Rafters, flying rafters, tyvek, siding

A heavy-duty work day. All rafters installed this A.M. We managed to get 3 of 4 flying rafters off the gable ends of the building installed - the last one didn't happen due to bad lumber: either a sloppy supplier or incompetent work crew (that would be us) picking out the wood. We'll run to town if possible tomorrow to buy the replacement board. Despite this the frame is quite lovely at this point. Too bad we have to cover it up.

Moving right along, we put up the Tyvek housewrap. Pretty great stuff, a water barrier that lets vapor through, and prevents air infiltration. Of course the wind came up when we started working with the Tyvek, making the job much noiser and difficult, but pressing on we had it up by late afternoon.

Along the way we put up 3 siding panels on the east end, and our beautiful frame is now obscured. Before the end of the day we managed to get one siding panel up on the the North side.
Plan for tomorrow: Put up enough siding to stabilize the building (probably one or two more sheets,) then affix the roof sheathing. If we can get the sheathing on by the end of the day then most of the remaining work can be handled by a single worker without much trouble - the heaviest two-man work will have been accomplished.
We're exhausted, completely spent. Tyvek is way harder to put up then we thought, it took hours, with lots of running the ladders around the exterior to tack it down, tape the seams, and keep it from blowing away in the gusts.