... another pic through our front window early saturday night.... sunday morning we had 8 more inches. 

a picture through the front window...VERY bright outside with a full moon around 10pm... even with heavy clouds it was bright. 

...another snow pic in the behind the house 

she's about to spring into action... I think we might start calling this the Momiji blog, not our house =) 

Here is a pic of Momiji playing in our 10 inches of snow... she loved it !! 

Momiji hasn't been the greatest listener the past week... but still really cute =) 

Beth is doing some fine measurements and precision drywalling... she's been a trooper through this whole thing... 

the headless shadow !! 

... more late night drywall sessions... 

ceiling...  

ceiling outside the bedroom.. the lights and switches actually work... that took me a while to get used to... i was still walking around in the dark weeks after they were ready and working... 

inside the bedroom... you can see the exterior drywall and the wiring for the outlets, phone and cable... were almost there!!! 

more hallway drywall... all done from here back :) 

part of "the study"... looking down the hallway to the bedroom... 

8 month anniversary of 311 W Lorraine

so it has been 8 months today since we started working on the house... we have had many special appearances on the blog... chip, bo bo, shorty, eric, chad, gizmo, wendy and austin, pam and bill, bob, chester and cindy, adam and jessica, rem, gregg, chris, uncle jim.... i am sure i am forgetting someone, so many people have been willing to lend a helping hand... thanks to everyone... we couldnt have ever gotten this far without our friends and family... we havent had any serious injuries from the house... one trip to the MD to see if i had a fractured finger... which turned out to be nothing... some bumps and bruises... but all in all we are well and working away...

so much has changed since last may... now a happily married couple... with a four-legged addition to our family... and linden has........ well linden is still moving along at its own pace... in the race linden is the turtle and lorraine is the hare... who will win the race?? im in full fundraising mode for the breast cancer 3-day walk... and brian is getting back into playing music :) and we are starting to think about a cross country trip for a few months once this is all over... i couldnt think of anything better to work toward... time off together :)

so we are almost finished drywalling the second floor... in these photos you will see drywall in all its glory and splendor... once the 2nd floor is done we will move onto the 1st floor to wire and drywall... after that the plan is to pay someone to do the mud-work... we will then sand and finish the floors... i cant wait until we get to that point :)... our friends stacey and jeff have already agreed to house us during that extremely dusty time... thank you in advance...

back to work with us... a trip to home depot tonight for supplies... and a glass or two of wine to celebrate :)

thanks for stopping by... until next time :)