update

Today the finished drilling the well and put the well casing in (421feet). Tomorrow they will bail out the casing, put a sand screen down and start pumping the well. Keep your fingers crossed.

Dennis and I finished siding the last cable and move around to the dormer. We got the house wrap on and the soffits and fascia installed. Tomorrow we will finish the dormer and will be done with the versa lift.

Next comes the siding on the porch and to finish the porch ceiling which will be covered with cedar.

update

Well Drilller is back

The well drillers came this afternoon and got started drilling before the rain came and drove them away. When the well is done I am going to have twenty black hills spruce trees planted and a number of my read cedars dug and moved to the yard as well as some shade trees.

The siding is coming as you can see. Hopefully we can get this finished this week.

I am ready for closure on this project. It has been much fun but am ready to move on.

This weekend was spent fishing and fooling around so no work done on the house. Did catch a lot of fish though.

Deck

Today Dennis and I built the deck. All I could think about was the deck I put on the old house which seemed to take all summer and we did this in one day and also put the beam in above the deck. We had everything done and picked up by 4:30. Even got the grill put on and cooked a hamburger for supper.

Tonight we are supposed to get a killing freeze so the pictures of the beans should look dramatically different in a few days.

Tomorrow I think I will install sprinkler heads watch football. Then at 6:00 I am going to meet two old classmates (one who I haven't seen for years) for dinner.

You can see the beans are turning gold. This change has happened the past week. They are ready for frost when the start to turn and we are expecting one tomorrow night.

Dennis finished the siding up to the cable on the back and we had the material delivered for the deck which needs to go one before we side.

I dug four foot deep holes (three) for the posts on the deck last night and filled them with concrete today.

Also I have about started putting in sprinkler heads. Hopefully the well man will come soon.

More siding

Dennis was a little late this morning because he was looking at another job. Since it was raining when he came he put the bi fold door on the pantry before lunch. We went to lunch early and came back to work on the siding. We finished the garage and got the front of the house up to the wide green board on the top. Tomorrow we will go to the back and start with that.

Dennis thought that we should consider three colors and my suggestion was that we look into putting a Burgoyne color on the peak of the cable. We are looking into this.

The gutter man came today and I think that either tomorrow or the next day they will install the gutters. Since I have no trees I will not need Gutter Helmet.

Slso piding

Well today there is something to show on the house exterior. Dennis and I worked all day on what you see (I hope) in the picture. It was hot and windy but it felt good to get started. I cut and and held and Dennis nailed and bossed me around. We have a good time.

Tonight Ken came by to look at planting some trees. He is going to put in 20 black hills spruce mixed with some of my western red cedar. The spruce will be three to four feet high and the cedar will be three to six feet. He will plant a few shade trees.

Now we are having a symphony of thunder. I don't know if it is raining but assume it is.

Another hot day

It was another hot day and I helped a friend put in a cabinet shower (he helped me). Of course he just wanted me to give him some pointers and he would do the work. I think he really meant it. Oh well after starting at 8:30 we finished a few minutes before 5:00. He was very appreciative and that made it a good job.
Yesterday I couldn't upload pictures for some reason so here are the irrigation pictures. The sunset was a few minutes late but you can see it anyway.

Dennis did start the siding today beut didn't get here until after lunch so there was not much to show. Maybe tomorrow.

Another hot day

Hello again

Well it's been along time since the last post on August 15. A lot of water under the bridge since then. Been to Alaska for a week with Mary and had a wonderful time. There has been many things done but not much to take a picture of. Over the weekend I made trenches and put in 1200 feet of irrigation lines. The well driller stopped by today and the well may be finished soon. Monday after we got back from Alaska the Rural Water was finally finished. Dennis has all of the wood trim on the windows and will start of the siding this morning. I have all of the jamb extensions on the the windows in the living room and kitchen painted and trimmed out. The yard is pretty well ready for sod, seed, and trees.

There has been progress and I promise to do better on the blog.

Hello again