August 23, 2005

It would appear that we are going to really build a house! Last night we had a long conversation with “our builders” Adam and Ben. We hammered out the roof line and decided on a 9 pitch - very steep but easier to do than a gambrel which is what we thought we wanted. We were wrong about that.J We will be on our own for the foundation, and Adam made no promises for putting on the shingles. He’s just not a roof man.

“I will fall and die. I can’t do it.”

We all had a good laugh over that one. Well, all of us except Adam.

The driveway is scheduled to be put in Friday but it has rained since Monday morning. If Murphy’s Law proves true in this situation, this will be the first August in history where it rains for the entire last week and into Labor Day. If it doesn’t stop raining by Wednesday then it’s going to be too wet for the gravel truck to get in. Our driveway is 200 feet long + parking area so it’s a lot of gravel. I hope it stops raining today.