Major Cleanup

No pictures this time. 

Lots of balls in the air currently. 

This week:

1. I spent Sunday uninstalling and reinstalling the windows that weren't in correctly.  The french door still needs to be removed and redone.  Ugh.
2. The framers finished up their details. We still have to fix the mysterious 3/4" sag in the center of the house.  But otherwise mostly done.
3. The roofers started, and should be done tomorrow or Monday.  But, one fell off a ladder and might have broken his foot yesterday, so they're slowed down a little.
4. I met with the mason finally.  We talked over the veneers and made our decisions.  But now he's on vacation for the next week....
5. The masonry decisions were not easy.  Any and I went over the house last night just as it was getting dark and were trying to measure and lay out the fireplace and wood stove in the dark.  After a minor "disagreement" and then moving the car so the headlights were shining through the studs we were able make our decisions.  We also had a "disagreement" over the placement and swing of the upstairs bathroom door.  To be continued...
6. After a minor panic because our plumber walked off the job (before he really started) last week, we lined up a new guy.  It would have been done by now.  As it is, the rough plumbing will be starting later next week (which means I need to drive to Rockland to buy the sewer ejector pump before then).
7. I started talking to Mass Energy Star New Homes raters.  It turns out you can have your house tested and if it passes their standards (15% better than code) you can get $$ from the Energy Star program.  The inspections are free and they will provide CFLs for the entire house for free as well.  Cool!
8. Met with a garage door guy.  Will order those on Monday.
9. Need to pick up lacquer samples from Nal's to give to Dean to test on our new cabinet doors before we make the final decision on color.
10. Spent the day on the phone with the lumber yard trying to figure out how to do a "historic sill" in PVC for the exterior window moulding.  The pre-milled version is wicked expensive.  Luckily, I ran across a youtube video of Tom from This Old House making his own.  Now I have an excuse to buy a table saw and mill my own.
11. I met with Jeff to go over the grading and utility trenches.  That will start Monday. 
12. Amy and I spent the afternoon cleaning up the trash piles in preparation for the grading to be done.
13. Exterior trim will be delivered tomorrow.  Time to get my mill shop set up in the garage and start building stuff!