Moving Along at a Steady Pace

We are down for the long Memorial Weekend. It is HOT here, been in the 90's every day. We work some in the early morning and seek out air conditioning in the afteroon/ evening. Good thing I put A/C in the camper, makes it a nice place to get out of the heat and for sleeping comfortably.

See the pictures below for the progress we have made and what we have been working on.

Here is the A/C condenser to go with the furnace. It is a 5 Ton 16 SEER unit, can't wait until that is up and running, sure will be nice but that is a couple months away at this point.

"The Girls" as I call them came visiting again this morning. They are around all the time and we see them almost on a daily basis.

They have started framing the "back" porch. This is an 8' by 30' gravel floored porch so I have a place to put my tractor implements to keep them out of the weather without taking up shop space.

We brought the boat down with us this trip, it is in the "storage" area with the mustang now.

These are the door handles and lock sets for the exterior man doors and the doors in the shop areas.

We started staining/ sealing the windows and window frames. The windows are wood on the inside so we wanted to seal the wood before the drywall goes up and the dust gets into the wood pores. We chose a very, very light stain, mostly clear with urethane for color and protection.

The rough-in for the wiring is nearly done in the house, we have 45 recessed/ can lights that have to be installed and a few other odds/ ends and the electrical will be roughed in. Should be done by the end of next week. Then they will start on the rough-in for the shop areas. I am just having the garage door openers wired and one light in each room for now out there.

A shot of the front of the house this morning as the sun came up.

We will have "county" water. Our water tap has been installed down at the road. So I put a water hose connection on it so I can go down and fill up water when I need it. We went down this morning and filled up some water barrels and my sprayer for weeds/ bugs. From this location, it is 1,400 feet back to the house, we will trench that back some time over the next few months, I am in no big hurry since I know it will mess up the driveway again. But at least this time, it will be summer and should be dry.