Unexciting progress

Unfortunately there are no cool Extreme Makeover: Home Edition type photos to go along with this progress. I did rip down wallpaper in teeny master bath, but I had originally gone to the house to touch up paint, so I didn't think a camera was needed. It wasn't horrible wallpaper, but I didn't get the under layer so now I just have alot of brown paper colored walls until I soak it all and peel it off. That's what I get for being impatient when I couldn't find the nifty little wallpaper puncturing tool.

The majority of the progress has been made under the house, as Aaron continued his foray into insulation replacement. It's nasty dirty work and I haven't helped yet (but I will!) so it hasn't gone all that fast and he's been less than enthused about continuing but plugs on because the prospect of high electricity bills is a greater motivator than the nastiness of the job is a deterrant. He's about halfway done and he's going to buy more insulation today so that we can go over and get some more covered.. I have my fingers crossed that we'll finish it, but given all the space we have left to cover, I'm not counting on it.

In unrelated and too exciting news - within several days of being with us, our new boxer boy Dash was diagnosed with sterile meningitis. It's an auto-immune problem with no real known cause and it goes away with a long dose of steriods. This is one reason there hasn't been alot of progress on the house, but now that he's settling in with the meds, we should be able to put more time into making some headway.

I still have hopes that we'll move in before the drop-dead deadline of our lease (at the end of April) and be living in our new house by the end of March.