Upstairs windows are going in!

As of today we have three installed of the four. The last one is going to be a doozey because it's going above our staircase, so we have to make a scaffolding inside to get that one in. I thought we'd be tackling it this weekend, but so far the guys have been working on the foundation. They have all of the flashing installed, which Jason made by hand. Everything he looked at in the stores (and even the few he purchased) just didn't hold up. They were flimsy and dented easily. Thankfully he works where he was able to use all of the tools to do the metal bending himself.

Here are pictures of the windows. The ones without mullions are going to be facing the barn, they were on clearance at Menards and an excellent price. The ones with mullions will be facing the driveway, so they match the rest of the house's windows and don't look weird to those driving up the driveway. The 3rd window was finished just as it got dark out. Boy it makes me nervous seeing my guys so high up ladders! Sorry for the poor quality of the last photo, it was really dark out.

The places where you see tarps still on the back of the house are where we plan on putting in french doors and a big covered back deck, so it's still a tad ugly to look at, but once we begin to tackle those tasks the tarps will come down and it will look pretty. For now we are using a generic exterior door (which will probably go on the chicken coop when we're done with it) so as not to damage our pretty and expensive doors. Although they didn't cost near what we might've paid for them new...they were left over from someone else's building project and never used and we paid about 1/4 of what they could've cost new! I love Craigslist!

The spray foam company will need to come back out and hit some low spots on the 2nd floor. They sprayed the insulation on one of the hottest days of summer and once the foam had cured we noticed spots that need to be deeper in foam. We told them to come out when the weather cools (and it has been doing that here this week).

Last night we started burning off the scraps of wood that have accumulated from building recently. We have a HUGE pile of wood and downed branches tarped over, just waiting for more rain to soak the ground so we can burn them, however what we've been burning is what has recently been added to our mess, and Jason decided burn barrels were the way to go last night. While the night air was quite chilly last night, we were pretty toasty warm about 10 feet from the burn barrels until they died down to a few inches of embers. We'll work on burning them off again today, too. We have quite the accumulation and our back yard is looking trashy. I'm not a total neat-nick, but I really don't like my yard to be trashy. We have so much to deal with! We also have an ash tree that didn't make it through last winter that will need to come down. It was really big, and we will miss its shade. I think the plan is to plant an autumn blaze maple in its place...eventually.

I'm not sure what the next step is going to be on the house. Maybe running electric upstairs? We did get our flooring ordered and we got it for an EXCELLENT price! The flooring is 2nds, so we ordered plenty of extra, just in case we have to cut a bunch off. The worst looking stuff will go upstairs. Flooring is really still a ways away, but it's always good to get what you can when you have the money and you find a great deal! (Literally saving thousands by purchasing this lot!). I guess I should get in gear and get some more laundry out on the line and get my dishes done. I'm making a lasagne for dinner tonight. I guess we'll see what the guys get accomplished today. :)