The house is sealed up (mostly) and we are running a space heater! The past month was the beginning of cold New England weather but we pushed through it. Now we have the house roughly enclosed with the final rough framing and sheathing. This weather is not easy on me. I am not a cold weather lover and only get through it with prolific use of hand and foot warmers. Working outside in the 20's and 30's is painful (I don't DO colder than that at all) and slow when you need to constantly remove your gloves to do things. I was so miserable that Mr. Dometastic bought me heated gloves (I still have to take them off to do things) and I bought myself a pair of snowmobile boots. This was an impulse buy and they are super warm and HUGE! I get to tromp around like an abominable snowman! To speed up the process of sealing up the house Mr. Dometastic focused on the framing while I followed along behind trying my hand at sheathing the exterior walls. Mr. Dometastic did the front door and
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