Man, I have been soo bad about making updates recently. Life's just too busy.

At work, I had a couple of weeks of calm and then last week, all hell broke loose on projects and it was super busy... but, that is the way it is!

Speaking of work, last week was Carrie's last day. It's been very strange not having her at breaks... we all went out last Friday to a couple of local bars and had a great time. I wish her all the best in DC. I hope she finds what she's looking for .

Everynight, we are working on the house. With Aunt Geri passing away, I wasn't able to get our bedroom completely drywalled, but the bathroom is mostly done. (Only the closet is left to drywall/build). Holly has been busy mudding the hallway, bathroom, bedroom, and living room. Tonight, I'll be widening the opening between the dining room and kitchen to make it about 9' feet wide. Once that is done, we can really focus on getting the kitchen finished.. We are so close, we really need to push and just get get it done.

I also finished the deck on the east and put up the storm door on the east. Next week, they will probably be coming out to replace the ceiling joists over the west end of the dining room, which means that we'll soon have heat upstairs! That also means that we can start closing up the dining room and put in the fireplace! The bad part is that I have to rip out our upstairs bathroom and laundry room this weekend.

I built the wall between the dining room and our bedroom and framed out the door. In our bedroom, I still need to put up the remaining drywall on the ceiling and hang drywall on the walls. Then build the closet and I am done. (2 nights of work).

We went to Aunt Geri's funeral on Sunday. It was good to see everyone... to bad it only happens for these bad things. :( It will be very strange to go down to her place and not have her in the kitchen.