Happy Thanksgiving!!

 Happy Thanksgiving!

Things I'm thankful for:

My salvation

My amazing family

My wonderful church family

Good health

A reliable job

God's provision of people, funds, safety, etc., for building my cottage

My little homestead

The Roof is Up!!

 Saturday was another epic day of God's grace and the generosity of friends...Dad, Timothy, and 3 men from church (one of whom is a contractor) came over and installed my roof!! Thankfully it seemed to be a pretty straightforward job, but it would have taken Dad and me about 10x as long by ourselves. God also gave us spectacular weather.

Here are some pictures. 

1. The "before" picture. Most of the tar paper had blown off in the few days after it was installed, so Dad and Paul from church put a tarp over the whole roof. Last week, when we knew the men were coming Saturday, Dad unfastened one end and let it blow toward the front of the building.

2. The men cut the rest of the tarp off Saturday morning. Here are the first couple of metal panels going up!! I went with gray for the color, since I still haven't decided what color I will paint the cottage - I wanted a neutral color that would go with almost anything.

3. One side mostly done: 

4. A couple panels on the other side! You can also see the start of my board and batten siding.

5. I ended up spending most of my time putting Henry back inside the temporary fence that I installed for the day. He's one determined pup!!! 

6. And... here's the completed roof!! Just missing the trim on the eaves, but I don't think that really counts. :P Isn't it beautiful? :D

Here are a few other recent pieces of progress... I have a woodstove again!! Dad installed it a couple weeks ago, and I used it on some of the colder days and nights recently. Looks like I will need it again this weekend. Now I just need to figure out what to do on the wall behind it.

Dad and I have also been picking away at insulation and drywall, and we're almost done with the walls. Please ignore the clutter... I'm still working out where to put things.

Here's a different view of the same scene...

We've also started on the flooring, now that my roof doesn't leak any more. :P 

And finally, Dad installed more siding the other day. I'm really liking it so far!!

Many thanks to those who have helped with this project...but also to those who have been praying!! ❤️❤️❤️