Last week the weather report called for days of gale force winds. And while we did have a few very windy days, the real shocker was waking up to eight inches of snow last Tuesday.

Not to mention six downed trees in our driveway.  All night we could hear the Snap, Crackle and Drop of the trees from our thin-skinned trailer. It was a bit worrisome laying in bed wondering if that sound was going to be “too close” for comfort.

Jeff & I spent three grueling hours in the cold, wet, slippery stuff with a temperamental chainsaw just to clear the driveway enough to get to work.

On the bright side, we will have lots of firewood for next winter.

In another weather related tale, we decided to put a tarp over the worse offending leaks in our shell.  Whenever it rains we have to spend time with the shopvac removing the puddles of water accumulating in our house.

We are so looking forward to the final waterproofing.

Not much else happened on the house this week. Though we did start working on the forming for the retaining wall on the NE corner. We will need to have this, and the one on the NW corner done before we do the waterproofing this summer.