Paint, floor, and stove

Finally feels like we're making headway. Over the last 5 days, we've got most of the the main floor painted, with a special thanks to Sean's girlfriend Donna - who was a huge help and painter extraordinaire. Sean has made fast work of the bamboo flooring and is well over half done. Now that the floor is done and the walls painted near the stove, we were able to move the stove into place and hook up the chimney. We haven't fired up the stove yet, but will in the next day or two!

FINALLY!! Taped and textured.

It's been a while since we've posted anything, but to be honest not much has happened in the recent weeks. We reached our first snafu of the whole process - the drywall taping and texturing. We got some friends to help us, but not being professionals it was taking too long. After two weeks, we were still not done and it became clear we had to call in reinforcements. On Friday, the pros finished up and today we sanded and did a LOT of vacuuming. From the time the sheetrock was hung until the texture was done took three weeks - so we easily lost two. BUT, things move on and Sara and a friend are starting to put on primer this afternoon. We should have the painting complete soon, and then (in theory) things should start going pretty quick.

Propane installed and first snow!

Mysteriously, our neighborhood picked up about a foot of snow, while there was only about 4" in Stanley, and much less in Ketchum. It was good to see the house and yard covered in a blanket of white. The snow made it easier to drag our propane tank up the hill. We will use propane only for our cook stove, so a tank this big should last a while.