What happened recently?

It has been a long Friday and Saturday. The demolition of the kitchen/dining/laundry area is done. All the plumbing is disconnected, all the heat is disconnected (and capped off, one would hope in April we wouldn't need heat, but not in 2007). All the 1950 fiberglass insulation, dust and mouse droppings are bagged up. All the drywall is down, bagged and in the backyard. 1/3 of the cabinets are burned. The bathroom plumbing fixtures are out.

Our new neighbor brought us welcome brownies, nice.

We had some excitement, senior daughter E's foot and a nail met, precipitating a visit to the express care. E was reportedly quite brave, no crying.

Enjoy the pictures below. They are self-explanatory. The one of copper tubing illustrates (not well) that no good deed goes unpunished. We tried to recycle some copper tubing and a valve. The valve didn't leak when we cut it out, but after sweating it in, it leaked. Some pictures illustrate some nice electrical splices, some not-so-nice splices and some crispy wiring. Jenm noted at one point she is glad we are replacing the wiring, to even a layperson it doesn't appear to be sound.

We are glad to have had the help of three adolescent youths. Their help was mixture of demolition, cutting, burning, moving and child care.