December 3

Noticed Nate's truck parked out front around 6:45 am so I went down to the basement, unbarred the door and turned on the lights. This may be the last dry day of the week. Forecast is for 40% probability of rain on Thursday and 90% chance on Friday.

We got a note from "Salesman" Mike yesterday evening acknowledging that he has received the needed dimensions from "Our" Mike. The Marvin windows can now be ordered. Hurrah!! "Salesman" Mike also gave us the "tight" dimensions of the picture window glass above the south door ( 29 7/8’’ wide, 32 1/8’’ tall). I passed this on to Kim and Gerald at the stained glass company. These will also be the dimensions of the stained glass. I also sent to them an annotated sketch from "Salesman" Mike showing how the art glass will fit into the picture window frame, behind the insulated double paned glass.

"Our" Mike, Nate and "Little" Mike are back out there this morning, huddled around the drawings. They started yesterday to "cleanup" the back of the main house where the porch will connect to the back door. There is a bit of repair work to do, including some tuckpointing, where the old porch had attached to the house. Mike was showing me yesterday that the drawings were missing some details in this area and contained others that just were not correct as drawn. 

Connecting Porch Floor Joists

Attached to the main house

Flooring

Hurray!! The gravel arrived today.

First Load

Second Load

We got an email from Bob (landscaping) asking about our progress and telling us he was sending us a plan and proposal for the Phase II plants and lighting which were removed from the Phase I scope of work. He also sent a new Phase I proposal showing the new total after reducing the fencing not needed since our east neighbors are extending their west fence to the north. T will be reviewing the plant listings and giving Bob some feedback.

While Spenser and I were talking during our afternoon walk, we remembered a discussion we had with "Salesman" Mike (Marvin dealer) a couple of months ago regarding getting the locks on the garage french doors specified so that they, along with the sunroom doors, can all be keyed alike. When we got home, I called Mike and left a message asking him to send me an email detailing what "Our" Mike needs to specify on the Lincoln order for the garage doors. "Salesman" Mike responded and I have passed on to "Our" Mike that the Marvin doors will come with Schlage brand locks. If possible, we need to have the Lincoln doors similarly equipped.

Before they concluded for the day, Mike, Nate and Mike got the connecting porch framing in place. For the first time since early August, we can (except for the brace across the door) step out the back door again. Cannot go very far, but it is progress.

The bar sink disposal arrived today. The new TV should arrive on Monday. 

Mike pulled a string through both the underground conduits today. Hopefully, the cable company guy will show up on Thursday. Mike had no further information on the power line. We have to get the overhead cables down before the trusses can go up.