November 26th

The grand finale of our week of work on Mimi's house:  The installation of Bruce's door:

November 20th

It has been a busy few weeks since I last posted. Mark ran the marathon, escaped D.C. just ahead of the super storm, and was back at work on Monday morning. By the time Mimi arrived for our big Obama Party Part Two (yeah!), the roof was shingled, the soffits were built, and the windows were in. Since then, Mark has built the basement stairway and re-built the entryway to Albert's specifications. At this point, there are only small odds and ends for him to finish up. It is finally our turn!  We took the end of last week off and started the shingling but moved inside to frame walls over the weekend. We need to get those done so the electrician can rough in next week. The weather is cooperating, with temperatures rising into the mid-forties during the day. I never thought that would be comfortable to work in but it is amazing how warming a hammer can be. We should have the walls all up by the time we head to Exeter for Thanksgiving. Thank you to Nancy for taking over on that front.

The leaves and campaign signs are gone.  Time marches on.

The basement window on the left is one of the five that Bruce built. The one on the right is an egress window required by code whenever there is a basement bedroom. There is a 3' well in front of it that you can't see.

doorway into bathroom with stairway to basement on left

the shower is a ReStore find

Wow, this is just too much fun. We may have to change our business model...  

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!