There is a mild obsession with the movie Cars going on in my chaotic household. Several quotes from the movie have moved into K's three year old vocabulary. He announces "get me outta here" and I have to readjust my brain to remember that he IS "Lightning McQueen". When he gets in the car he has to do a special adjustment before he sits it is because "Tow Mater" has a tow hook. He used to push all of his blocks together making a stage to climb on with his puppets and pronounce "Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the Show." It seems the show is over, the stage is left behind and the announcer proclaims with great gusto "Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines."
Fortunately we have a distraction. Tilts (not so commercialized) show is starting to take the lead. Last Saturday we had a great group putting up the timber frame. What a show it was! One group of people put the frame up and a pit crew finished sanding the remainder of the milled wood (for the floor/ceiling system). In a little over three hours we made leaps and bounds of progress. We had plenty of time left to enjoy lunch and a full game on the softball field (with another game planned for Sunday at 2).
We have turned a big corner with the frame up. While waiting for the SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) to be delivered (today), the interior framing in the basement and the stairs began. Today we had a great crew to help with the panels. They unloaded a truck full and put them on the house in the afternoon. We now have a closed in, but roofless structure. A great place to watch a meteor shower ...play trucks ...run laps with an air-steering wheel in your hands. Ladies and Gentlemen Start your Engines!!!!!
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