Roof done, interior framed, all sorts of stuff happening

As usual I have let time get away from me, and it has been over 2 weeks since I updated this thing.  Time flies when all you do is chase kids, attack the house "to do" list, and sleep.

Here's a random, non-complete, and at least 95% factual list of what has been going on:

• Roof done
• decking and screen porch framing done
• interior walls framed
• Tile finalized
• Garage doors almost finalized
• Electrical walk-through done (took 4 hours!)
• Plumbing walk-through done
• Security system research done and 95% decided on
• started to look for lighting
• Fireplaces framed in, including some debate on how to exactly position the one downstairs (side note will probably go with tile around this one instead of the planned stone)
• we bought a TRACTOR..one step closer to being a true Iron Ranger!  It's a Kubota 3200 with a front-mounted snowblower!
• I'm sure a bunch of other little details I am forgetting

So on to some new pictures (taken over several different days):

Andy in his room:

Great room windows framed in:

Workshop wall added to garage:

Stairs leading to cold storage above garage:

And the storage area itself...huge!:

First of the exterior doors installed (back door of garage):

And view of that door from the outside:

Front door has arrived, and awaits staining and installation in the garage:

Have sticks, will travel (this kid is going to love exploring when we move out there!)

Great room fireplace framed in:

Maple tree in back yard turning colors:

Front porch posts framed in and ready for stone:

Outside view of rear of house - roof shingled, porch framed, deck installed:

Tray ceiling framed in for master bedroom:

Fireplace installed in TV room:

View from screen porch:

View of entire length of deck:

Shingling Underway

Actually, by now the shingling is probably done. But these pictures are from the past week or so, and we haven't been out to the house since Saturday. Probably go tomorrow to see where we are at.

So what has been going on lately (besides getting a roof)? We finalized all of our floor tile and countertops. It was a little daunting, and took multiple trips and many hours...but once we got rolling we got it all picked out and are pretty happy.

Funny how little things can trip you up. For example, picking the exterior stain for our deck railing and screen porch posts. Ugh. Trying to find something that went with both our shakes and our decking was a pain and required several trips to the paint and stain store. Funny how picking all the appliances in the house took about an hour, and a stain color can take several days.

We will be doing the electrical walk-through next Wednesday. Of course this has me all wound up because I want to make sure all the Audio/Video wiring is exactly what I want, with spare runs and conduits for future access. At about the same time the plumbing and HVAC will be going on. Oh yeah I probably should get a security company out there to make sure I shouldn't do some hard wiring prior to sheetrocking.

Sometimes I wonder if parking the double-wide on the property and calling it good would have been a better choice...

...but on to the pictures. These basically show the progress on the roof trusses and shingling. Like I said, the most recent of these are from this past weekend (9/4), so I'm sure its a lot further along now...especially since our builder likes to work on Saturdays and holidays to stay on track (gotta love that!)

Great room vaulted ceiling:

Rear of house (picture from 9/1):

East side:

Garage:

Building the roof above the front porch:

West side:

View from driveway near tree: