Christmas in September

 Got home from work yesterday and it was very exciting. There was lumber for studs and sheet rock for walls. Roof leaks aren't fixed yet, so I don't know how much sheet rock can be put up. Bill says don't worry sheet rock stays half an inch off the floor so there shouldn't be a problem.

I was expecting all of this to be here when I got home. I was also expecting to have to help haul all of it into the garage, it's always a pleasant surprise when I don't have to do manual labor.


Bill had also bought electric boxes for the garage, my pantry, the cleaning closet, and the back hallway. He started putting them up and then figured he had better wait for me to get home, He didn't want to have to move too many of them. Didn't realize we were at this point so we hadn't really discussed electricity yet.

Good thing he stopped. This is the pantry, the freezer outlet is in the right spot but the outlet box up on the wall needs to be dropped. His thinking is that I would want the outlet up high out of the way. My thinking is that if I ever need something plugged into the pantry wall I want it counter height. So out of 4 boxes he nailed to the studs only one had to be moved.

I was expecting all the above, I wasn't expecting a wall and a doorway! How exciting! This door goes into the back hall where the pantry and cleaning closet are and then leads into the Residence through the kitchen.

We kept going in and out of our new door. We really are like two little kids when it comes to this stuff. This means the Residence is actually started. It's time to get serious and make some more final set in stone plans.