Workshop - Days 12-16 "It's just like a little house!"

For some reason, when I show a picture of my completely framed workshop, the first thing that I hear is: "it's just like a little house!"

I spent a few more half days getting the framing completed, and then I got stalled by a paperwork mix-up. Originally, the workshop was supposed to be under the same building permit as our house. Late in the renovation, however, I discovered that for some reason the workshop had been dropped from the permit.

The contractor was good and got me a separate building permit for my workshop. Of course, this new permit doesn't have any record of any inspections against it, so when I called in for my framing inspection, I was told that I still had to have my excavation and shoring inspected. Given that the foundation is poured and the workshop built, this could be a wee bit challenging. However our contractor stepped up again and had his engineer come out and do the inspection.

Now I've got a letter from the engineer saying my workshop has a proper foundation and has been properly built, so I can move on to getting the shingles and siding on. All it cost me was a two week delay. (But that wasn't so bad because I had to get the boat ready for haul-out).

Quotes

A couple quotes from Emma this last week:

• Emma and Christine had had a rough morning and had been butting heads a fair bit. When I got Emma to school, her best friend bounced over to see her and suggested that they play house. She'd be the mommy and Emma would be the baby. Emma looks at her and says, "You can't pretend to be my mommy. My mommy is grumpy."  [In my defense, she woke me up in the middle of the night and I was awake for 2 hours. C. ]

• Emma was talking about werewolves, so I asked her what a werewolf is. She replied: "A werewolf is a scary wolf...that freaks people out...and...and...and is aware of things."