Day 6

My mechanically inclined neighbor and I used a come along and pulled the walls in. It worked beautifully. Other neighbors lifted seventeen two by ten sixteen footers on top of the wall for me. I spent the afternoon toenailing them in place. Worked eleven hours with no break.

Day 9

The unforseen stress sent me into tears. Today I cried and cried. I went to build my walls and discovered every board all 115 two by fours missing. The lumber store swears they delivered them and the barge owner swears he didn't see them. Late in the afternoon I finally reordered the lumber that I will have to pay for.

Day 5

Had a lovely lunch with the church ladies. Removed the remaining rafters. Wonderful!

day 4

Horrible day. Getting the rafters down was horrendous. They were heavy and I had to let them fall. I worked twelve hours and only got half of them down and two floor joists up and then I found my walls are all wonky so I just wept. At 3 am iwoke up with a terrible backache and cramping. I feared I was miscarrying. I walked in the silver moonlight to the cabin and stood inside and wept.

day 3

I broke one pane of glass in the french doors when the sheet of plywood I threw off the roof caught the pane.

Day 2

I got the cupola taken apart, the skylights and frames removed and all the roll roofing off. Finished earlier around 5:15 p.m. Had a nice supper and walked the dog.

The beginning friday sept 09 2011

The only thing that matters about a nail bar is that you have the right one for the size of nail you are removing.