Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Buttoning up the house

We had a great Thanksgiving day at son's home. D-i-L's father made the turkey and dressing, I brought three pies and the candied sweet potatoes. Her sis brought scalloped corn and green bean casserole. D-i-l made the mashed potatoes and had the house for us to meet in.
As usual it turned out great. We had a helper setting the table, and the naps after dinner. (Mom was napping, don't know about child.)





















Since DH had Thursday thru Sunday off we tackled a much needed project. The area in the front of our house, over the front porch needed insulation. But the problem was the access. There are three dormers so you cannot just go up there and move across the whole front of the house. DH had to take off the flashing above the porch and access each area separately. After working all weekend, there is just one part left. There is a little door through the closet in my office which he enters. I think by the end of this week it will be complete. This should make the walls in the rooms on this side of the house warmer as well as the floors.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like the picture of S and her daughter M "napping." Clearly the babe has worn out her mother but not herself...

Michael Podolny said...

Warmth is good. I really have much more respect for the power of insulation now that they have taken a bunch out of our ceiling for the addition job. You can totally feel the difference.