Working on The Floor Joists

For the past few weeks we have been sanding logs, notching logs to fit hangers, chinking and setting the floor joists.

A Typical Week

Dad and Blane jr. head off to work around 7 AM every day while Mom and the children focus on daily activities including homeschooling, keeping house and preparing meals. When Dad and Blane jr. return home around 6 in the evening we eat dinner together then we gather together for family worship when we sing, read scripture and pray. After this time we have been running work lamps out to the cabin and work until 9:00 or so. Then on Saturdays we usually get started around 8:00 in the morning and work till about 5:00 then we prepare for the Lords day. Sundays are the best! We meet with our church family for worship and fellowship.

Working at Night

What We Hope to Accomplish this Year

I hope the hardest part is behind us now and things will move along at a better pace. My vision for this year is to complete everything to the point that we can celebrate next Christmas in our new home. We still have much work to do, but with a roof on the house we can work rain or shine and should be able press on without being at the mercy of the weather.
These blessings need a little more room than our 800 sq' currently provide.

Roof Part 2

Working on the roof was very labour intensive and as we were trying to complete it before winter hit we were blessed by our church family to have several men out almost every Saturday for a month to help.

We had to build "sleepers" on top of the roof for insulation.

After this was done everything else was conventional procedures for roofing with R-38 fiberglass insulation, 7/16 osb, 30# roofing felt, architectural  asphalt shingles and a ridge vent.