been over two weeks and we still aren't done, but we've literally worked hard on it every day. We finished the last shingle on the roof today by working about half an hour past dark, proving again that we are going a little bit crazy.

Unfortunately we aren't totally done, there are some details to take care of. But it looks like we should definitely be done by Thursday, then we can take Friday off if we want and start the bathroom on Saturday! We're excited :)

Hopefully we'll have pictures of the completed roof soon!

sandy

We are very very lucky

Although thunderstorms and rain have been forecast for almost every day lately, with the exception of a few showers yesterday, it has been dry for almost two weeks.

It's ironic that we live in such a rural area, and everyone is talking everyday about how they wish it would rain, while we are thinking just the opposite.

Michael and I proved that we are truly hardcore yesterday. We had briefly given up when it started to rain, and just covered up the roof and left. But we returned a few hours later despite the omnious skies and continuing thunder.

We had removed a section of rotten wood earlier in the day, so we had a gaping hole exposed to the elements that we were desperate to cover. So we worked on the roof in the rain like crazy. Michael was sawing, I was nailing, and by the time we were done we had it completely patched up and had every surface covered with either shingle or tar paper!

We are now about 1/2 way done the second side, we are definitely moving a lot faster.

Here's hoping that by next weekend we will be working on the bathroom, once that's done we can officially move in!

Here's a picture of Michael and me not working on the house, since I haven't made it into the blog yet :)



sandy

Here Comes the Rain...

Which is not a good thing considering we are only a little over half way through roofing. I can't believe we've been at it for 12 days already, but the first side was way more work than the second side, so hopefully we will be done in 3 or 4 days.

Our next project is the bathroom, and while it will also require alot of work, it shouldn't be anywhere as grueling, or as important to get it done to quickly to avoid a flood in our attic.

Since I haven't taken any pictures in a few days, here is one from the Owens Corning site of what our shingles are supposed to look like - I think they look better on our roof, and the shingles don't really seem as black in this photo as they are in real life.

Hopefully we will have more fun photos next week when we start doing demo on the bathroom.