After a week of various ailments slowing us down (Dan had strep, I've been laid low with allergies, and Hunt is getting just plain exhausted) not to mention some iffy weather, we've been back at it, and today the house will be nearly fully sheathed! This is a good thing. Hunt and Dan created framework for the upstairs gables and found that they needed to accommodate some funky measurements, but it all came out well and looks great.
This past week we also ordered our appliances: Kenmore everything: gas stove, fridge, washer and dryer. It just makes it seem as though the end of the tunnel is in sight!
After today, a needed break. On Friday Hunt and I will head down to Westport, Massachusetts to spend the night with our friend Sidney. On Saturday we wend our way to Pinewoods Camp, near Plymouth, Mass., for English Dance Musicians Week! We are very much in need of the break. For most campers, this will be a week of rustic cabin living. For us, it's a major step up- running water, flush toilets, showers, 3 meals a day- bliss! We may even take in a few classes around our plans to sleep, eat, swim, canoe, schmooze and RELAX!
While we're gone, Dan and friend, neighbor and First Day Cottage-dweller Rich Popovic will continue work on the house. They plan to wrap the house in Typar, put up the insulation, and maybe get some windows installed! What a wonderful prospect to return home to!
We get back Labor Day weekend and hope that the roof can go up that week or soon thereafter. Hunt says "The back of the work is broken"- we are starting to think about actually living in the house, and can see that all this hard work is going to pay off!
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