5.14.2025

Jim working on forming the end/side pieces for the shed... 

Cut pieces - lots of cuts!

Starting to attach...

Wow - Look how fabulous this is!  All the edges fold over and fit perfectly...

Starting on the other side...

Attaching the front edge piece...

Love the way it looks - and now it's ready for sheathing.

Rain was threatening this afternoon.  Jim took a break from steel work and did a little grass cutting while it was dry.

High 73.9/Low 58.3

5.13.2025

 Jim used his shear to try and make cut a piece of angle that he can use to make the side/end pieces of the shed overhang...

Jim got the chipper out for the first time this year.  He had to grease it up and get it ready to work!

Dragging up cut trees from the woods...

First use!  I should have gotten a before and after, but we had piles in this area from the shed site as well as working in the woods. We chipped for a constant 45 minutes and we got it all cleaned up.  The chipper is amazing and makes quick work of the job, plus it's not tough on your body.  We still have more to do other places to clean up from winter, but this was a good start.

Chipping...

We also had a Craigslist sale that required driving about 45 minutes away to meet someone.  But it all worked out!

High 79.8/Low 51.6

5.12.2025

 The day started with an early morning visit from the gas company.  Jim had ordered it over the weekend and it came really quickly.  We're good until Thanksgiving now!

It was a gorgeous day, so definitely a day to work outside on the shed.  Jim first cut the other two rafters for the overhang in the metal shop.  Then it was out to work.  He did a little tweaking first to make sure everything was level.

Adding rafters...

Jim will have to make the side pieces, so he did some marking and measuring...

Rafters done and everything fastened in place...

Jim worked on installing the soffit blocks on the other side of the shed...

Soffit blocks all in place...

I always like pulling all this film coating off!

Looks fabulous!

Jim had this plywood on the ceiling joists that he used to stand on while working on the roof - time to bring it down.  Jim will use it for sheathing on the overhand...

Jim also has to fasten ties to connect the front and back of the shed.  He started that process but wants to do some more measuring before continuing on.

We knocked off a bit early and are heading out to donate blood.

High 80.8/Low 38.1

5.11.2025

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!  It also happens to be Kyle's birthday and we were happy that he was able to come up and spend some time with us.  So of course there had to be cake...

We all visited Mom today as well and brought her a cake to celebrate the day...

High 68/Low 47.4

 

5.10.2025

 We had no rain today - so nice to see blue sky after such a weird, long stretch of rainy days.

It was definitely a work outside on the shed day, even though Saturday's are short days.  Jim got all the tools ready and took the top level of scaffolding off so he could work on the overhang frame...

Then we carried the frame up...

Sliding it up on top of the platform...

Jim started measuring...

Drawing placement lines...

Putting up the first piece of track.  Jim didn't want to buy another piece so he's using some pieces he had...

Next piece up...

He put up these small pieces of steel that we could use as blocks to hold up the frame while Jim got it attached...

It's up and first two rafters are attached to the tracks!  It's going to look so good.

This soil is just so amazing - after probably 8-9 days straight of rain, even the areas where it's just dirt have no puddles or even soft spots.

The day went by quickly and soon it was time to clean up, go visit Mom and go to church.

High 66.4/Low 46.7

5.9.2025

Whew - another rainy day, this one a steady rain all day.  Maybe Jim should be building an ark!

He still went out to the shed this afternoon.  He had to do some work on the springs, but he got everything working and the garage door is now operational!

High 48.3/Low 43.8 - rainy

5.8.2025

 Jim was wonderful as always and spent half his morning computer time with me as my postage meter rep came out to set up my new meter, just in case technical and/or mechanical help was needed - and of course it was.  It worked out okay, because the light rain continued to fall until afternoon.

Once he got outside, he put up the very last piece of sheathing on the shed - the piece in the middle above the garage door...

Then, he got the cables strung on both sides of the garage door...

Putting on the next panel...

All panels in place!  Jim had to bring in flashlights so that he could work inside, since there are no lights.  Looks great!

The rain finally stopped enough that Jim could get a little grass cut - it sure was long!

High 56.6/Low 50 - light rain