Well, it's been a month since my last post, and what a month it was. Thanksgiving, work and being sick. That about sums it up.
Finally, everyone's feeling better, if not yet 100%. But our tree's been up (at the old house, not the new one) for a couple weeks or so, most of the cookies are baked, and I'm already sick of sweets. If you know anything about my sweet tooth, you'll know that's a pretty hard level to reach. But there you have it, and 4 days to go until Christmas.
M's been working hard at the siding. It's really a chore. I didn't want the vertical trim at the corners of the house--we both thought it didn't go with the style (too farmhouse-y) and so what that means is that every corner (and yes, there are more than 4) had to be measured twice, cut once and specially fitted. And on a 2 story house, that's a pain. Poor M. But it's looking good, and she's just about at the point where she's reached as high as she can go . . .
Meanwhile, all the doors and windows are in (including the straggling slider and garden window for the laundry room) and so as soon as we can get a propane heater, work can commence indoors. Right now it's colder inside than out. It'll be fun to transition to indoor work and stuff that's easy to reach!
Today we got a new tankless hot water heater for our current house. Our plumber thinks the existing one was about 25 years old, so it was time. Plus the new one is under the house, meaning we just gained precious closet space in this tiny house! We'll have tankless in the new house, too, and didn't HAVE to replace this one, but it's sure nice to know we don't have to worry about the old one rusting out and flooding our (decent) wood floors.
