Roof & Wind Maker

Work continues on the roof. They have been able to accomplish quite a bit since it has been dry and sunny.

Here is a 'stitched' shot of the back of the house. (click on photo to enlarge.)

Remember the turkey and wind fiasco? Last fall we seeded the hillside for slope control. Between a wind storm and prowling turkey's we lost about half of the seed.

So, with the nice sunny weather and spring being just around the corner, we thought we would seed some of the bare spots.

As one should be able to predict, after Gary seeded the bare spots, the wind came up and blew pretty hard.

I wonder were the turkey's are?

see you next week.

Roof Tile & One Mile of Wire

They loaded the tiles onto the roof this week. The tiles weigh about 3 or 4 lbs. a piece. Anyone care to venture a guess on how much weight is sitting on the roof? Glad it was them loading them on instead of us. We hope our house doesn't sink.

Here is another hint.
The electrician has been busy wiring all the canned lights. He said we would have about a mile of wire when he is done.

He also reminded us that, like everything else, the cost of wire has gone up.

This is view of the kitchen,

We have been very busy with other decisions this week but have nothing to show for it. I guess that is part of the process.

The weather continues to be sunny, although throughout the week we had a few snow flurries, and a little on the ground one morning. While standing in the sun it is quite nice.

Michelle continues to run as she is training to run the Pear Blossom race (10 Miles). Pears don't blossom but that is what they call the race. It really is quite an event. There are about 2,000 contestants so she has her work cut out for her. We hope she finishes. If not, Larry and Bonnie next door have a big party after the race so that should be fun as well. (They may have to rename the race in about 5 years or so as they are taking out all the pear trees here and replacing them with grapes)

See you next week.

cans - dirt - questions

The sun is back! It was a gorgeous this week in sunny Southern Oregon! We were hoping we could go skiing but we were too busy. So much for semi-retirement.

And the full moon made Gunnar and Karl go nuts as well as some of the other critters around here!
This week we got up close and personal with the lighting needs of the house. My neck is sore from looking up at the cans and trying to figure out if they are in the right place and the right amount.
Gary is busy looking for garbage! He has captured most of the nails with the giant magnet so he needed something else to do. He was also getting tired of redesigning the great room so he got up on the ladder to take a look around and get a new perspective. This little adventure located a coffee cup. (He did miss one nail though, as our designer punctured one of her tires. Our designer now parks outside the gates and saves the reserved parking for the other contractors. It is probably not a bad idea until we buy a metal detector. Any body have one we can borrow? We will share all the gold with you that we mine as well as a few nails. He also has a pretty good butt too!

The chimney is up. Stucco or Stone or as is? It looks big from here, but after 2 more phone calls with our house designer and looking at 150 other chimneys, we think it is okay.


















And what color should the facia be? Facia is the board that edges the roof, not the skin on your face, although I never thought we would spend so much time on it.
Are there any emerging designers out there? What the heck are we going to do with this wall? We have the fireplace figured out but what about the cabinets? The walls are 12' tall. We don't have the much stuff so we are going to have to make an adjustment!

See you next week.

Windows!

A short blog this week. We now have windows and except for several roof leaks (that the contractor says is normal) we are dry.
This not very exciting photo is of the window in the great room.

We promise to do better next week.

Back to the Super Bowl!