No exciting pictures today. We are progressing well with phase 5, reframing. The second floor is almost all framed in. We then have to do the trusses and the roof and then the new interior walls. The new stairwell is all framed in and set to take the stairs, which will be great for me as I cannot jump and bend and jump some more to get from stepladder to the riser to the second floor all that well. It's what being 43 and overweight and old means!!

With Seth (no relation) working on the framing (zipping through it with the new (to us) Paslode cordless framing nail gun), I can see real change. We are not tearing down, nor repairing anymore. We are actually building! The Craig's List nail guns both work swimmingly. What a deal at $150 a piece. While Seth (no relation) worked diligently on the walls, I did things like exchange the $65.00 box of nails I got for the new nail gun for the proper nails and saved enough to buy some blades for the new sawzall, replaced the cord on our chop saw so that it is useable, and cleaned and organized more of the downstairs.

If Greg and I bought Sunnyside for us to use as a weekend and summer house, I would definitely keep the second floor all open (except for the bathroom.) It's so extraordinary to stand in the middle of the second floor and look out at the water from everywhere in the space. The view out the front window is almost just as perfect, looking down into a small neighborhood park surrounded by other gingerbread houses; big maples overhead.

My first task tomorrow is going to be to try and disconnect the drain from the cast iron tub so we can move it back for framing.

Rushed home to give therapy to Sebastian's knee and make orange ginger shortbread for our dinner hosts.

Today (Tuesday) was a snow day.