What was That!?

No great acheivements, but the porch roof is 100% done and the remainder of the porch base is done, now all we have to do is the rest of the composite planks and the porch is DONE. This past weekend was spent building the steps for the porch (they look great!) and cleaning the yard, which included a HUGE fire ha ha!

I was in charge of the fire.... yea, fools ha ha ha! So, here is this huge pile of construction debri which included a LOT of cardboard from my siding installation and here is me climbing to the top of it to light it... I'm crouched at the top of the pile with my little lighter trying to light the corner of a cardboard box.... I'm thinking... "this is going to take a while to get going, so maybe I'll light a few corners of boxes to help it along". I get the one corner lit and try to manueaver to the other side of the pile, trying not to fall through -when all of a sudden a flame the size of Florida erupts and I nearly fall off the pile. Ok, it wasn't the size of Florida, but when it was huge, hot and close to my ponytail... I wasn't thinking about anything other than getting off that pile. Staring at my fiery acheivment I realize I hadnt called my burn permit in - yikes - so I get on the phone with Dept of Forestry only to remember I dont have pertinent information that is needed to process my permit. Since I'm supposed to have this called in BEFORE I start the fire, I'm on the phone with them trying to get the info... throwing more wood on the fire - it's called multi-tasking - when all of a sudden an explosion erupts from the pile... WTF WAS THAT! After I get up off the ground and masking my laughter, I'm hoping the dude is too busy digging up my info to pay attention to the blast. Finally, he gets me my number and I'm off the phone -phwew! That was close.... I look over at my dad who is laughing his ass off - he thinks its funny to throw paint cans in the fire when I'm not looking.... I'm reminded daily how much my dad and I are alike.... I worked my butt off cleaning up the yard of all debri and it looks much better now. Took apart the scaffolding, grouted the final bathroom floor and organized all our tools for the next "big job".Corian dudes came back out today because they didnt do my countertops right but they say they can fix them. I've got to go buy my bathroom cabinets, counter tops, sinks and faucets because they are next to go in. Still working on the stair treads - those have been a chore. Dad's been busting his butt on the porch railings... he is cutting out the slats from bigger peices and he's got a good bit of them done... I'm guessing that's what we'll be working on this weekend, as well as getting those toilets in that we didnt get to last weekend. We'll also have to get to the baseboards. There is a lot left to do, but its close and we're working hard.....