I've eaten too much!!

Those 4 words have been uttered a lot in this household over the festive period... 2 more days and back to chocolate banishment and healthy eating!

This week was a short week after Christmas Eve - eating, Christmas Day - eating, Boxing Day - more eating, then we were back to work for 3 days....  Mr M cracked on and got a few more windows in!

First he finished off the bottom half of this end wall...

 

Then he wrapped and put in some corner windows in what will eventually be the dining room...

Me and Miss Molly Moobilous inspected and approved...

And that was kind of it for this week, he also was working on the framing of the walls for my office, but hasn't finished it yet.

So here we are at the end of 2017.  We are really happy with how much has been achieved this year, we started off in March with the first dig....

Built it layer by layer....


 

 

And here we are......

 

Excited for 2018 and getting this project completed........ 2018 is the year of the DOG and at least 3 members of our household approve. 

 

So if you haven't already, get yourself and dog and embrace everything the year has to offer!!!

It's Chrissssssssssstmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!!!

Ho Ho Ho.. but before we crack on with the festivities an update on a very productive week!.

Firstly.... *drumroll* the roof is finished! We couldn't be more happier with the end result, it looks fantastic and we are so pleased we chose the shingles we did as they really do demand a steep roof.

The "toe kicks" (roof scaffolding) are still on the roof so that Mr M can use them to add the wrap to the dormers and fit the windows, otherwise he might slide right off.

The front....

And the back...... how is it already covered in needles?



The dog ears either side look great.....

So that's another milestone crossed off the list! and onto the next.  Windows!

 

After spending A LOT of the week procrastinating and researching Mr M finally took a leap of faith and cracked on!

 

My kitchen window was first, mostly as it needed the least amount of house wrap since it is under the porch and so will never be in the direct line of rain...



The rest of the house that isn't under the porch needs to be wrapped first, good job it's Christmas we've been getting lots of practice with wrapping....

 

You start off by going side to side, bottom to top....

The you cut and wrap around the windows....

Yes we will be going right to the top, just not quite this week!  So next its the windows.  Each sill needs to be sealed to keep them watertight.  Fancy plastic corners...

Then you stick some sticky tape - or if you want to get technical - window flashing....

The window flashing is then stuck all the way along the bottom of the window opening.....

Like so....

Then you silicone around the edge of the window, and get silicone everywhere and all over yourself, and then you slide the window in to place, viola....

 

Then you put some more sticky tape around the top of the windows and seal them all up.....

Starting to come together....

 

So it will be all systems go now to keep cracking on with house wrap and window installation! dormers soon - up the roof he goes!

 

In the meantime we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, Happy belated Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa.....

 

Whatever it is you celebrate be happy, joyous and always show kindness...

 

Wingardium Leviosa...

It's been a busy old week with lots going on, firstly Mr M has pretty much framed our bedroom, bathroom, closet (more on that shortly), we had Wayne and his excavating thingy come out and dig a trench so we could lay the rest of the conduit in for the power.  Mr M will soon be putting in the big cable and we will have main power running into the house rather than extension cables!! We picked up our first delivery of windows and finally there has been more progress on the roof!

Inside and upstairs, its like magic... all of a sudden we have walls and defined spaces!

He put all his top plates on....

We have some really cool alcoves in our bedroom, there is going to be lots of "interesting" spaces...

I didn't get a photo of the trench digging, it's mud and men with shovels etc... you can use your imagination to picture that.

We picked up windows... (and yes Mr M did make a very cool a-frame to keep them upright during transportation up the hill...

And we got some more roofing complete - over halfway done now.  The front is all done apart from some loose ends to finish up...

And the back is started, I am so happy with the shingles that we chose.  Watching our roofing contractor work is like watching him do a huge jigsaw puzzle, he is doing an awesome job!

We are continuing to have absolutely glorious weather.. if this is winter I'll take it!!