October has come and gone!

Again, I'm so sorry for not posting for son long! Such a bad blogger. I wanted to toss up a couple mor pictures for those of you interested in the ongoing progress.
First and foremost, Kim has continued to do an amazing job on the plumbing, which is pretty much done! Hurray! Behold a sample of the beauty of good plumbing:

The other exciting bit of news is that the electrical work gets underway next week. Then, it's sheetrock, painting, and floor finishing. Ben and I can then finally move it! We can't wait, and are still hoping to be in by Christmas.

Meanwhile, Ben and I rebuilt a window in the basement, which was a long project--we used an old window that we salvaged from the Portland Rebuilding Center (cool, cool place), for $6.00, and found a way to install it...it even opens and closes! A definite improvement over the hole and plywood patch that was there after our structural reinforcement.

Speaking of patching, the floor guys came and patched all the holes in the floors! Happiness is walking across your floor with impunity, unafraid of possible death and dismemberment...just sayin'.

                                                                                     (this hole is long gone now!)
Just trust that the floors are entirely walkable, and they look great. I can't wait till they'refinished, I think the old growth fir is going to look glorious. I will definitely post before and after pictures of that!

Let's see, what am I leaving out?? Well, due to the new plumbing for the new upstairs bathroom, we had to 'drop' the den ceiling about 12 inches--we started with Mom and Doug, but Ben, my Dad, and I finished that little bit of business up this weekend.

Ben and I wrapped up the furring out of the studs this weekend too. For the uninitiated, 'furring' the studs, is a process to make sure the studs of the wall jut out the same amount. We had removed lath and plaster, and will be replacing it with sheetrock--it's different material, so it comes out at a different depth--say, in relation to window sills and door jams. If we want to fit the molding back on, this has to be done. It's tedious, but important. So...not great photojournalism, but good work done.

We also bought a tiny little sink at IKEA, which we'll install in the water closet (toilet closet), so it's an actual half-bath. That will be nice...one has to wash one's hands after using the toilet, after all--but it' another hole to bore into the wall, so it can be plumbed and mounted.

We're still cleaning up on the framing,the bathroom upstairs is looking good--soon we can construct the shower pan, and then it will be tile time!

                                                                           (this will be the walk-in shower with shower bench)
Things are coming along. Ben and I have been very busy, needless to say, between our jobs, this house, and trying to get a moment's rest every couple of weeks or so. I have an inflamed wrist tendon, so I've been taking a little bit of rest, but as I type, Ben's over at the house, cutting holes in the upstairs walls where the new electrical outlets will go.

That's all from this end for now. I hope to post more soon, and have some photots that look more like a lived-in home, rather than a work site!!