Trusses are in

Trusses arrived Friday, Oct 12. We're prepping and will soon be placing them and getting the roof on. Need to get this buttoned up before snow flies. Bob is hanging in there. He'll need surgery - the knee isn't healing. He's going to wait until late winter - too much to do now.

Framing & Clearing

Spent the last couple of days framing the windows & doors and clearing tress for the power lines. We also prepped an area for the trusses - they should be delivered sometime this week.

Milestone # 4!

With Fred's help we were able to get the logs completed this weekend! 

Yeah!

 Bob's managed to get around OK with his brace. We're about 3 weeks behind schedule but we did it. Tomorrow the trusses get ordered. Be forewarned - we'll be recruiting help to get the roof on in a few weeks.

Last weekend...

Kenny & Fred came over and helped out. Thanks guys!
A thank you to Dale for the loan of the staging. It's made life a lot easier. 

Bad News...

Bob had an MRI on Saturday and got a call today - he tore his MCL & ACL! He can't do anything halfway. PA's recommendation - let the MCL heal - 6-8 weeks. Then see if the ACL has healed - unlikely - if not, schedule surgery for the ACL. He's calling to get a second opinion on other options. No matter how you look at it this puts a huge dent in our plans. Once we have a plan in place for his healing - then we'll get a plan together to get the cabin closed up for winter. We've got to get the last courses laid and the roof on.
 It could be worse - he could've broken his neck. Stay tuned....

That's a knee immobilizer...

on Bob's right leg. No, he didn't do it working on the new house. He had this little accident working on the old house. Long story short, he lost his balance while on the tailgate of the truck, tried to get it back by stepping into the wheelbarrow and went "ass over teakettle" onto the ground. This occurred Monday evening. Tuesday AM we went to the emergency room at Cottage Hospital. No broken bones, lots of swelling (on his leg Guindon) and he has to go back on Tuesday for a possible MRI. We were going to finish up the log laying this weekend - I took off Thursday & Friday so we could finish up, the weather is supposed to be beautiful too. Oh well. Now my task is to keep him occupied so he doesn't find some way to wield his chainsaw in that brace. Maybe we'll take a road trip on Friday....

Last week Bob got quite a bit of work completed. By the weekend we were on the 2nd to last course of logs about 2/3 of the way around the perimeter. Almost ready to order the trusses.

The bottom 2 courses are below the floor. There will be 2 courses above the doors & windows.