celebrate!

A major hurdle has been overcome: the deck framework passed inspection with flying colors. "This is some great work," the inspector told Dad. We all took a moment to congratulate ourselves and each other; just about everyone had some role in the construction of that deck.

The next immediate step is, finally, the ordering of the actual deck, which will be fitted atop and around the framework and bolted into place. I'm impatient to see at least one part of the house completed in the next seven days, and the deck appears to be the area that will cross the finish line first. As the monkey said when it laid its tail across the train tracks: it won't be long now.


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