Demolition Time

James already removed the cabinet (that was in the foreground), but today was a big demo day.  Took out a whole wall...

and exposed some electrical and plumbing. 

On to the next step...

Life goes on...

While James works on the indoor plumbing, life goes on. 

The girls stay right in the middle of whatever he's doing, "helping" sometimes...

And our house just gets more and more beautiful... :-)

The Ditch

Well, now that the ditch has been dug, it's time to get the plumbing in it.  What fun. 

James spent a couple of days getting everything in place, after tediously leveling the ditch floor to just the right slope.  Then...

He finally got to fill it back in (with his carefully preserved piles of dirt). :-) YAY for no more dangerous trenches in the backyard!



Baby, it's cold outside...

...and inside too!  Our dining room, playroom and the rest of the back of the house/upstairs have no heat.  We've been running space heaters in the playroom and decided it's just not worth the energy bills!  Thankfully, the rest of the house is more than roomy enough to live in while we wait out the cold. 

This means, though, that we need to contain the heat, so voila, here comes a tarp. 

I've never really wanted a blue wall in my house, but oh well...

We also added ventless gas logs to the system. We're cozy, and that's really all that matters.



Thank you, Lord, for that.

Are all these pictures starting to look the same?

Yes, he's digging again...

The Trencher



The designated spot for digging

Well, it was time to dig the trench out to the sewer drain, so James, of course, went the major power tool route -- The Trencher.



pretty menacing, eh?



And it's done!  4 feet down, 4 inches wide, about 12 feet long. Awesome!

Getting there

We're getting there -- down to 4 feet. James has been working hard to keep the digging going!

Gwyn likes to keep track of the progress. 
And at this point, I think he's done inside!!  On to the trench outside. Happy Weekend Off, Babe! :-)