Michelle's painting of Snickers

Here is the picture Michelle painted of Snick. She worked on him a for a couple of months at her art class. The bottom picture is her reference photo which I took a few years ago. His eyes would always close when you took his picture with the flash. It came out real well, she did a  great job!

Change of plans for today

We started today thinking we were going to do some work inside the house, but the weather was so nice outside we thought we better take advantage of it. We put the second coat of stain on both front and back decks, and we put a second coat of paint on the front door and front door trim. There is also a coat of paint on the sliding door trim. We did get inside long enough to put a new thermostat in for the furnace. The reason back deck looks wet is that it is, Michelle rolled out the stain while I was mowing up the leaves in the yard, just before we headed for home. We just about have all the outside work done as winter is on the way.

This weeks work.

Today as you can see we got the rear patio door put in. It really cleaned up the look of the back of the house. We need to put trim on the outside and inside of the door. This is what the bathroom looks like now. The tub is in and all hooked up. The water heater is also installed with all the connections ready to go. Today Michelle and I put up insulation up in the ceiling of the bathroom.We also had a new gas lines put in throughout the house to the meter. The last picture is what the water shed looks like now with the new tank and all new plumbing. Michelle and I put up the insulation in the shed yesterday. I will call tomorrow to get the gas scheduled to be turned on. All the plumbing is done. We do have one problem as the well pump keeps throwing the breaker in the electric panel. Larry the plumber is going to pull the pump out of the well tomorrow, He thinks the pump is probably frozen  from not running for 3 years so we should be up and running with water soon. We bought a vanity for the bathroom this week. It was a display model from Lowe's, it is a bit" high end" for this house, but got it for half price {$144}. It even included a granite top. We are pretty close to turning a corner here!