Progress....progress...

Good news to report.....even though I didn't exactly get all of the place cleaned up during this past week.

#1 piece of good news -- We set up the library in the extra 2nd floor bedroom. Love seeing our book collection again -- it's been packed away in storage for so long......

#2 piece of good news -- Frank is here today working on phase #2 of insulating. Phase #1 was last week up in the attic and boy is there a noticeable difference in temperature up there. Today he's addressing the crawl space under the freezing cold bathroom. I will be interested to see if the temperature rises above 40 degrees on the next freezing cold day. I am just amazed that pipes haven't burst under that bathroom! He'll also be addressing the crawl space under the kitchen addition during this phase. Phase #3 will hopefully entail blowing the attics above the front porch enclosure and read kitchen addition. We're losing lots of heat through these attics.

#3 piece of good news -- The carpet is being installed up in the attic tommorow. It's totally cheap stuff from Home Depot, but we also choose it for it's tight loop and subsequent sound absorbing qualities. Very important for a loud, rockin' music studio. Can't wait to get the drums set up again -- it's been at least 2 years since we've consistently had them up.

#4 piece of good news -- Once the carpeting is installed, we can move most of the music equipment out of the 2nd floor kitchen and Evelyn can reclaim this room as her "Crazy Ev Art Studio"...or something like that.

It feels so good to have this house in a more liveable state. Even with the unsightly pink color still prevelant in so many places. Even with the 1st floor in grave need of an interior decorator. I'm actually starting to like it more!!