Spring is here, for now at least

The sheetrock hangers finished up today. We were 3 sheets short so Terry and I had to go into town while they waited on us.

This will be our new room:



Here is the doorway to the old part of the house. The logs will be cut out after the all of the walls are finished and painted.
Here is Brandon's room. The goal is to have it ready by the time he gets here this summer. It looks like we might be able to get it done on time- at least the interior.

We took a walk up the creek. It was nice today so the dogs took a swim. Saw quite a few trout in this pool.

April 25th House Pictures

Here are some recent pictures of the work done and being done on the house.

April 14th

I have been in Aiken since March 27 visiting Mama and Daddy. Brandon got to come this past weekend. Nana and Papa had gotten Brandon a Pogo Stick for his birthday. We got to try it out while he was here.

Me, being the adventurous person that I am decided to take a go at it...
...but then I took a spill and hit the ground.
Mama and Daddy were heading out to Daddy's 50th high school class reunion.

Brandon and I were heading back to Alabama.

A good time was had by all.

Blizzard!

Friday evening I came home and worked on the roof. Nice and warm- in the 50s. I didn't quite get done so I covered the rest with a tarp since there was rain/snow in the forecast.



Shadow was snooping around and found this antler a deer had dropped nearby. She was very excited to show it to me. (Deer lose their antlers around March)



Good thing I covered the roof! Woke up to 6 inches of snow and as of 6:30 Sat. have about 14 inches and it is still snowing hard. Here is the 4 wheeler:

The power went out at 5 Am and was off until about 2 Pm. We have gas heat so it was warm enough. The scanner I bought last year to monitor the forest fire chat came in handy today. I could hear the utility company workers' transmissions and heard when they were getting ready to turn the power back on.

Nice and dry inside so I was able to get quite a bit done in the addition. The wiring is almost done. The plumbers are supposed to be here on Friday, but the snowfall may delay that.

I also plowed the driveway with the tractor. In the past, when it was too cold to start the tractor, we would have to pay someone $90 to plow. This is only the third time in 3 years that it had to be plowed.

It may be Monday before the County Road gets plowed.

Of course I had to take another picture of the bridge!