Who has 2 thumbs and just bought $4,000 worth of windows and doors for $500? This GUY!

So starting off, I think Craigslist ROCKS! I've found a cute little pot belly stove for a great price and I feel that I've practically thieved these brand new windows. They're from a contractor who measured an entire house wrong and can't use them. Makes no difference to me because the large windows are going to look great as I frame them into my new cabin.

Recapping this weekend, Ted and I had a newcomer in the way of my brother-n-law decide to brave it out and come play builder with us. Good thing, because we had to build 24' beams of pressure treated 2x12's and lift them into the brackets. The first two were easy but would have been a bear with just two of us. The last and highest beam had to be slightly disassembled to get it over our heads and into its space.

We had originally planned on spending the first day bringing some fill down the hill to level off the ground of the bottom two rows of piers, but Mother Nature had other plans. You see, she decided to rain for a few days all over our dry mounds of ground that should have been easy to push down the hill but instead formed a massive muddy clay blob.

After two trips of tossing heavy mud onto a tarp and pulling it down, we decided we'd once again recruit our mountain angel (Dave Swope) to get his backhoe and push it down for us. So off we went to building. Once we got the aforementioned mega beams up, we made quick work of marking off our subfloor plan and laying down the pieces.

 

We got the trusses lined up and set on just as we heard the first thunder roll down into the canyon. It was quite comical to see all of our faces look at each other with an urgency to finish up before the storm hit. But we got'er done and felt very accomplished just as the rain came on.

 

It makes me happy and eager every time we pack up and I take the last pic of the trip to remind me of how far we've come but how far we've got to go. If all goes well, the three of us will embark once again in the dark of Friday morning to head up there and spend three days getting the 4 walls and the loft up.

 

 

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