She said: One of the best sounds ever is the sound of a running furnace!

Last Saturday Mark, Paul, Jae and my Dad put in two French Doors and the last window! All in a days work. I helped put the piping (foam tube) around the doors and window, Mark sprayed the insulation, and we were officially "closed up" for winter. Tuesday came and the furnace was turned on-works beautifully. Oh so nice to feel warmth when entering your home!

This week we had our first real frost and the roof looked great! No obvious loss of heat areas so another huge win for the Stankey renovation project.

This week has been mostly rainy and the contractor's have only put in 2 days of work. Maybe 3 if today starts shaping up. But they need to be done next week - it's just getting too cold for painting. Another bonus is the stucco guys are coming next week and will re-dash everything before winter so the only thing we'll be missing is a front door. And who does that really affect? Trick-or-Treaters maybe...

"We've got Glass, not class, glass" - He said.

Wahoo! Two windows in! Hey it's a start! Thanks Kevin for the help today. Mark and Kevin put in 2 windows while I finished burning the paint off the bedroom windows. Absolutely beautiful day! The plan is to have all the windows in this weekend and then both the doors next weekend. Pray for warm weather...then the furnace will be in full swing!

He said: Did you just get the butter out of the fridge?" She said, "Nope""

Last Sunday, after a long weekend of smelling paint fumes and bondo we sat down for dinner. Sat at the dining room table for a good hearty dinner of stew that had been simmering in the crockpot all day, french bread and a glass of wine. That is when Mark asked the titled question. Now, you have all probably noticed that it has been getting down into the 40's at night and with plywood for windows it's kind of frivolous to turn on the furnace. But man-if my mom hadn't brought over a space heater and an electric blanket last weekend I may have moved back in with the rents! It's 5:45 and my body is already frozen for the evening so this is going to be a rough one.

The good thing is the windows and doors will be delivered tomorrow!!! Yay! My father-in-law, Doug, and possibly our friend Kevin are going to help Mark put in windows this weekend.

The paint crew is making huge strides and will actually paint the front of the house tomorrow. This weekend I will finish burning the paint off the bedroom windows for the crew to sand and paint next week. Wow! 3 weeks has gone by fast! Once the doors are in place, I'm gonna crank the heat to 110 to make up for all the shivering I've done!