On Monday (11/26), the building supplies appeared in the driveway.  Trusses for the roof are lying in the yard.  It was exciting to come home on Monday and see that things are really going to happen.  The waiting was over.

Rick called me at the office on Tuesday (11/27).  Two guys showed up first thing in the morning and started working on the walls.  Between them, they seemed to move pretty quickly.  I couldn’t wait to get home after work to see what had been done.

In the meantime, Sascha wasn’t happy with the construction.  She didn’t like the noise from the saws and the air nailers.  She goes out to do her necessary business, but comes right back in as soon as she is done.  She not really enjoying her yard too much.

By the time we got home from work, the framing for the walls was done.  The crew were just cleaning up for the day when we pulled in.  We went for a tour of the structure.  The size of the garage was finally apparent.  That large slab of concrete was taking on a life now.

The two guys stood around in the yard for quite some time talking.  They finally took off.  They spent all day working together and then stood around smoking for half an hour.  I wondered about that.  Why would they just hang around after the job?

On Wednesday, the crew came back again to work some more.  The roof trusses went up and the structure continued to grow.  When we returned from work, the walls had tyvek.  It was really starting to come along.  Once again, the guys stood around smoking and talking in the yard.  They hung around for about an hour.  In the meantime, we took a tour of the garage in its current state.

Thursday was a special day.  I took off for my birthday.  It was a me day from start to finish.  After a massage in the morning, I spent the day hanging out with the dog.  I went out in the late afternoon to pick up my cake from Herb’s Bakery.  They have the best cakes.  A nice, white wedding cake with butter cream icing.

Originally, Rich and I were going to dinner at a nice restaurant a couple of towns over.  But when I tried to call, I found out they were closed!  Now where do we go?  I thought about some of my other favorites, but nothing sounded good.  Rich saved the day when we got home.  He suggested Fritzl’s.  This is a very nice German restaurant that we haven’t been to in a while.  I love German food.  After some liver dumpling soup and wiener schnitzel, I was happy to come happy to dessert.

Oh yeah, and the garage for the day.  I watched the guys climb all over the structure.  At one point, I saw one guy walk about to the end of the truss over the porch and push another truss in front of him.  I was so afraid he would fall.  One guy applied plywood sheets to the roof while the other guy framed out all of the doorways and windows.  They were enjoying their cigarettes and talking again when Rich and I left for dinner.

During dinner, Pete the contractor called to say he would be stopping by.  He was looking over the garage when we arrived back home.  Turns out, the two guys working on the garage were brothers.  They didn’t talk much during the day and spent the hour or so after hours talking.  I found that amazing that they didn’t talk during the work hours.  That’s a lot of restraint.

On Friday (11/30), the roofer came out and finished off the roof.  Now it’s time for the building inspector to do his thing.  Pete ordered the siding and it appears that the garage will have siding on Wednesday.  Things are really moving on.  This is so cool.

Another Sascha story.  The other day, I decided to take Sascha for a walk.  It had been a couple of days since she had been out around the neighborhood.  The weather had gotten too warm to take her scootering.  Rich hadn’t felt well enough to take her out with the bike.  It was getting dark early, like it does at this time of year.  I figured I could take her out and back before it was pitch black.  Rich decided to join us.  Sascha was in high spirits for a walk.  We got around the corner and headed toward the lake when Sascha began dancing.  I couldn’t see anything, but she most certainly did.  She began to bark in that high pitched cry.  I still didn’t see anything.  Suddenly, Sascha lunged forward and about pulled me off my feet.  When I regained my balance, I finally saw the two does up ahead in the grass.  They took flight and Sascha was straining to join them.