It had been three weeks to the day, and everyone had a mission.

It had been just 3 weeks when the crews showed with just one goal in mind. Going down the ladder and getting back to the business of building a home....not a house.....but a home.

Everything I try to do, works off fibonacci numbers and levels......and it was important that on this day.....day 21......we got back to business. And so they did, this is picture of the contractor and his 2 subs raising the first wall back up.


It might not mean a whole lot to the average person, but I have never been accused of being average .....and that, no doubt is an understatement.


The more interesting thing about this picture is what it doesn't show.....the gunite people were still working on the stairwell. The amigos were still cleaning off the second level deck.


As you can see, it was still about 3 feet high from the fire marshals shoveling and moving it out on the deck.


The guys really got into it, and before the end of the day.....three walls were in place. This is them setting wall number 2. BOTH a fib number by the way.....ROTFL.


The basement level, had very little damage and was protected by the second level concrete floor (now that concrete doesn't look so bad) and one of the first things we had re-ordered was the pecky cypress for the ceiling in the great room. This time of year it is not easy to come by. 6 and 8 inches T&G, here two ....well really one..of the amigos, Tino....applying the first of three coats.

Tomorrow will be 7 weeks since this went up in smoke....and we are up on the three floor framing walls and they will go up tomorrow...pics in a few days. So as the "boss" would say.....there will be NO retreat....NO surrender....PERIOD.

Either lead me, follow me...BUT DON"T STAND IN MY WAY!!!!!!!!......FOOL
Tomorrow eveing I will try an answer the question that FOLLS asked before I turned off the comment section about trade management for bigger returns....stay tuned