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12-13 weeks until baby _________ Renee Carpenter arrives. Names currently in the running

  • Margot
  • Frances
  • Matilda
  • Joyce
  • Eleanor
  • Ruth

and probably several others I'm currently forgetting. Harris and Madeline have also probably already nixed some of those ideas and I've forgotten that as well.

Our asbestos is abated, now just have to have the air test performed to make sure they got it all.

Electrical work will start on the 27th. We're upgrading the service from the street to 400 amp and will also fix a couple of random things that were...strange choices someone else made at some point in time.

Plaster continues apace. The living room and entryway/staircase should be finished by the end of next week.

The downstairs bath - we're waiting for tile to arrive then have to find someone to install it.

The living room floor still has to be addressed, but that can't happen until all of the plaster work is fiinshed in there.

Ben is working on fixing he original windows downstairs (glazing, hanging, sashes, wood work) while David will at some point pick up the zinced ones to repair.

THEN we can have HVAC and a complete downstairs.  Right now... that looks like by the end of July.

Sort of... the floors downstairs won't be sanded and sealed until ALL of the plaster is done and cleaned up, so that might just happen a little later, depending on Ed's schedule and budget.  We also will still have our weird laundry/back door area as that is all part of the sun room plans and we have to figure out money/budget for that part.

Harris is basically GC-ing the project right now - coordinating all of the contractors, making sure things are ready when they arrive, making sure I pay them when they are done -- while also finishing his first class at UNC-G and looking for science teaching jobs this summer. It's a busy time.


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