Beaver Blog Cabin ~ Wednesday

Witch hat over the kitchen.

Using our super duper wide angle lens looking across the house.

Witch hat is done! Now, the tongue and groove! That witch hat was a lot of work for the guys. It took quite a bit of time. When Mike wasn't there, Timmy worked his bupp cheeps off by his lonesome. I swear, this guy Tim is amazing... simply amazing. We are so lucky he's in charge of building our house. Best decision we ever made.

Looking at this pic.... makes me REALLY wish we were doing that garage NOW!!!

Dang, that looks pretty!

Standing in the living room ... We are in the early stages of trying to decide IF we want Matthew's room over the living room instead of over the kitchen ~ so that everyone will be able to enjoy that awesome witch's hat from the inside! It'll make the kitchen look sooo beautiful and open .... SO ~ it's either and open living room area or an open kitchen area with a beautiful kitchen ceiling!! What to do? We have lots of time to figure it out.

Remember, these beams w/ the complicated cuts are a couple hundred pounds of wood.

I should re~name my blog to Beaver Blog Cabin!

I had to post this latest picture of the "witch's hat" ... this is over the second story, in Matthew's room. He's going to have an awesome ceiling!

This picture may look like a simple deal ... but it is not.

These 6"x12" beams are about 500 to 600 pounds each ~ and they had to calculate the cuts on each beam. They had to calculate the slope of the roof pitch as well as the angles to join to the other beams. Believe it or not ... THIS is an impressive picture.

Not much else going on here ... other than this cabin. Mike is LOVING his new position!!

Matthew is feeling better and saying more words. We see his GI doc tomorrow. We have a few specialist appointments coming up. The ECHO is the one I'm nervous about. I always get a little anxious about those.

I am finally getting into shape for summer. I have been a complete failure at getting rid of these last 15lbs from my weight gain from having Matthew ... I have been doing Weight Watchers at home and I'm beginning to make "running/walking at an incline on the treadmill" a daily activity. I am weird... I go thru spurts..... some weeks I am good... some weeks I am bad... but it has become painfully clear that I need to run/walk on my treadmill several times a week to jump start that metabolism! When you're home all day long, it's hard to keep out of the refrigerator/cabinets!! I want to be skinny for summer and I want some cute clothes!!

*giggling*

Beaver Blog Cabin with the "good" camera

Here is a little slideshow of the progress of our cabin. (I just learned to put together a slideshow.) Pictures started from the day we staked out the cabin site til present.

Hoobastank or Tom Jones ~ The Reason

Beaver Blog Cabin ~ Thursday

The roof over Matthew's room taking shape. Get ready for the next amazing picture!!
The making of the "witch's hat" ~ look how high they are! This is over Matthew's room and the kitchen area. I believe those big beams are somewhere between 500 and 600 pounds each

If you look close, you can see the beams that make the "witch's hat".

Timmy working his "chain saw magic" ~ this guy in incredible w/ the chain saw!

Look at those precision cuts on those logs! Tim is the man!!

Because of the precise cutting and complicated angles on these beams ~ each beam took an entire day.

See that little orange thing hanging on the scaffolding ~ that is what they use to hoist up a beam.

Ho Hum

Not much going on here... just the same ole same ole. Now, I'm NOT complaining about same ole same ole ... especially since I know how life can be! I'll take "same ole" anytime.

Mike is in Beaver working on the cabin. I do have a few pictures I can put up. He'll be home this Friday. He starts his new position as Sergeant this Saturday. I'm excited for him, but I'm a little nervous ~ he's not going to be in the greatest part of town. He reminds me that no part of town is really that safe, criminals are everywhere.

Matthew is doing much better ~ we had a real tough February. Thank goodness it's over!
He's starting to imitate me ~ he can say: Amie, hammer, Elmo, Nemo, earring, NO, and ba ba for robot. :-) I am thrilled.

I hope all is well with you guys. I NEED TO GET AROUND FOR A VISIT.

Beaver Blog Cabin

There will be a "witch's hat" over the octagonal section of the house. We've decided on a basic hunter green roof b/c we have a hunter green steel building across the way.

There will be a wrap around deck w/ covered porch from the left side around the entire back. You can see the footers in place. Unfortunately, the concrete guy messed up and those footers need to be buried 31"... so they will all have to be moved come spring before we put up the deck.

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There will be a balcony on the second level ... a door will come off my sisters room and a door from the upstairs hallway. The view is spectacular.

Looking up from the back corner of the house.
Yes, this is what it looks like. We have two leaks in the basement where the "walls blew" while they were pouring. We are not happy ... and neither is the inspector. The concrete guy will have to come back out and put up some kind of sticky tape on the outside walls. In the front (under the front door) is a nasty looking "honeycomb" area... it is structurally sound, but now it's leaking. Just one of the little joys of building a cabin. Thankfully, our inspector watches out for us and is sure to get things fixed when they're not right.

Beaver Blog Cabin ~ Tuesday

See those holes in the logs? That is where a trapezoidal window will go.

Matthew still feeling under the weather. Heck, I'm still feeling under the weather! This has actually been pretty miserable for both of us.

Beaver blog cabin pics and more :-)

Mike sent me these tongue and groove pics a few minutes ago. This is the front entry room area.
The T&G in this picture is over the great room.
This is the front entry. The mudroom will have it's own roofline... and the entry area will have an "A" frame entry.

Mike just left for Beaver. He missed going during his last three days off *pouts* because he was scheduled to go to court for a trial ~ but then the trial was cancelled at the very last minute. GAH! I guess it worked out for the best because he ended up being sick. The boys will be busy for the next three days "making tongue and groove history" as Tim says. The "busy Beaver builders" are looking forward to getting a lot done, weather permitting. It's been crazy snowy and windy the past few weeks.

Matthew and I stayed behind because we are both sick. Matthew is on antibiotics again, poor little fella. It's been a tough month for him. He just can't fight off illnesses very well.
You can see the tongue and groove being started.
Look at that snow! We'd much rather have snow than rain, that's for sure!

Mike took this pic from the very top beam going across the house ~ that is 29 feet high. I yi yi.

Quixa looking for "Fluffy". Here kitty kitty!

Matthew is spending his third day hanging out on the couch. He never does that!!!

The pretty roses Mike sent me for Valentine's Day.

Please pray for little baby Colin, he's having open heart surgery today.

Caution to those of you that are squeamish, the first pic of Colin w/ his chest open.

Winter Wonderland

Are these pictures blurry to you, or are they mine eyes?
Not getting much done up there... other than shoveling snow. Mike tried to work in it yesterday, but it was snowing so much, his toolbox was filling w/ snow.

The road on our property to our cabin. Beautiful, huh. Cold!

Our green "Walton's truck". We love this loud thing. We don't ride around in it much anymore... the ATV's get more use now. This thing is sooo loud, that we'd wear headphones w/ a microphone so we could talk to each other. Funny, those were days from a long time ago.

Amy and Quixa want that kitty!! Come out Fluffy!!

The neibs front deck.
Check out Tim's chainsaw work on the gables! He is awesome.