A Roof!

 Setting the trusses went amazingly fast! I think it was mostly due to Grandpa's handy scaffolding invention. He built a pulley system on top of his scaffolding that made it super easy to move them. He stayed on top of it the whole time and T and I would spin him around, roll him down to the end, he would hook on to a truss, we would spin him back around and he would set it in place. T and I were on ladders on either end, and all three of us would nail it into place before heading back to get another one.

 

Boo took some pictures...

  

Panorama.

 

It was so nice to see them going up!

You can see we were racing the weather...it sprinkled on us a little, but thankfully the big rain missed us! Noni said it was pouring on them just 30 minutes away.

Peaches came up to play in "her room". 

She was being so funny, but of course clammed up as soon as I started videoing!

We would have got done even quicker if I hadn't shot myself with a staple gun while nailing off some loose sheeting. :P Good grief. I was kind of teetering on top of the ladder and slipped a bit. Apparently the edge of the plywood was able to catch the safety and allow it to shoot and staple right into my thumb! 

 

But God was definitely taking care of me even amidst my clumsiness because the staple split right around the bone and just went into either side of it. The top one only stuck in about 1/4 of an inch and the bottom 1/2 inch. I was able to just pull it out. 

 

I was anticipating a lot more pain than I actually got. Yes it hurt, and was really sore for a few days, and then slightly sore for about two weeks (Grandpa suggested tea tree oil and it really helped!).  But this was way better than slamming my thumb in the door...yes, I have also done that. :P

It also didn't get infected which seems slightly miraculous considering I really couldn't clean it out except for the entry point. And thankfully I had my tetanus shot just a couple years ago and didn't have to go get one. All in all I'd say it was about as good as you can get for a construction accident. :P

After it stopped dripping I was able to get back to work. It kept oozing for the rest of the day, but we were able to get them all set!

Sweet, beautiful roof! Haha!

Boo helped the guys get the trusses blocked.

Then Grandpa cut the tails and they got the subfascia put on. 

Heights don't bother Grandpa at all! It's so nice to have him do these jobs because neither T or I are crazy about heights.

We spent the next week getting the roof sheeted. I was only able to help on Monday. Noni came and helped T on Tuesday while I went to worship team and did the dance shuffle.

T had taken Thursday and Friday off because he'd been anticipating setting the trusses. Since that was already done the guys got right to work building a roof section to join the two houses together, and then worked on getting everything papered and sealed.

And by Friday night they had us water tight!

Thank goodness because we woke up the next morning to snow! I am so thankful how God orchestrated everything. If our trusses hadn't been delivered early we wouldn't have been able to get them up and set a full week earlier than anticipated, and if T hadn't already had Thursday and Friday off and Grandpa scheduled to help we wouldn't have gotten the roof finished and papered before our three inches of snow. God was definitely looking out for us and our project. I love how He cares about the big and little things in our lives. :)