East wall is framed in, well at least the first floor

Martin had the last 8 feet of the first floor east wall built, but not installed.

Since I have this week off from school, I was volunteered to help erect this last portion of wall.

We had to roof rake again because we had a bit of snow since the last big storm. Then we had to free the bottoms of the tarps from ice so that we could remove them.

The wall then fairly easily went into place.  We sheathed it with plywood and then covered it with house wrap. Once all of that was done, the tarps needed to go back into place.

About another foot

The last storm we had decided to dump about a foot of heavy wet snow on us.  At some point during the night, the precipitation switched from snow to sleet and freezing rain, but by morning, it had switched back to snow.

Martin wisely braced the board that are supporting the tarp over the additional 11 feet on the north side of the house (the part that isn't protected by the roof)

After we shoveled ourselves out of the house in New Gloucester, we shoveled our way into an tigin.

When we arrived, we had a pleasant surprise. Someone had stopped by and cleared the driveway. That meant that we only needed to shovel a path around the outside of the house, roof rake, and then move the snow that had come off the roof.

It definitely is a winter wonderland.  Thankfully it was a fairly warm day.

custom made bay window

Martin has the custom bay window roughed in.

He made insulated headers for above the windows and for the header for the bulkhead stairs that pass under the bay window.

 The floor of the bay window area is in.  Eventually a window seat will be added with a built in bookshelf underneath.

 The current windows are recycled from the original house and are temporary.  We will be buying new, double hung, triple paned windows.