It's all about wood...

While technically todays entry is written by Dad, I have decided to let him dictate - mostly so it doesn't take forever - but also to ensure the content is a little "spicy". I have to say I was a little disappointed with how bland yesterday's entry was. So lets begin...

This morning started out very hazy, nearby forest fires are starting to affect the area. However, the temperature was much more reasonable than yesterday with a high of around 28, but without the glaring sun.

First things first, went next door and loaded the walls for the east side of the house onto a flat bed trailer to bring them into the yard to be put up tomorrow. Lots of holes for windows and doors, easy to imagine them actually being part of a house. Quite heavy... even with all the holes.

Then it was time to go back to the floor. While I (Dad - don't forget, I'm just typing over here) cut the joists to length to keep the overhang within limits, Ken and Jesse continued laying down the plywood flooring. Funny how if you put plywood down upside down the glue ends up on the wrong side. It makes it much more fun to walk on later! Took out the last of the temporary walls in the basement and took apart the form for the last small bearing wall in the basement which will hopefully go up tomorrow.

While all of this "finished wood" work was being done, Kyla was working with wood in its raw form. Cleaning out deadfall and underbrush and generally sprucing up the property along the road while scaring small wildlife. Her steel-toed boots finally got some use as she managed to drop the only heavy tree in the entire yard on her foot. Another burning pile was also created.

A huge thank you to the Hawkins for our air conditioned dining room - especially these last few days.

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A quick trip to town for the dentist, fill the hole in my mouth with something temporary until I get back to Kelowna ... then to the 108 Mile grocery store for some bison burgers for dinner. An attempt was made to shop at the Save on Foods in 100 Mile, but apparently the entire population of the Cariboo had the exact same idea.

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At the end of their day, Ken and Jesse had just run out of plywood and needed the rest of it to complete the floor first thing tomorrow. But where was the plywood. Ahhh...Lift #1...conveniently placed on the ground from the first truck. However, when the second truck came certain packages were placed on top of other packages. In this case, in an effort to conserve space and ensure no damage to the solid wood exterior doors, they were placed on top of Lift #1. Lovely. So what did we do before dinner, uncrated the doors, backed the truck through the yard, loaded the doors onto it (did I mention they weigh approximately 150 pounds each) and drive them over to the basement to be stacked inside. Fortunately the basement now has a ceiling to protect the doors from the elements. After moving all of the doors to their new location safely, when we opened Lift #1, it was found that the plywood is actually underneath even more wood bits. We will deal with that tomorrow.