Here are a few pictures. Ben came to visit and they all decided to shoot the gun. Ben came up with the Shrek look to protect his ears. It was a hoot.

The next picture is of the ceiling. It still needs more trim put up but the basic idea is there. The third picture is of the new wall. The wall continues all the way to the other side. This will make is so that the game room/ tv area is not part of the main opening. Todd may put a small office over there as well. The boards are pretty neat looking. Those boards colored by sitting in a compressed stack and allowed to get wet and dry several times. It goes along with the whole cabin feel. We have had several people come and want a tour of the house. Local are amazed and want to copy the idea.

There is now drywall on all the lower ceilings with recessed lighting. It is amazing how it brightened the place. Todd is working so hard. I still do clean up duty . You can't tell in this picture

Clancy is pretty good at providing us with fire wood. He gets about a half cord without any assistance from us. That means he has to chainsaw chop and load the wood up to the house. I am glad to have him. Collin is now the Trashman. This means he has to do the running. Trash has to be taken a half mile down the road. A big job in itself.

November

We have had a very busy November. The tract work is going good. I have at least five unbelievable calls, two of them are guys--frown. ( I will pass them on) I am so excited to go back on the other three. Overall the response is positive. Very little do we get a rejection. Aux. Pio is going pretty smoothly, I would say better than I thought.

Collin is studying with a little boy of one of my students. He is very responsible about coming along. That makes everything easy. The kid isn't bored while I am there and he is learning the truth. The best part is that Collin suggested the idea. Before he Aux pio'd he didn't really want to come along that often. October was a good month for the whole family.

We put up a new wall in the house behind the staircase. It is very rugged. It screams Todd. I don't really mind it. I will send pictures sometime this week. Kara put insulation in most of the holes in the corners which makes a big difference. It was 20 degrees Monday night and we were holding heat of 58 by morning. We consider that pretty good when you can see the outside from the inside while not looking out a window.