Weekend Project. Day 3!

This was already a couple of weeks ago. Sorry. Papa has been working two six day weeks the last 2 weeks, while being trained for a new aspect of his job, and we've been a bit crazy around here! 

Day #3 started with BALES!! Yes!! I know it's amazing! We are actually going to be making our house out of straw bales!! And NO your not the only one who thinks we're nuts :) Here are the first 100 bales that will be turned into a house. Well part of it anyway. Here is good and faithful Molly (AKA the yellow beast) hooked to 100 straw bales. Some of my new chickens look on! We stored the bales under the floor that we made several years ago on the other side of the house. They are staying nice and dry there and can be moved to the building area at will. The chickens were really enjoying laying their eggs in the stack before we caught them all and put them in the barn. 

And ended with this! A finished floor on the new addition side. I apparently did not take 'fresh paint pictures' so I just went out and took these for you :) The floor is 32 feet (I believe) long and 14 feet wide! There is a 4 foot porch on the front and a 2 foot porch on the back. There will be 2 doors and 4 windows :) Stairs in the front and, we're hoping a ramp in the back. The ramp will be for wheelchair access and helpful in getting firewood inside.