Back on track

Well, we've had a few weeks of delay- what's new! You are probably wondering why... well, here goes:

• Windows were delayed
• One window, when delivered was broken
• Framers did a bad job framing and sheeting the house so we needed to get the "good crew" to come out and fix it but they were on a different job

So, now, a month later, we are back on track with getting our house "weathered in". Only the rain decided to arrive after months of drought. Go figure! That didn't hold us back. My husband got out there yesterday to sweep out all of the water since we have no roof yet. Then he went back to work and it rained again so my mother in law (and neighbor) came out on her day off to come sweep and clean out the water. I want to take the time to really thank my in-laws aka inspectors aka watchmen... They have really contributed a lot of time and assistance to this project. Those of you who know my mother in law know she is a thoughtful person and you are not surprised.

So, as of yesterday, the lumber company delivered the nice windows and come to find out, they are WRONG! We ordered them with grids inside the window and there are none. We also ordered all with cranberry trim on the outside and faux oak on the inside and they gave us some that had white trim on the inside so it's not matching. We're working on getting it all straightened out with our lumber company who ordered them from a third company.

This does not take away from the excitement that we are experiencing as we see our house morph from wooden frames and plywood into a fully-sided house. We now have to think of what color we are going to paint the outside. I would say green but that's my mother in law/neighbor's house's color. So, we are thinking blue or grey.