I realized in the midst of shrieking in joy “it’s raining!” when I woke up this morning that I really had acclimated to Oregon. Literally, out loud proclaiming to the world and the cats that I was thrilled it was raining. You will recall, of course, that anything happening before 10:00 a.m. in my world does not usually inspire anything resembling joy. My head filled with thoughts of sweaters and clogs and woolly knitted socks. Alas, no woolly sweater or socks (it is still July) but the clogs got to take a well deserved break from the depths of the closet and oh boy did they (and my feet) enjoy it. What totally bursts the weather bubble is that it won’t stay this way for long, it’s July and it’s going to be hot again. Really hot. Above 80 hot. Yes, I spent my childhood thinking anything below 80 degrees required a heavy coat. For now, I will revel in a few days of flannel sheets and live vicariously through my knitting of woolly things instead of wearing woolly things.
On house things - Steve went by last week to check on the progress, and boy oh boy they are moving right along! The foundation was done, the foundation frames were pulled, and the floor joists had already been installed.
When we were talking to the site office, they mentioned they have three framing crews come in and frame three houses at a time. The two houses next to ours were finishing up with the floor joists, so framing should be starting this week. It will start to look like a real house soon. Hopefully my rain won’t hinder the progress!
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