The frame work of money

I am continuing to learn even as the wheels of progress, because the wheels of progress, have come to a painful halt. It seems that my framing contractor, though well intentioned, does not have a record of actions that line up with his verbal intentions. He has performed in my estimation a day and a half's worth of labor over the past...three weeks.
The weather has been good, very good for days at a time, and yes some poor weather too.
But but but. Butt.
So this is what I have learned. I have learned to start thinking about minimizing my losses and how to properly account for them. For instance, I have advanced my framing contractor money per contractual agreement as well as some extra per his hardship-based request. If I choose to not have him frame the house, I may well end up counting that cash gone.
On the other hand, if I continue to be a party to his evidence-based, lethargic schedule I may end up not having this house on the market at the start of the sales-season (April-May). I will also acrue more interest payments on the construction loan. And, in an attempt to make the sales-season start may generate higher labor costs, adding people as required to complete quicker or contracting out work which I had intended to perform myself.
So, which is the greater loss? I may be able to work out a plan with the framer to work off his credits by assisting me with framing that runs on my schedule and/or have him contribute to the labor required to meet the build schedule on drywall hanging, trim installation, door/window installation, etc.
I dislike confrontation, not completely, but certainly try to avoid it in the least. It would be easy(ier) to let the days pass and deal with the issue, if one still persists, after the Holidays. But but but. This is not a personal, nice, neatly wrapped project that can afford time slippage. It is a business operation that has risk/reward consequences that can break me financially.
So, Dear Framing friend: let's renegotiate.

Framing or not?

So, as intended, I am giving my framer the room to progress as he wishes but also keeping an oversight by visiting every couple days and asking, at times, questions to keep the dialouge open between us. But even though it is quite cold here, I have to admit I am disappointed with the lack of progress in the past week as the photos can atest.
Hey, it's the edge of winter and cold but, hey, as a framer you work outside and if you want to eat in the winter, you should probably work. No?
In a typical build situation, e.g., a new house, the framing crew works so fast you worry about things like:
1) is my insurance policy good enough to cover the likely situation where one of these crazy bastards shoots a nail into his hand, backs off the roof, and lands on the plumbing stack in the yard. IKNOW! Will my policy replace the plumbing stack, right?
2) are they going to transpose/misinterpret/ignore the drawing requirements and put a wall like, I don't know, in the middle of the dining room then be looooong gone to repair their work. We call that the "tail light" warrantee: if you can see the tail lights, the work is covered. Else, well, you're screwed.
But this project is not cut and dried. The walls are not plumb, hell, they aren't even straight over the full height. The foundation sill is up here, down here, slightly slanted there, etc. Did I mention the requirement for a 15degree cut on the joist ends so that in case of a fire, the walls are not pulled inward onto the occupants?
So, it will take more time. But all the more reason to start making consistent progress. Bob the Framer (no really. I am not pulling a Palin here with a label) will be done in four weeks. His word. Though people and their word, their honor, are shakey at best. A moving target.
So, please Bob, hear my plea: put a damned nail in some wood and give me a roof soon.