Steph's Reality Blend

As planned, the sheetrocking began early this  week, and now that it's Saturday, it's almost DONE!  Thanks to our good friend Vlad (who is a very speedy worker.  He's Russian... American.) Regardless of all the sheetrock, it's still been cold  in there for the kids without a fire going for a while.  Sunshine helps too! ...before we cleaned and organized. The "office/store"...  By a frog's whiskers, our project made it on the well  company's fall schedule. The ground started freezing  but the hay Randy put down helped them out.  Thankfully, it was also the warmest day of the week. By the end of the day, we were all hooked  up and had a shiny new pressure tank installed!  The next day, Randy and Vlad spent the morning  putting up sheetrock and finishing some  rough-in plumbing, then we all had a lunch  break and Vlad stayed with Lexi and all 5  kids ...

One part of insulation was covering the  septic holding tank that's in the  ground. Much of it by hand... :) Randy regularly checks the "free stuff" section on  Craigslist and found this metal bunk bed frame  from some guy running for office in Crosslake.  He assumed the kids were going to love it, and  we didn't disagree. We'll be using it for scaffolding.  It really helps to have an experienced (uncertified)  electrician in close ranks. Randy's dad "Pa"  helped a LOT, as Randy was largely responsible  for the roughed-in electrical work.  On a nice day with the tractor "Droofus" running  and a spare half hour, Randy started scraping the  area that the house will sit. As expected, the top  foot or so is junky, with campfire remains, garbage,  sawdust, and chunks of wood. Below that is HARD  sandy gravel/soil. Mom, you would appreciate this. Look at...