July 6, 2010:  Just a quick update for today, not a whole lot to report.  We had a great holiday weekend, nothing too crazy but lots of fun with friends.  We got some mountain biking in with the dogs even though the trails are still very muddy.  It rained for the night of the 4th but the funny thing is that we didn't even really notice it, I guess we're real Northwesters now :)  The forecast for the week is hot and dry, both things that will help the condition of the bike trails, it's been a very wet Spring and I've spent more time cleaning the bikes lately than riding them.  They are making more progress on the addition, the most recent picture shows where it was at over the weekend.  Today or tomorrow the roofers are supposed to show up and knock it out, I can't imagine it will take them more than a couple hours to roof and flash it.  They are starting the siding today and hopefully will have most of it done by the weekend so Lisa and I can start painting it Saturday morning.  It would be great if we can get it done by the time the last windows show up so we can call the exterior finished before they get too far along on the interior.  I'm sure with the warm, clear weather we're supposed to get this week they will make lots of progress, certainly better than working in the rain.  Not much else going on really, Lisa has a long weekend off coming up so I'm sure she'll get some road riding in, maybe some mountain too.  Have a great week. 

June 29, 2010:  Things have mellowed out a bit around our place, construction is still going on with the addition but it's concentrated on one end of the house so it doesn't seem to disrupt quite as much as the roof work did.  Speaking of the roof, it's finished now, they will be back some time next week to shingle the roof on the addition so everything will be a match.  I just posted the final pictures on the House Projects page.  I've been pretty good about updating the addition page every day that they make progress so you should be able to get a feel for how quickly it's moving along.  Once it gets closed in hopefully later this week they will start on the exterior siding and trim and that's where I get to start by painting the entire thing.  The goal is to have the outside painted and complete while the inside moves along, that way the neighborhood won't be complaining too badly about the way it looks.  I am not a big fan of painting but it will be fun to watch it transition from looking like an addition to something that's been there the whole time.  I finally got the last details sorted out on my replacement mountain bike and road it twice over the weekend.  It looks amazing, climbs really well and feels like a great fit, case closed after only about 4 months of messing around with Cannondale warranty support, at least it worked out better for me in the long run.  Stella joined John and I for a 6 mile ride on Saturday and did well considering she hasn't been out riding in such a long time.  We pushed it on Sunday when she came on the shop ride with us, 16 miles and a couple thousand feet of elevation did her in.  Actually it was really the freshly graded logging road that was done with 3-4 inch stones that tore up one of her paws, that slowed her down to a snail's pace, which isn't her style at all.  It's been a couple days and she's almost back to normal, favoring that paw a bit but not too bad all things considered.  Well, speaking of dogs, I should run out and check on them, see what kind of trouble they are finding in the yard, have a fun and safe holiday weekend and keep watching for those new pics!