We've struck gold

Greetings from Kyla in 108 Mile ... Dad us unable to blog today, for reasons that will become clear later.  I decided to spend a week of my HARD EARNED vacation time to help out on the house.  Aren't I the good daughter.

Anyways, the morning started off cool and clear with a good egg breakfast to get the day started.

Task 1: Organization.  After the third move of the tool "tent" it was apparent that things needed a little cleaning up, so I organized the tools into some semblance of order.

Meanwhile ... Dad and his crew got busy framing load bearing walls in the basement.  An extremely efficient affair with Dad on the saw and Ken and Jesse on assembly.

Task 2: Now that the temperature has reached a much more reasonable 25+ degrees, it's time to start digging.  Prepping for the "parging" (the stucco like finish that goes below the siding down to the ground) involved un-backfilling around the entire house to a depth of at least 4" below the existing moisture barrier.  It seemed like such a simple job when I started ... but it turns out that some of the holes ended up being over 2' deep and the temperature kept climbing and it is a long way around the entire house.  NOT that I'm complaining or anything.

Back inside ... the main bearing wall down the centre of the basement and two bearing walls running along either side of the bathroom were erected without complications.  Ken's vast experience has come in very handy and his simple tricks and techniques have saved a lot of time and headaches.

And just when we thought the day couldn't get any better ... we struck gold!  Dad felt a little edge on his tooth, played around with it for a moment, and ... VOILA! GOLD!!

... looks like there's a visit to the local dentist coming in the near future.  Apparently the lack of tooth is enough to curb his blogging abilities - thank goodness I was here to take over.

Kyla