Holy Monday, Batman!

I think we've worked out a plan to relieve our 'sticker shock' from last week, and we're moving forward with optimism. It will mean a lot more work from us at a very busy time in our lives, but it's short term and the reward of having done a sizable portion of the work on our house will be immense. We know that feeling well from the remodeling work we did on our old house. In the next week or so, I'll post a list of all the things we're planning on doing ourselves in case you're interested.

In the meantime, I think there must have been a small army working on the house today!
In addition to someone taking the time to dig a drainage trench to let some of the weekends hurricane and tropical storm inspired water out of our backyard, the following happened today:

There are windows in the front and one side
There is tar paper awaiting the shingles on the roof
There is a fireplace rough opening, with sheathing all the way up
There is a bath tub - complete with drain - in the main floor bathroom
There is also sink and drain plumbing in many spots throughout the house.

By my count, that's at least 3 crews that were working today! I can't imagine what they'll do tomorrow!

Thanks for reading! It's fun to know that people out there are keeping track of us!