shingles are up...

We continue full steam ahead. I've been switching back and forth from plumber to electrician for the last couple weeks. I must say that plumbing is much more enjoyable. You have to drill too many holes when you are running wire. Also the roofers came this week and got the shingles and tin put up. You can't really see it but Leslie wanted a cupola put on the roof over the garage and when she went shopping around for one they ranged from $700 to $1500 dollars so she decided to just make one. It will probably end up costing us $150. It just looks like a black box on the roof right now. I'll take pictures when it's finished. In the mean time here are some photo's of the exterior and the arch we built to divide the kitchen from the living room, note the posts in the arch and the beams on the ceiling. These were the remaining wall for a farm building on a ranch up in Idaho. It's kinda funny when people come and want to walk through the house the different reactions we get to the old wood we are putting in our new house. Some think it's pretty cool lookin' and others just look at it and agree that it's old. We like it and it took as the good part of a morning to get them up, so we aren't taking them down at this point.

Ox in the Mire.....

OK, so they weren't Oxen but the neighbors cows got out Saturday night and Leslie and Kaitlin went to help round them up after church. For those of you who think we might be transforming into "Utah Mormon's" and are wondering why we wouldn't wait until Monday morning to go round up the cows you can blame it, and everything else for that matter, on the price of fuel. There used to be a time when a local farmer could care less if a few cows got out and spent half a day grazing on his field but with the price per bale what it is today they aren't quite as Farmerly. So it was a bit more pressing that the cows get put back where they belong. Kaitlin snapped a few photo's with her phone, it was quite the round up. I told it probably would have been a good idea to make sure that The one downside of dealing in ponies is that the water always seems a little bit deeper.

Progress on the house continues, I'll post some photo's next week after they get the shingles on. For now most of the progress is taking place inside the house so posting pictures is kinda pointless. The heating and air conditioning guy is done, electrical needs a couple more days, and I'm hoping to have the plumbing done by mid-next week. I keep thinking that things are going too smoothly and that a bump in the road is looming. I know now that I've said it out loud it's bound to happen. It just seems like everything has been working out better than we could hope. I've been able to spend a lot more time on the house than we ever imagined I would over the last couple months. I was put on a long term engagement that I've been able to work on from home. I think I've only been out of town two of the last six weeks. If this keeps up we'll move in sooner than I thought.