Roofin' It

If the rains hold off, we'll be on the barn all of Saturday! I'm excited. Is that wrong?


There's still a ton of work to do before we are ready to get the Ondura on the hay barn but I'm hoping that if we can do a little bit of work tonight (before the mosquitos come out) that we can tackle the hay barn roof first thing Saturday morning. I shouldn't have as great expectations of getting a lot done, but I do.


I am hoping that we can get the purlins on the west side of the barn in the morning and then start putting the Ondura sheets on in the afternoon. Because of the vents, we can't just do one side. We'll have to do both sides a little at a time. Unfortunately, we need to start on the north side of the barn so that we are safe and will have an easier way to wrap up the project on the south side (where we have a lean too roof to stand on). But I'm worried that we aren't going to get it all done before the snow flies. And the south and east side of the hay barn is in the worst shape. There's no shingles at all in a couple of spots so I'm hoping we can get it buttoned up soon. I may have to beg for someone to watch the kids on Sunday. If we had two straight days to work on it, we might....just might....be able to get most of it done.


Fingers crossed.


And lets hope the rain holds off so we can actually get to work on the barn. I'm anxious. There's already talk of snow. Of course, it should hopefully not be for awhile but people are starting to talk snow and it's only September. I am not prepared. There is still TOO MUCH to get done. We still need to haul hay home from Harrisburg and that will take some coordinating to get done. I may have to push the issue soon. And there's still blankets to wash, repair, and waterproof...oh and put in an automatic waterer.


But for now, it's one major project at a time.


And then in the back of my mind, I still need to be working on the upcoming fundraiser obstacle course and playday. I'm totally not prepared for that and we have LESS Than a MONTH! EEP!


I'm sure to be in a panic for the next month and  I'm sure to share in my anxiety over it. I need to go in search of some Zen. :-)


If you get bored, stop on out tomorrow and watch us fumble around with trying to get the purlins and Ondura sheets on the barn. Spectators are welcome...hecklers are not.