Bears

Stockings all hung on the Marvins with care

Tree with presents

We have a couch again!

And the tree upstairs just in time for Christmas.

3.5 hours later. Still in ER

Waiting for a prescription for antibiotics for an ear infection. Will suffer through the night at home and go to the Dr's office next time.

5:30am. 2.5 hours in the waiting room

Pre-theater dinner in the new dining room

Sultan's

Heading to looking glass

Looking Glass Alice

In the emergency room. Christmas=ear infection fun :(

2nd coat. All done at 3pm. Just in time for Christmas!

Rolling it on

First coat

Auntie Deb

Yup. That's primer

Prepping for paint

Master craftsman

Killer elf

Reception!!

Opened up. Now the first floor is a football field

Doors!!

Pretty trim and baseboards

Pretty doors

:)

Spacer!

PJ day at school

It's coming together

Christmas cookies!!

Drywall 1

Old chimney

The electrical list is all checked off

Owie's tools are packed. New windows today.

Nata's night brace

Making Grandpa Owie's brain hurt

Apparently my opening of the wall meant having to move lots of wires.

Old gas line for when the house was lit by gas lamps

#oldschool

Electric

At $100/electrical box and close to 34 boxes, thank goodness grandpa owie takes his payment in coffee.

Formerly white cat

Wore out owie

Owie

Grandpa continues to work while we go out to play. Hooray!!

Getting supplies

Owie on the job

Wall to kitchen is open

Almost ready for the electrician aka Grandpa Owie

Here's Elliot's for your interpretation. Dad nailed it.

Natalie is looking for your ideas about what is happening in this picture

Eating out. Kitchen is covered in a thick layer of dust.

Getting into it

Letting the kids hammer walls

Lath

Our old bedroom is no more

Furnace out

To keep things interesting, our furnace decided to go out the day before demo begins. The house is currently 59 degrees.

Ready to knock out some walls

The main floor rehab part b starts today. People are coming to knock out walls. End goal, open living space and more importantly, insulated walls.