Obviously, I’m not quite the blogger Michael was (is/will be). I noticed there had been 3 blogs by me in March, while Michael sent 13 in the shorter month of February. This one may be worth the wait.Since it has been such a long time between posts, there is more progress for you all to see on the house. The interior walls are up and painted and the trim work is well under way. My parents came to visit for a few days in March and helped with painting and tile work. We were all at the house for a good number of hours over the course of three days. We still don’t have working plumbing, so you can imagine what a sacrifice that was for a woman who is 8 months pregnant. Thank goodness for the little bait shop/cafe/convenience store in Jamestown and their tiny little bathroom, which was only a five minute drive away. I must admit, though, that Michael and my dad sacrificed a lot more in the way of physical discomfort. Tiling is not an easy job and they each spent a good amount of time on hands & knees to get five rooms and the platform under the wood burning stove tiled. The results are pretty impressive for amateur work - especially for Michael’s first effort in that area. He has learned well, and we now have our own wet saw for tile cutting if anyone should need to borrow, I mean rent it from us in the future. (We do still have a house to pay for after all ;o)
Without further ado, I present to you the fruits of our labors - thus far:
The Nursery
The Guest Room
The Office
The Dining Room
The Kitchen
All that Tile -
Laundry 
Pantry 
1/2 bath 
Master bath before grout 
Master bath after grout 
Hearth 
Our wood flooring 
Sorry - no pictures of the main living area - there is a big temporary furnace parked in the middle of the living room, so the space isn’t very photogenic right now.
Coming soon: Baseboards, wood flooring (installed) and Michael’s shop (aka the mini house)
Wow, you guys have been busy! This thought popped into my head as I was driving around running errands today. I know you had a lot of trees cut down - have you thought of selling them to a lumber yard (If Michael hasn’t gotten to them with the chainsaw yet
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Very nice. Thanks for the update. I saw all of the pictures on Flickr.com
Thats a tremendous amount of work. Its looks beautiful.
coming along at a fast pace. I just got my footings concreated. but i have to get rid of all the trees they cut before it will progress to putting walls up. take care and do do to much , your health is far more important. take care. glad the blog is up and running. I did miss it.
aunt beth