Moving on....

As I mentioned, this year Bear and I are hosting Thanksgiving. Yes folks, I am making a turkey. So in addition to the regular construction preparations, we've been re arranging and decorating the inside. I use the term decorating loosely.  I successfully convinced my parents to give us their basement furniture, a tan sectional sleeper sofa. My family bought this sofa when we first moved to the USA. We shall call it, "The Freedom Sofa." The freedom sofa is giving us much needed additional seating for the extra family. Now that the bunnies are gone, we've rearranged the entire dining room/living room area to accommodate the extra seating.

Another Passing at the Pitt

Our little Shaggy has been devastated ever since Wini passed away. His eye wouldn't stop dripping, his back leg just got worse, and he was visibly lonely. We tried pain meds, acupuncture, warm water baths. He passed away during the day while we were at work. We left him in the morning like we usually do, telling him that we loved him very much, but something about today was different. I think that he's in a better place with our Wini and together they are frolicking in a field full of dandelion greens.

We have such fond memories of our Shaggy. He was the little man of the house. So gentle and oblivious to everything that went on around him. He had a one track mind and that was our Wini. Good-bye our little Shaggs. You were loved very much and you'll be missed.

Fun with Insulation

This year will be the first year Bob and I will be hosting our first Thanksgiving, and the first one at the Pitt. Since we have 6 additional people staying with us for a long weekend, we've been motivated and working extra hard to get everything in place. This morning we had some fun with insulation. You see, we bought all the necessary insulation to adequately insulate the attic, now we just need to get the insulation into the attic. There are three separate attic entrances in the house. One is in a bedroom where there is scripture quoted on the wall. Today we finally moved the insulation into the attic through that room. The best part about transporting insulation? The masks!

MUAHAHAHAHA. Am I scary?

"We're taking all precautions necessary to avoid H1N1"

In addition to the insulation we finally moved the tub into the storage room. Thanks Aunt Sue and Uncle Ron for the furniture dolly!

Phase II: House Wrap

It is incredible how much better the house looks with house wrap on. Gone is the plywood and gross old brown siding, and in is the new wonderful Dow Chemcial housing wrap. The best part, it's made in Canada. We are one step closer to not looking like the most ghetto house on the block.

We've enjoyed a warm fall, which has been a big help in getting the siding started and going. Since my niece is visiting for the next couple of weeks, dad won't be available as much as he has been, so production is slowing down. But once the first row of siding is up, the rest is easy. Stay tuned for Phase 3.