Every day the attic looks more like a room. Tremendous progress was made on Wednesday. The styrofoam vent chutes were put in place by Duane & Carrie in about an hour. They made quick work of them, using the stapler to attach them to the walls and ceiling. Justin came down by mid-morning and said it was time for him to go to Brookings with his pickup to leave his load of tear-out junk at the Brookings dump. Then it was on to Lowe's to pick up insulation and sheetrock. It was blowing hard from the northwest, so he had a slow trip home.
Most of the insulation was put in yesterday, with Duane & Justin working until 7:30 p.m., when they finally called it quits and had supper. Carrie and Annette were at church doing children's ministry. When we got home, we brought two of "our girls" with us and took them up to the attic to see the progress. They loved it!!
So I had them tell Duane what they thought of it when they came downstairs. It was good for him to hear their descriptions of "cool, awesome, love it"! This project is being done for them, as well as the grandchildren (not to mention us who live here. We're going to love the storage space, and I suspect we will enjoy making use of the coziness of this "new" room too, for other activities.}
Today the sheetrocking is going on full-bore. They did the ceiling first, then around the chimney. More final insulation is being put in too. While the 3 workers were doing that, I was downstairs cooking. I got inspired and decided to make rolls for the afternoon lunch. I hadn't done that in years! I had some yeast that had an expiration date of 02/90, so I wasn't sure of the outcome. (I prayed over the batch of rolls.) But they came out looking great! I made a big pan of rolls and a pan of tea ring, so the crew's afternoon lunchtime of hot cocoa and fresh rolls should be a hit.
Justin is wondering about all the goodies that are coming out of the kitchen these days. But I'll have to remind him that I am not getting anything else done of import either. When I do extra projects like sewing, something goes by the wayside. And those three big batches of cookies I made last week--there is probably a third of those left. The cupcakes from Monday are all gone.
With the insulation in, very little heat is needed in the attic in the middle of the day when the sun is out. Our high temps are in the single digits, so we can see it will be an easy place to heat.
More later...
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