Post 10- Back to Work!!! Shed Love, Deck Accomplished

Well, I guess it's been a little bit since I've kept up with this, eh? December went by in a rush: I worked a lot during the  first part of the month, and then went to Hawaii with the family for an AMAZING cruise.  It's taken me a little bit to get back into the swing of things.  Heather started, and I finished, cleaning out the old shed that's on the property, so now we've got a nice place to store stuff that's (mostly) waterproof.

I had some pictures of that, but lost them because of faulty hardware.  We pretty much filled up a big construction dumpster.  So, it was such a nice day when I was finishing up I got the brilliant idea to build a deck for the camper.  Woke up the next morning, took the wife to work so I could steal the van and went and bought some tools and lumber to start.  I got out to the site, started leveling out the (large) pile of dirt, and it started sprinkling.  It made a pretty good mud pit pretty quick.  I was able to make 3 of the 5 cuts I needed before it came pouring down.  Very frustrated, I grabbed all the lumber and tools, loaded everything back in the van and took the lumber back to my house so it wouldn't get stolen.

There it sat in my living room for about 10 days, and we had rain for 10 days straight.  Last week, it cleared up for a bit, so Jacob and I rushed out and finished up the deck right quick.  Here's a few pics!

Deck Accomplished!  Welcome to the Summer Home, the Appalachian Mansion.  Banjo music provided.






Woohoo!  We're still planning on moving out in March-ish, so if we're not dried in on the house yet we'll have a little more room if we move out into the pop up until we've got the house sealed up.  The deck, by the way, is portable and lifts right off those foundation blocks.  I'll recycle it onto the guest cottage when that's up :).

Oh, speaking of the guest cottage...we have a Final (no, really) Design, but I'll put that in post 11.