Family Room is Framed (1/9/11)

Hello out there.  Although we got some snow this weekend (only a couple of inches) this past week was a wonderful week for framing a family room.  And lo and behold, that's exactly what happened here on the farm as you'll see from the pictures below.  The walls are all up, the headers are in and supported, the rafters are in and the roof is on, inlcuding a full covering of ice and water shield (love that stuff).  Mike and his crew are going to finish up on the inside of the family room while also shifting gears to the mudroom which will be just to the side of the F.R..  The foundation has been poured for that and because we're not talking about a large square footage that should go reasonably quickly.  Michael Wang will be here today to measure up what will be the kids' bathroom so he can put a plan in place for that and he'll also be finalizing plans for the kitchen--Laura is MIGHTY excited about that discussion (picking cabinets etc etc).  Dermot, the electrician, spent an hour and a half in the house Saturday counting outlets, checking switches, asking about recessed and surface lighting, etc...the wiring will be a big project!

Life on the farm is otherwise moving along.  Laura ran into the person who is trying to manage our deer population (bow only!) earlier this week and he reported having taken out a mangy coyote that we've been worried about.  We've seen this guy around more and more of late and have been concerned about his or her increasingly brazen behavior--the departure is welcomed news.  Caleb is in the process of finishing up his last school application and Eliza is 2/3rds of the way thru the many Bat Mitzvahs she has with her classmates this year. 



Friday afternoon -- getting that ice and water shield on!



Saturday - under a dusting of snow...