Our weather remains very nice for the first week of November--sunny skies with temps in the low 50's. A storm is in the forecast for the weekend, but the weatherman says the temps will stay above freezing so we should get rain and not snow.

The materials arrived late yesterday afternoon for the garage the guys have been working on, so John left early this morning to work with Matt and Isaac. They got the metal roofing all on, so John's part of the job is done. Windows, doors, and a few other things still need to be completed.

Matt on roof finishing the ridgecap

Isaac pointing out the repair work they did
on the house--can't even tell there was a fire


The new garage with metal roof--still
needs the window and doors

I took advantage of the fact that John was gone the whole day and cleaned the entire downstairs, got the last of the laundry folded and upstairs, and cooked a nice roast beef for supper. We have a tentative plan to have a combined Thanksgiving and birthday celebration November 20th. John hopes to get on the road to Texas that week if the weather cooperates. We have been hearing from several of our friends saying their heading south and we're anxious to get going.