Today, I spent an hour or so wiring three ground-fault circuit interruptor outlets (GFCIs) in the bathroom. It's all 12 gauge wire in there so it's quite difficult to bend it and stuff it all back into the boxes. Still, I think I did a pretty good job.

Progress on a Monday night, woo-hoo! Thank you, mindless TV for scaring me out of the living room!

Wiring under the window

Yesterday, I decided I would try to tackle some of the electrical work, so I ripped out the old knob & tube wiring feeding the stairway lighting. After digging through mountains of blown fiberglass insulation, I'm surprised I was able to get to sleep with all the scratching.

Today, I invited two friends over to finish the job - what we accomplished is truly awe-inspiring.

Zoe here. We got back to working on the bathroom and house projects yesterday.While Steve worked on the framing above the sliding door to the new bathroom. I pulled lath and blown in fiberglass insulation off the stairway walls by the back door. It's icky work, and I was masked and wore long sleeves for the job. I was also careful to bag everything up when done. I hate blown in stuff!! It gets everywhere and itches like crazy! I don't know if I want to do much more of it, I also can't reach much higher, so Steve may just have to take over. hee hee

For the past two years, we've been working on our upstairs bathroom.
What started out as a hallway and closet space, rather quickly came to resemble a warzone. We demolished the closets, stripped the plaster and lath off all four walls and ceiling, then we took the floor up all the way to the joists.

When we first bought the house, we bought it for the house AND the garden. When I say garden, I don't mean lawn. Although, it was just about all lawn when we moved in. We do have some lovely large trees behind the house and by the garage, a hedge by the front of the house and some small trees on the south side.