Rain rain go away...

The rain is putting quite a damper on progress at the building site. Our crews have been unable to get the ground prepared for paving the new parking lot. Right now, they have to wait until the ground dries out before they can continue grading and compacting the area. We still think the lot will be poured before winter sets in, but it won't be as soon as we hoped.

However, that does not mean our people have been sitting on their hands doing nothing. Au contraire mes amis! The crew has been hard at work completing the preliminary framing of the second story, roofing the new addition, installing the insulation (try saying that five times fast!), and, not unlike our neighborhood squirrels, storing many supplies inside the building to work on during the cold winter months. (not that we think our crew is squireley in any way!) The once exterior art wall has been unveiled again, and is now a feature wall on the interior of the building in the lobby.

Our library staff is also hard at work finalizing the furniture bid packet, and argu... er I mean discussing the different options for our personal work spaces. Let me let you in on a little secret. Librarians, while an altogether wonderful, intelligent and quite fashionable (well, some of us are) crowd are apt to be a wee bit er.. stubborn, when it comes to getting things done THEIR way. Which, of course, is the RIGHT way, but still, I'm just saying.

We are still awaiting the arrival of our windows. They have partially come in, and soon (hopefully) we will have those installed as well. Our crew on site are doing their best to make this a beautiful and very functional building, and we can't thank them enough for all they have done for us. Cookies for everyone!

Theresa