Watch out!
The Hagelund/King household might be stumbling into the completion of a 5 year plan. This would be a monumental sort of deal as our last 5 year plan burned up and we hadn't started making a new one since. The earthship project hasnt really entered our minds as a 5 year plan; more like a "lets get it done this summer!" every summer, sort of deal. Kelly and the kids are headed up to the Palmer area for some sadness in the family; I was left alone for the day and was trying to loll about and start book 11 in the Wheel of Time series( I re-read the series since the long awaited epic book 14 finally came out!) My mind was moving too fast on non WOT topics so I jumped up and decided to blog and spit out some of these thoughts that were flying around. The thought that made me want to jump up and blog was the idea that we might be moving into our 4th building season since starting the earthship which could feasibly mean that over a period of five years we built our house and completed it.?.?. For those of us who have been privileged to be encouraged to make a 5 year plan time and again throughout our adult lives it comes as a relief to me to realize that at this point we are over the hump in a five year plan and I didnt even notice until today! Yay! This monumental thought doesnt really have much to do with the earthship project as it were, since the only way to get to the completion of a 5 year plan is to just keep working in the now. Otherwise it might turn into a 10 year plan mightn't it?
On the docket for this Fall:
House roof completion-
The cement roof that we applied last fall is not waterproof. We knew this going into the project and have been thinking about it off and on since. the plan as it stands is to use a combination of green roofing and rolled roofing. The green roofing will fill the bottoms of the valleys, gentler slopes and walkways and the rolled roofing will cover the steeper vaulted parts. The rolled roofing is being cut into shingles using a blowtorch and a razor knife. We are going to adhere the asphalt shingles to the cement roof and to each other. The rolled roofing so far has been gathered off of Craigslist, I am in the market for more?
The living roof will start with rubber pond liner/epdm/membrane against the cement, the next layer will be a landscaping mat with grids for erosion control and dirt
Closing in the outer walls- 4 of the outer walls are prepped to receive the concrete dipped cloth (hessian?) covering which leaves 2 vault faces to cover in plastic and staple wire mesh to before they will be ready. Downstairs we have 2 and 1/2 South facing bays to build bottle walls surrounding the windows that are in place.
If we can power through and finish all of those things we will be ready to settle in for the winter and work on the inside of the house. The kids are going back into public school next year, Brynn will be in Kindergarden, Adarra will be in Fourth Grade and Caius will be in Sixth Grade. We think it will be neat for them to all attend the same school for a year. After that, who's to say what will happen. We have enjoyed having the kids at home and we think they have as well but they are itching to join back up at Tustemena Elementary.
Looking back- we spent the winter holed up in the heart of the earthship, moved in in end of October/beginning of November. Our Sister in Law and two nieces were staying with us thru mid January. In December we had a cold snap with temperatures plunging below zero and it worked out really well to have the fire going 24-7 while keeping up with the work/school/extracurriculars of 8 people, 3 dogs and a cat. Kelly has worked off and on throughout the winter and Ive kept steady with my 2 days at the Golden International. Weve got the big kids in Indoor Soccer and voice lessons which is a mandatory 2-3 town trips per week.
*Note*
This blog post is a couple of years old, I found it difficult to relate what's happening in the NOW (2015) without posting this; which was partially written..
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