This and That

It had been three weeks since we had been up to the cabin to see what, if anything had been done.  Really, we hadn't been up since it started snowing and the roads now are slick and dicey at best.  It is now a requirement to have 4 wheel drive and chains to get up there.

Scott tried going up the hill with just 4 wheel drive and it didn't go so well.  So, he backed down and put on the chains.  You like how I took a picture from the warm cab?

 After some slipping and sliding on the roads we got up there.  A few things have been done.  Painters are finished and I love the army green doors and the shake shingles!  I know it's hard to tell in this picture, but the sun was fading quickly.

The inside is coming along as well.  We are so close!

Except for the fireplace.   It will be usable this winter, but will not get stone until the spring.

The real hang up is the cedar siding hangers.  They have not come up to finish the job.  They keep claiming they work in all weather, but I look at the slippery snow on the ground, the siding that is covered in a foot of snow and the ladders they have to climb and both Scott and I have grave doubts that they will come up and finish. 

We also had another task we needed to do while we were up there.  We had our appliances delivered months ago and they have been sitting in the garage ever since.  Our garage is detached and sits a little ways away from the cabin.  It was quite the ordeal pushing a washer, dryer, oven, and dishwasher up the hill, on a dolly, in the slick snow.  That was fun. :)  We still have the fridge that needs to get moved as well. Oh and by the time we left it was a balmy 14 degree outside.  My kind of weather.

That's the update.  Our builder is still hopeful and hasn't shut it down yet.  Scott and I are in a wait and see mode at this point.  So, we wait and see.