Wood is expensive. Lots of progress, but lots of shares still needed.

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Yes, these guys keep on working even in in weather like this. Don't worry; he'd been off the bond beam for quite a while before the rain hit.

They got a lot accomplished today, although it probably won't be obvious from the images. They have a lot more to do yet, too.

The delivery arrived two hours early. You know what? Wood is expensive. Hellishly expensive. We've paid out more since last Friday than at almost any previous point. 

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What you're looking at there on the forklift, about to be put on the pallets? That's our ceiling. It's a tongue-and-groove cut, and the guys are going to lay it in a herringbone pattern. It will make the ceiling look higher and thus make the room house seem bigger than it actually is (and be incredibly beautiful besides). They had planned to start it tomorrow, but it turns out they'll be off on Friday (the guy who runs the crew needs the day to take care of personal stuff), so they're just going to wrap up for the week tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow, they'll divide their energies between more framework and treating the wood you see above with the same turpentine/linseed oil combination they used on the lintels and the vigas.

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At day's end, this was the west side. They've notched and braced the vigas, and done most of the prep work that will be needed for starting the ceiling.

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This is the east side. Since there are two small rooms (bath and utility) squeezed into the back there, there's more visible interior framework. The living space will run, essentially, the whole length and front half of the house.

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And here's what it looks like from the front doorway. Yes, those are gaps you see in the vigas; this is why we've had to order two more of variable length. For the house to be up to code, the bathroom ceiling has to be lowered, with more ordinary sheetrock and drywall for the interior. That means that where the bathroom (and the stairs) are located, the vigas will have to be specially cut to fit around those spaces, rather than extending all the way across.

By next week, some of this will explain itself.

For now, though, we're wrapping up the second of two extraordinarily expensive weeks of construction. Which means, of course, that we need continued shares of our YouCaring page via the widgets provided, especially the widget code via the box at lower right, which gives you this:

We also need continued shares of the link to Wings's Web site, which is what pays the bills and simultaneously helps fund construction. We've been fortunate enough to make a few really good sales in recent weeks, but to sustain this project, we need to sustain this pace. Shares (especially those accompanied by testimonials) help accomplish that.

Many thanks to everyone who has given us a hand in any and every way. Yes, I am still so far behind as to be completely buried. I'm struggling physically right now, and that pushes everything back further yet. Tomorrow looks to be more of the same, so I'm not sure how much I'll be around, but I'm doing my best to keep plodding along until I catch up. Please have patience with me a while longer.



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