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Even though the last pieces of blueboard have yet to be installed elsewhere, Rundy started finish plastering Titi’s sewing room. There wasn’t enough blueboard left for two teams to be working on. Also, the plaster needs 24 hours to dry before it can be painted, so this room can be painted while another room is [...]

The sheets of blueboard are a standard 4 ft by 8 ft, and today they started screwing them into the studs horizontally. That is to say, the 8 ft. length was parallel with the floor. All the ceilings have been covered and all the walls are 4 ft. high. The bags of Diamond brand interior [...]

I have lived for years with peeling wallpaper and crumbling plaster, and I’ve scarcely been conscious of the lack of decor. But being asked what color I want to paint my bedroom throws me into a state of panic. I have to make a decision! And it might be the wrong one! What am I [...]

The workers seem a bit unhappier today. Perhaps it is because the work is a lot more fiddly now. They are trying to cover the ceilings with blueboard and the house beams are irregularly shaped, making it difficult to make the sheets join together seamlessly. DH is working on the exterior of the house, attempting [...]

It’s 8:44 pm as I’m writing this and dark outside. Teman and Collin are unloading 50 sheets of blueboard off of Teman’s trailer. They are passing them up to the porch roof to Rundy and Lachlan. Those two boys are pulling each sheet out of Teman’s and Collin’s hands, walking it along the porch roof [...]

As I’ve been working on the grocery list, I’ve been thinking about how our daily routines have changed. For example, I’ve changed some of the ground rules for meal planning, since everyone (above a certain age) at home is physically working hard. The first changed rule is: no vegetarian suppers. Meat for every dinner. I’m [...]

They finished installing all the insulation in the walls today. They were going to put it in the ceiling, too, but DH found a short in his wiring and as I write this, had not yet figured out where the problem is. Meanwhile, Teman got a nasty, Katrina-induced surprise. He went to purchase the sheetrock [...]

I am getting behind . . . in everything: these entries, household bookkeeping, homeschooling, insurance paperwork, laundry–almost all of it has to do with paper, somehow. I would like to upload photos as the work progresses, and I haven’t even started that. Lots of water damage in the tents from the past two days of [...]

DH and I spent a lot of time on the road at various appointments. He got his new orthotics, new shoes to put the orthotics in, and his first PT appointment, which took a good two hours. This put the wiring part of the project behind. Everyone else managed to keep busy, except for the [...]

In the morning there were still last minute things to move out, the odd box and most of the carpets, but by noon Rundy and Lachlan were pounding out the ceilings. I took the younger children with me on several errands, one of which was to return a quilting hoop to a friend. She gave [...]