SHINGLE ALL THE WAY!

I'm sorry. . . lame title.  But I couldn't resist.


Because when I got to the Crappy Little House this morning there were Al and Dwayne on the roof nailing shingles.   I just looked up at Al and stood under the stoop and sang at the top of my lungs: Shingle Al,  Shingle Al,  Shingle all the way!    Poor Al.   I could just about hear him under his breath (Dios Mio!!!!)   

Well, there they are, hard at work.  I'm not sure if this is before or after I started singing.   And before I go any farther. . . there better not be any photographers out there that will take issue with the lighting of the picture.  It's an IPhone and even though there are probably ways of making it do better, I have not discovered them yet!

By some miracle Al decided that with the singing lunatic down on the ground, he was safer on the roof working, so he continued.   I just hope he comes back tomorrow.

Last night right as it was getting dark, I admit that I did go up and have a sit on this little beauty:

Today Ronnie the Framer was driving it around and redistributing dirt around the foundation of the house.  I figured that begging him to show me how this works and then to let me work it was not advisable on the same day I had been Wassailing his buddy Al.  Another time.  One of the top items on my bucket list is to learn to operate earth moving equipment, and this just seems to be fraught with possibilities.  They leave it unattended with the keys in it at night.   Stay tuned for possible dramatic developments!

Here's the front stoop. . . pretty much semi-completed and under roof, and shingled:

And also, they tidied up the interior:

Probably as tidy as it will ever be again.


Now this little bump out is interesting:

Made from "Sips" panels, this will augment the window over my bathtub and allow for an extra deep window sill as I sit in my tub, gaze out the window at the mountains and watch House Hunters on HGTV. Pretty much the budget cuts are not showing up in the master bath!

Current target date for move-in is mid-February.  And that is only because the kitchen cabinets will not arrive until Jan. 24.    Exterior doors and all the other windows probably going in on Monday!

I'm in DC for our final dress rehearsal for the Family Christmas Concert tomorrow morning at the Kennedy Center.  The concert is early Saturday afternoon.  Then home again.  Weather warmer. . . . . YEA!!!!