Framed!

The concrete work has been put on pause for a couple of weeks while the engineers figure out exactly how big to make the retaining walls, and let me tell you something: the walls are not getting smaller. I just hope that that the World Bank does not figure out where all of its dam building concrete went until after the stuff sets and they can't take it back because I am convinced we could have built a small hydroelectric project across a good-sized stream with all the concrete and steel we are using just to keep the dirt in place.

In the meantime, the medium of choice is plywood and the framing has started to go up. While I am a big fan of concrete, for pure instant gratification, nothing beats framing because it is fast and it actually makes the object of the construction look like a house. As usual, the guys lost no time framing up the front of the house and the parts of the first and second floor that actually exist.



And as always, lest the readers think that we shirk heavy work, Jenn is seen here engaged in heavy concentration, deciding where to put her desk, and



where to put the large screen TV.



As I said before, we do our share of the hard work. Next steps, one more floor up.