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Dad has been insulating the roof quadrant that houses the air handler.  It seems like it would be better for the operation of the air handler if there weren't temperature extremes in that area.  Of course it would have been easier to do it a long time ago....

Still no word from the county or the inspector. 
Still waiting for more laundry room cupboards.

Mom has been cleaning out the double-wide (not fun), putting things away, and going through boxes (pretty fun).

Merry Christmas to all our friends and family!!!  Thanks so much for all your support and encouragement!!  We have our first Christmas tree in the new house!  We have boogers all over the windows; footprints all over the floor; dirt in the dog shower; and our chairs in the living room!  Life is Good!

Osker ripped a toenail off his back paw.  He's been hopping around on 3 legs  for a week.  It's going to take a while for the nail to grow back.

We installed the laundry sink on a temporary plywood  countertop.  The inspector wanted to see the plumbing hookups otherwise we'd  have to get another permit when we put it in on the real countertop (yea, right).

More of the laundry room cabinets should be coming soon.  Mom had to chip up a few tiles and replace them because the cabinet guy gave her the wrong measurements for cabinet placement. 

The returns on the stairway handrail are done, except for touch-up varnish.

So our list is complete and we called for the final inspection, but the inspector didn't want to come out because of the road conditions.  Now he wants to make sure the original elevation certificates have been submitted.  They were submitted this week...

We have certainly slowed the pace now that the pressure of moving is off!!  We had a wonderful, party-filled Thanksgiving.  Now we're back to working on the short list for the final inspection. 

We had our first snow and have had several days of single digit temps.  The water line from the spring is frozen, so the geothermal heat pump powered by spring water is not working--bummer!  Keeping the wood stove stoked!

Dad likes to tease me by putting me in the princess tub.  I don't like it one bit.  I don't think it's funny.

 Ahhh....!!  Life is good!!
We called for final inspections!!  The inspector left us with a short list of things to take care of like:  strap the water heater to the wall; put the bathroom fans on timers; caulk around the bottom of the toilets; return the top and bottom of the stair handrail to the wall; install a dishwasher; and install the laundry room sink.  He also said it was OK for us to "unofficially" move in!!!   Yeah!!!

This was another joyous moment!!!


We're going to work on moving until Thanksgiving, then get back to the list!

 The rock guy delivered a truck and trailer load of 1 1/2 minus for the base of the garage area.  He did a pretty good job of spreading it for us!

 The soaker tub is installed and working! 

Uncle Jim came for a visit and helped us out with the final drain plumbing.  We also cut a 16' pole, skinned it, sanded it, and varnished it for the handrail to the upstairs.  

We had a good time with Jada.  She's learning how to play with me.  When I gallop towards her she hides behind her dad.  We had her running in the rain without her raincoat!!!  She got muddy and full of burrs too!!

 You got it!!  Here's my chair in the new house!  I had been spending a lot of time in my chair in the old house to emphasize how much I enjoy it.  Well, we suddenly started spending the night in the new house and I simply was not comfortable, and became noticeably crabby.  The folks got the message and here I am!!  Doing the happy dance!!!

Grandma and Grandpa are cruising back east in their land-ship!  Before they left Grandpa helped Mom cut all the window sills!! One window is trimmed!! 

Rather than continue to heat two houses we decided to move the stove (in the bucket of the tractor) and start "camping" in the new house.  As far as the County goes, we don't live there yet, but have started moving things into cupboards!!!  Very exciting!

The shower panels in the master bath shower were installed.  Need to work on finding glass doors now.  The tub is in place--working on plumbing it.  The tub and heat pump are the last things to finish before we call for the plumbing inspection.