Aside from some demolition detail work (getting rid of all the loose stuff), the main focus has been on electrical. As of this morning, the pendant light fixtures had been plumbed, switch boxes and most outlets ready and can lights were just being installed. By Saturday Steve will be under the house running some of the more hard-to-reach wiring.

We have continued to find interesting little tidbits of history. There is a 1/2 chimney that once acted as the stove exhaust. (It starts in the middle of the wall and goes out through the roof) Ther was an old MJB coffee can sitting up in the rafters that – from what we can tell – was catching a roof leak. Dad ran across an enormous old hornets nest up in the attic (picture to follow soon). We are currently working on putting together a little time capsule to close into the cubby space left between the bottom of the 1/2 chimney and the floor. If you think of anything clever that we should enclose let us know.

We are still not yet moved back into the main part of the house after the floor refinishing, but with Grammy Walston up here on baby duty, I am hoping to have the opportunity to put some things back together. I think another reason it has been so hard to get things put back away is because I really want to take this opportunity to rethink our furniture and decorating arrangement. It is the opportune time to do it, so I don’t want to rush to just put everything back the same way.