The start of the downstairs frame

We went up today to check out the progress on the shed slab and we found this:

We thought the internal brick wall was going to happen first, but yeah, whatever.  There's a pile of different bricks (in the foreground of the photo) that weren't there last time.  We thought they might be for the internal wall, but there isn't enough of them, now that we've got home and done some calculations.  Now I'm thinking they might be refractory fire bricks for the inside of the chimney.  I guess we might find out next week.  We went around measuring bits and pieces, window and door openings.  Neil thinks the walk in wardrobe looks way too small.  Here he is standing in the master bedroom.

I have a bet with him about the current width of our wall oven and kitchen bench.  When we were measuring bits up he did not believe me when I told him what the measurements of things in our current house are.
Update - Yeah, Sarah wins.  (Like it was ever in question)  Woo Hoo!  Don't question me on measurements of fittings.

Here's the corner of the Lounge room.

And the view out another of the Lounge room windows.

So anyway, bit of an afterthought, but here's the form work set up for the shed slab.

First bricks and electricity meter

Yay! Some of our bricks have arrived and there's a meter in our meter box now.  I counted the bricks and by my reckoning it's a bit under half what we will need.   Current schedule is to have the frame up and roof on by Christmas.  Fingers crossed, but all dependent on the weather at this stage (I think).  You can also see some of our framing timber in the background and what looks like the upstairs flooring.
The slab for the shed should be happening in the next week or so (also dependent on the weather).

There's a muddy trail through the loungeroom where one of those kangaroos has dragged his muddy backside.  At least he had the decency to do his business on the ground beside the slab and not on it.

Here's a photo I like, which shows how big our site cut is.  Neil sitting on the top of the site cut.  I got the photo just before he poked his tongue out at me :)