Footings are not FUN!

Had a fun time Friday nite (11/10/06), went out with Amber and her friend to listen to a band. Good band, kinda scary place. Not too bad, just an older crowd - fun to laugh at! Well as the night progressed, drank a couple beers and a shot of Patrone (yea, I LOVE tequila) and had an interesting end to the nite - CODE OF THE ROAD ha ha!
Needless to say, saturday morning as I was digging the footings for my wrap around porch, I was not in "tip top" shape. none the less, the footings are done and Friday I will start building the porch - hope to have it done this weekend.
The drywallers are mudding the house now and I'll primer it Thurs & Friday and then start painting Saturday. Luckily I have a small group of friends to help paint - hopefully they can all make it.
Other than that, I'm buying my outlets, switches, face plates and electrical fixtures so I can install them all after painting and be able to work at night - yea I cant wait... i know, you can just feel the excitement hee hee.
Well that's all I have - oh, other than I had the BEST massage EVER yesterday. It pretty much kicked my ass and I feel goooooooooood.Gotta Jet - PEACE OUT!

It's Really Moving

The drywall is 6 boards of being completely hung, then the mudders come in. They didnt work today, but they will be done Monday morning. I am trying to finalize my paint and electrical fixtures, take measurements for flooring, tile and cabinets... oh my goodness things are really moving now - there is much I can do all at once. Our next step is the porch (while the drywallers are working). Tomorrow we dig and set the footings and then we build the porch structure... we need to get the siding on though - only one side. I have given myself an Xmas deadline, it would be nice to meet it - wonder if I can acheive it. I'm going to try. Wish me luck, hopefully I will have enough time and evergy to update my blogs...GOTTA JET - PEACE OUT
ps - Una and I did a nice trail run in record time today, 25 minutes... now I just need to see how far it is!

Drywaaaaaaaaaaaaall

Yea, its really happening - drywall is going up Tuesday. This weekend was spent doing odds and ends finish framing... some areas around the windows... hanging the rest of the green board in the bathrooms (where the tile is going to be) and cleaning. We took down the scaffolding - after we reinforced the ceiling nailers with screws. The house looks much bigger when there isnt a lot of crap in the way. I think I'll take a pic tomorrow to remember what it looked like pre-drywall.... do I really want to remember that?I had to insulate the little closet/room where my air handler is - didnt really have to the thing is quiet as crap as it is.. but i guess a little extra insulation cant hurt. Although it DID hurt because I didnt have my mask or goggles and I am seriously paying for that shit now. Oh well, this too shall pass. Heh heh that phrase always makes me think of something else....Well its late, Ive been working all weekend - crap Ive been working since March ha ha! I'm tired and Im going to sleepPEACE OUT! Next time you read this will be POST drywall - wish me luck!