The Faster You Run the Behinder You Get

The foreman has been harassing me about how long it's been between posts, and he is correct. Waaaay too long. I apologize. So here is what we've been up to for the past three weeks. Hold on to your hats... it's going to be a long ride!

Since John is doing the vast majority of the work himself without any assistance, he's invented his patented "Don't-Fall-Off-the-Slab Slab"

 And his patented "Too-Far Bar"

You can see that he had to make some adjustments to the Too-Far-Bar...
this early prototype wouldn't let him go far enough!

 You can see them in action in this video of the raising of the first wall!



After a few short days, he had all the walls framed. Pretty!

The crane arrived with the roof trusses. The crane operator, Mario, was a true artist... just a little tap here and there and voila... it all fell into place.


We then preyed on the goodness of some of our easy-going friends who had said "if you ever need anything" and "invited" them to a Truss Raising Party! Stay tuned for the fun, including a time lapse showing the progress of the trusses.