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April 23, 2007  

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Our one-bedroom, three-car garage home is slowly but surely becoming
the three-bedroom, one-car garage home we intended. We spent a very rainy
weekend indoors framing the bedroom walls. We got lots done, too.

This may not look like much wood, but there are 60 two-by-fours
in that stack. Plus seven pressure-treated boards (not shown).

The line on the garage floor shows where the wall is
supposed to be. There are to be two bedrooms, with a
hallway between the bedrooms and the garage.

The first step was attaching the floor plates.

Then we installed the top plates.
Here I am clamping one into place.

Mike used the nail gun to attach the plates to the trusses.

While Mike measured, I cut the wood.

Mike fastened the second layer of the top plate.

Because the top plate for the wall between the bedrooms wasn't perpendicular
to the trusses, we had to install dutchmen (short, cross-pieces) so we had something
to attach the top plate to. Mike isn't sure if dutchemn is the real name or not, but
he said that is what his grandfather always called them.

Mike adds a stud to the wall in front of the garage door.
These rooms are supposed to be temporary rooms. The plan was
for them to remain in place until we retire and add more living
space onto the house. If we do actually retire there, that is.

Mike toenailing the stud.

The wall between hall and garage is complete.

Mike is standing in the doorway (we have yet to install headers).

This is Meg's "I am bored" pose. C was off sleeping in the
truck (it was raining, remember) to get away from the noise.

We spent Sunday framing the actual bedroom walls.

I'm not sure what Mike was doing, while I was
busy building walls. Sleeping, probably...

I am kidding, of course! He was taking pictures.

I am getting good with power tools.

Now you can see there are two walls.

And still plenty of room in the garage for a motorcycle or two.

A view of the hallway from the main house.

Mike hanging more plastic moisture barrier.

I did mention that it was raining, right?
Check out the mud on Meg's chest.

She was REALLY dirty.

How dirty? Look at my once-white towel!

I am not sure what's next on the construction schedule. I do know that
we are taking next weekend off so Mike can attend a family function—his
grandfather's 95th birthday party in Clearfield, Pennsylvania.

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