Thursday, March 19, 2009

Spring Is Here!

Okay, officially it's still a couple of days off. But the snow is melting. the birds are singing, and I don't have to bundle the kids up in coats, gloves, hats, and scarves to wait for the bus in the morning. That means spring around here.

Of course. those of you in milder climates might disagree. After all, it's still well below freezing most nights, and we're not running around outside it T-shirts yet. At least most of us aren't (there are a few hardy souls around here that can even be seen in shorts). But for us it's a matter of contrast. Our overnight lows of, say, 25 degrees were, only a matter of weeks ago, our daytime highs. If we were lucky.

There is finally a snow-free path to the new house, a mixed blessing since we now have to slog through the mud instead of the snow, but it still bodes well for all of the outside work that must be done to get occupancy on the house. Not that much, really: a set of temporary steps in the front, a couple of outside lights and outlets, and some venting work and we're done.

At least as far as the outside is concerned. Still a lot of little things on the inside, but I'm knocking them out pretty much every day. I just finished cutting countertops for both kitchens and installing thermostats and lighting fixtures. I don't think it will be long.

Soon we won't be talking about the "new" house and the "old" house. Before the official start of summer, we'll just be talking about "the" house, the one we live in, the one we just finished building. Well, okay, the one we're still building, but the one we'll be building while we're living in it.

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