Osker helped Grandpa paint.  They didn't really want me to help because of my tail...

Three sides of the house are caulked and painted!  Only the south side (front) to go.

 Dad and Grandpa got the garage south gable, sided and painted!  We think this is the last job with scaffolding.

Grandma and Grandpa headed back east on the train. We'll miss Grandpa's help and Grandma's cookies!!

Both chickens are molting.  They no longer have tail feathers!!  Zambit looks really ugly.  Hopefully the new feathers grow in soon!

 Mom was getting all excited about the interior, but reality hit, and Dad and Grandpa convinced her to finish the outside before the rain starts.  So we finished the soffett, siding, caulking, and painting the north and east sides of the garage.

Then Grandpa and Mom finished siding the north side of the house.  Mom has it taped and caulked ready for paint.

Dad and Grandpa have finished the soffett on the south side of the garage and are working on the siding which includes lots of "tricky" cuts around the breezeway roof.

Chicken note:  Wonkette finally stopped brooding.  We put a blue ice pack in the nesting box!!  That stopped her from sitting there in one day!

 Grandma and Grandpa are visiting!  Grandpa is helping backroll paint. We got the garage side done, and have the first coat done in the house.  It's a  very subtle color, snow down.

Grandma feeds us cookies when we sit and are gentle.

Zambit has decided to become sociable.  She has been joining us for cocktail hour.  She likes Triscuits!!

Osker is always trying to get close to me.  He tries to hug me or hold paws.

Got 2 pallets of oak flooring today (this picture is one pallet)!  A lumber company truck delivered it, then we had to move the 60+ bundles into the house to acclimate.  It's 7" wide white oak, unfinished.

The dining room french doors are done, ready to be hung. 

We primed the garage yesterday, but don't have enough paint for the shop side.  Another trip to town next week!

We're doing better being near the chickens, but sometimes it's hard to resist giving them a romp.

Still working on staining and varnishing doors, putting drywall mud on the garage walls, and prepping for paint and flooring.

Wonkette is broody!  Her feathers are all puffed out; she's ready to hatch some eggs.  Her biological chicken clock is going off!  Problem is there's no rooster.  We have to throw her out of the hen house each day to break this cycle, or she would stay in there all day.

Swamper and his Dad came to visit week before last!  His Dad helped split the last truck-load of oak that filled the third woodshed!  We should be comfy-warm this winter, but we'll probably be heating two houses so we need lots of wood!  Swamper's Dad also helped Mom roll primer on the dining room and kitchen.

Swamper's Dad liked to cool off in the creek!  Osker couldn't figure out the disconnect between the head and feet above the water!  He kept barking at the feet!










Now that texturing is done, Mom went back to finishing the exterior doors.  Dad made a temporary door block--their worst fear is that a skunk gets in at night and lets loose!!

Dad got the paint sprayer working again so today they sprayed primer on more of the main floor rooms.  Just the entryway to go.  Mom is frantically trying to pick wall colors.  She ordered white oak flooring for most of the house!

Now that all the sheetrock is up, the insulation guys came back this week and blew-in about 14" of fiberglass insulation onto the ceilings in the four attic corners.  It made a big difference in the inside house temp.   The texture guys were here Mon-Wed.  They got the interior textured including the attic.  It's been drying the last two days.  They'll be back Saturday to do a final sanding and clean-up.  They finished two rooms so Mom could start priming while the other areas were drying.

On hot days like today, Mom takes us to the creek to play stick in the water.  Mom throws it, I get it, Osker steals it and takes it to the bank.  I love this game and can play it much longer than anyone else!