Current mood:	tired
Entry tags:	family, home improvement

Trusses!
They put up the trusses today and we had a terrible windstorm right afterward -- it figures. Mother nature is stress-testing everything. The interior of the addition was a malestrom of dirt, pink insulation flocking, dust, lawn debris, bits of tarpaper... ugh! I've got a sand dune in my scalp!


Look, Mom! A roof line!

Why was I inside the interior of the addition in such terrible conditions? The builders had put a nice heavy piece of plastic over the area where the hot water heater was nestled, but in high winds it tends to tear loose and make a lot of noise as it flaps against a wall of the kitchen. So I sallied forth with duct tape and scissors to tack it all down again. I'm debating washing my hair before I go to bed since bits of gravel and dirt fall out of my hair when I shake it. 0__o

Mom is having the interior of her house repainted this month, and I went over this evening to bring dinner, and help her move stuff out of the first areas that are going to get painted. When I got home, the wind storm was pretty much over, and the new trusses were still standing. Hooray for modern construction! One of the builders was swinging by to check on it as I left the house; I really appreciate their care and professionalism.



A view straight up through the middle of the house, showing the attic trusses in place.



The front of the addition-- well, actually it's the back of the house --notice the big prop running up to the ridge line. The front truss was tied into the frame as well, but they put in the prop as extra insurance, and I'm glad they did.

I took Saki to the vet today to get his teeth cleaned, and rescued him on the way home from work. Like his brother, he had a little bit of that reabsorbtive disease and they had to extract one of his pre-molars. He also had a little cyst in his mouth which they removed, but his teeth were in better shape than his brother's. Hopefully this will help to keep him healthy and sassy for many years to come.