building

It's really a shed,

pretty much.

Tyler calls it the cabin.

I think I'll be callin' it the castle.

Whatever you want to call it,

we

(we - being they. with me watching little ones, as usual)

started building it today!!

We talked about it off and on,

but couldn't really quite figure out how to make it work.

Tyler hates to put a single cent into this house;

I don't see it as putting $$ into the house

so much as

spending some money on my sanity.

Anyways

he finally figured out that we could build this additional space

as a shed

on skids, so it'd be totally movable

if ever we do build a for real house...

and just attach the shed / cabin / castle

to the house with a hallway.

It's not huge

just a 12 x16 ft room, with 2 lofts

but it'll increase the size of our house drastically

so I'm pretty darned excited.

Tyler has been looking forward to the building of it.

Me?

I'm just looking forward to having it.

They made excellent progress today

and hope to get the floor in & insulated by tomorrow evening.

Tyler said he looked like he ought to be in Mother Earth News :-)

My youngest brother and his sweet gal

are coming to help for a few days

so that'll be fun.

That boy is a whiz at carpentry

so things'll go pretty quick with him here.

Level floor

straight walls - uncracked

nice windows - that open

Ooh - this is just too good!

And best of all ~ a pantry!

I can hardly wait.