so today i marked up the exterior walls and much of the interior walls. i cut window sills and "header caps".. tomorrow i'll cut cripples & trimmers. then nail 'em together and maybe raise 'em. hopefully the pace picks up a bit!

ah some notes on marking plates:
probably best to use a pencil at first, since i changed stud locations a bit to minimize thermal conduction. i tried doing this in sketchup first, but small variations in measurements messed that up.

the plate marking tool is nice, it speeds things up. maybe some variations on the tool; like transparent stud tabs at the ends. when starting a corner or adjacent to a window, the stud tab lays midway on that edge, to give sheathing full backing. transparent tabs would improve accuracy here.

also, marking plates highlighted the need to cut & lay plates accurately. studs will align to those marks, so they better be accurate, and it better go back together the same way it's laid!

as usual, take advantage of cutting multiples whenever possible. this goes for cutting headers, "header caps", sills, cripples, trimmers..