We have been working on the walls since October, and it hasn't been pretty. We bought sheetrock for two reasons, 1) it is more fireproof than cedar walls (there have been a few fires lately around here and it is clear that sheet rock slows down the loss) and 2) we could get it here by ferry without too much risk of it getting wet...Until you back it down our (unfinished) driveway, after dark, and into a muddy ditch 100 yards from the cabin. When the tie downs broke, the whole unit of rock went onto the ground. Every sheet had to be hand carried to the cabin through ankle deep autumn mud. Thanks Dusty and Misty for helping, glad we stopped at the liquor store. 
Jonathan and Dave really busted out and got the stuff cut and hung up. Thanks Dave. Mudding and taping didn't get finished until after our Christmas vacation. Chuck and Becky finished it up in about 3 days. To hide some of the imperfections, Chuck let us use his texture blower, the whole cabin was texturized in a day. The next day we primed, 5 gallons wasn't quite enough so we scrapped some more around town.
I have to admit this was not my favorite part of construction, and it was hard to get motivated to get down there. Sometimes Jonathan and I would go down and just sit by the wood stove in all the sheet rock dust. I am soooooo glad that that phase is over. 
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