All Hands on Deck

 It was a busy week at the house this week, sometimes four different contractors were on site.  Some of the critical work was completed by High Country Excavation and Shark Painting.  A big shout out to George and his crew at Trailhead Interiors, they completed finishing the sheetrock this week. They had to be done with our job because sheep shearing starts on Monday and they will shear 30,000 sheep between Monday and June 1.

 The septic tank is in and the drainfield is almost complete.  We were worried that the ground might be frozen until April or May and delay the installation.  But this winter has been one of the warmest on record.  They got it in just in time, because the snow started on Saturday and is scheduled to continue through Monday.

The other remarkable finish was all of the interior painting.  The sheetrock finishers wrapped up on Thursday and the painting started on Wednesday, working around George and his crew.  Painting was completed by Sunday morning.  Shark was headed to Hawaii on Monday, and we were glad to get it completed before he left.  Trim, flooring, and masonry can't be completed till the walls have been painted.

We picked colors last weekend, driving to Billings to get the small paint samples to paint test sheetrock in 3 by 3 squares.  We got it right for the most part, except for one guest bedroom.  On the wall it looks like the color of mint chocolate chip ice cream, without the chips.  Ooops and apologies to whoever ends up sleeping in that room.

We went a little wild with a brick red in the office.


Hans and Kurt also made good progress on the siding.