Once again the week flew by and a lot was accomplished at the house. Steve and his nephew Oliver got the front sided and moved around to the west and covered the majority of that as well. Steve also added a decorative trim to the top of one window on the front of the house to see if I liked it, which of course I did! Down the road he will trim out all the windows that way.
Joel and Steve met with an engineer to discuss a new septic system, a leach field, and the vaulting of our upstairs ceiling. All good! We passed our perc test ; they mapped out where the septic may go; and the engineer is looking into our vaulting ideas.
Over the weekend Joel and I enjoyed our mugs of coffee as we once again cleaned up inside and out. We rallied so much, though, that we surpassed our goals...On Saturday Joel removed three windows, tore apart the side porch and the side wall just behind the parlor. He hauled down 30 bags of insulation from the Yoga room and threw them into our 7th dumpster. While he was prying some molding off of a high peak on the west side of the house mid-day, he banged his head with the pinch bar and lacerated his forehead pretty good. Off to the ER we went and he got 4 stitches. Didn't slow him down though:) We returned to the house and finished our projects until the sun set. Back again on Sunday. I shop vacuumed the entire upstairs again while Joel stripped nails from all the flooring wood. I photographed and measured the kitchen space because I am meeting with a designer from Lowe's tomorrow to lay out a plan. Joel removed all the remaining exterior trim work, loaded the dumpster up with stray wood and debris, and loaded up a trailer with wood that we want to save and reuse.
We are off to the south this coming week as we celebrate our anniversary with a bike tour and visit with our kids in fun places. Joel and Steve will stay in touch, and I will post if anything super exciting happens!
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