The boys are done and the rest of the work will be done by me. So you won't see to many more post for a while. I may throw up a new picture after some thing changes but right now I'm working on gas line water lines and Electrical all at once and it doesn't seem to be going very fast.

A couple of things to note look the yard is somewhat flat again though not graded the way we want it, at least the trench is gone. And so are the big hunks of root.

That trench was there for so long I thought it might never be covered up. There are still two small holes left one in front of the main house and on on the side of the Club House. When I finish the gas line they will install the meter and I can cover those holes also.

Not much has been happening that you can see. The trench has conduit and wires and will be covered over tomorrow. It will be nice to have that taken care of. As you can see the first coat of primer is on won't be long till the top coat is applied, forecast for this coming week is warn and dry perfect for painting. Inside I've been working on some plumbing a slow process for me but I'm making head way. will post more pics when the trench is gone and the final color is applied.

It's a good thing the neighbors are on vacation. Hopefully the dirt will be back in the hole before they get back.

Waiting for the electrical to get here. It comes from two houses to the right. That's going to be interesting and hopefully not too expensive to go under 3 driveways and a very busy garden.

The Beast returns. This portion of the root is in the path of the sewer line.

Lots of digging, a 1/2 day to repair a track on the digger and they finally get it busted loose.
Does any one out there need a really unique piece of very old wood? Let me know... I'm sure we can make a deal.

The siding is on for the most part. The porch cover can't be completed until the trench is filled in. It took a while to see any changes because they started siding on the back and did the front last.

Finally something to report the windows arrived a day early and were installed the next day. Shopping for a front door that should be in soon and the siding is right around the corner.

Most of the pictures were taken from the window behind the big tree. Just wanted you to see the reverse picture

I'm standing in the kitchen looking back into the living area. Couch or recliners... it's going to be a tough decision.

Now I'm at the stairs looking back at the kitchen. The bedroom is on the left and the office is on the right. The 72" big screen TV goes on the wall right in front.

The Shop space and a picture of the beam. It's going to be nice to have a place to work again.

The roof is on, windows and siding are next. Then, my work begins.

Wow! That makes a big difference. It has style now. Did you notice the shop windows moved? The architect had the wrong dimensions on the plans and the edge of the windows did not line up with the ones below. Hard to notice because it was only 3 inches. Once the trim was in place, it would be more noticeable and too late to correct.

Trimming the end of the trusses. They make it look so easy... just walk along a 6 inch board, reach out almost 2 feet and cut it straight. Glad it's them and not me.

The roof is going up. Soon it will look like a house. Can't wait for the pile of dirt, concrete and roots to go away.

The second floor has its first wall. Won't be long now and they will be working on the roof. Still waiting for the utilities which means the trench is still in its half done state. Rumor has it they will be working on that next week.

The upstairs floor is in and the sheeting is going up down below. Won't be long and there will be walls going up on the second floor.

The beams are in place and soon the upstairs floor will be in place. The framers are taking their time making sure everything is as plumb and square as possible- a bonus of the current housing situation.

The beams flying into place. They had to rent a boom truck to get these brutes into place but it will be well worth it to have the center post gone.

The solution to the center post... 2 big beams to span the width and support the 2 smaller beams that hold up the floor above.

Walls! There will be a small delay while the engineer tries to remove the post from the middle of the shop floor.

The lumber is here or should I say a garage on a truck.

The floor is being poured and yes, that's another big heavy truck that made its way to our backyard... but it's starting to take shape.

Another big truck in the back yard- this time for the gravel before the concrete floor is poured. The lawn is taking a beating. It may never recover!

The rain stopped long enough to move a little dirt around to just one big pile. They also started the trench that will bring in the utilities. This will bring the project to the front yard for a while... hope the neighbors can put up with us.

The end of the week should bring a floor to the garage area and then a load of lumber after Memorial Day. That's when it will start looking like a building.

Wow! They are still doing some work to the forms and the concrete is already here. The front yard held up pretty good; hopefully a little dirt in the low spots and you will never know that we had 6 loads of concrete and the pumper truck drive over it.

The forms are nearly complete. Of course, it's been raining so that has made everything a little sloppy.

Remember the stump? Well this thing was a bugger and it's still hanging on. I'll try to get a better picture of what's in the way tomorrow, light was a little scarce this evening.

And the hole is dug.

The dig begins.

The stump grinder came and gave it a valiant try. It actually looked pretty good and there was plenty of free mulch for the taking.

Wouldn't you know it? We need a trench right through the center of this stump.

And here is the shed in its new temporary home.

It took some work and a couple 16 ft 2X6's but we got the shed moved. It wasn't that tough and we didn't get any pictures of the move but we pulled and pushed to the other corner of the backyard.