First, it did not rain. It drizzled and only sporadically and never enough to slow us down. My fantasy of a day off was just that. Now I'm so tired I can barely keep my head from falling on my keyboard. Just for fun, let's see what happens if I do suddenly lose consciousness... njj9kkkkkkkko. There you have it, my head bounces off the keyboard, and it's worth nothing more than a few k's, two j's, an o, an n and a 9. If it happens again, you'll know what's up, or should I say, what is no longer up.

We didn't make as much progress as we had hoped but by the end of the day the walls were plumb and square - vitally important because if the framing is not perfect nothing that follows will be. When I worked with Bill Lewis, after any wall was built and nailed in place, he would stand back an in that radio voice of his proclaim, "Another successful erection." Well, we had two. As you can see, that is it for wall framing.

Tomorrow, after we add sheathing to the outside and lift the new header into place over the sliders, we're going to begin on the roof. That entails stripping shingles from the main house where the new roof intersects, building a short wall from just above the door to the new rafters, and most importantly, figuring out the peculiarities of a hip roof. I've only framed gable additions, which is to say roof lines like Snoopy's dog house. Admittedly, a hip roof adds only one extra variable, but Adam and I both know that the ratio of head scratching to progress will skyrocket.

Tomorrow, when we open the roof, is my last hope for a day off. Even Adam can't hang tarps from the sky, so let me surf over to the weather channel and see what's up. Bad news, partly cloudy and a high of 73....njj9kkkkkkkkko.