Sorry, more dorky house maintenance stuff. I’ll try to keep it to a minimum!

A few days ago we had 20 windows in our living room, which was annoying. And then we started putting them in, and things got even more annoying. I’m surprised I can type right now given the times I’ve turned my thumb into ground beef with the hammer. Yeeouch. 10 down and 10 to go.

The guy who sold us our house didn’t tell us about the leaky roof and the leaky windows, so as we installed the windows we also had to reframe a bunch of them because the leaks had rotted the wood away. I have absolutely zero idea what I’m doing but at least I’ve got some mad style points. Dig the hat?

Once we ripped the old windows out, we built new window frames.

… And then we stood back and observed our handy work. The guy who looks like he knows what he’s doing is our buddy Alex.

Alicia, who took these pictures, is psyched to do all the trim work on the inside of the house. That’s a good thing too because I don’t have the patience to do all the little details, and she does. So I’ll keep tearing 8 foot holes in the walls and she’ll make it look nice afterward. Cool deal.

We also installed a new patio door in the basement, which required us to replace a sagging, 7-foot header. We had to jack up the house with a couple of huge posts and go to town. Here’s me and Jim and the gaping hole in the wall…

More later!