Progress on the 4th

I've learned never to make too many plans...'cause they usually don't work out. There's always a kink to everything.--especially when you're working with construction-crews.

But...since I can count on a few people, we did see some progress last week.

Contractor decided that it would be a lot easier for us to paint, if we climbed onto the front-end loader and ride on it instead of a ladder....heights don't usually bother me.....usually. What's hilarious is that we had to put on TWO coats! TWO trips to the top of this peak! Hopefully, we won't have to paint for a LONG time!

We tried to paint fast and I had just as much paint on me as the eaves. I was told several times that I was saving myself a lot of money....I sure hope so.

Remember all of the concrete problems we had with the basement....well, this is the dust from two grinders trying to smooth out walls and ceilings in the basement.

I was volunteered to run the grinder on the kitchen floor to smooth up the patch in there. I have muscles in my arms that I didn't know existed.

The electrician is finished and the insulators came and finished yesterday. They first put this mesh fabric up and then came back and filled it full of blow-in insulation. The fabric reminded me of a dryer sheet and then the insulation is like poly-fill. Some of the walls have "the pink stuff" and then other's have this blown-in style.

Hopefully, we'll have sheetrock Monday. They partied a little too much over the 4th and couldn't quite-make it back to work for a few days. Must be nice to be so undependable and still get the job!

We've also gotten another 2" of rain since July 4th. Hopefully we'll be done with wheat harvest TODAY! We've never cut wheat this late before and have never fought the mud like this either.