7 March 2016

Goodro’s delivered the 21 interior doors first thing this morning.  Sonny and Doug took an hour to finish building the heat pump anti-noise enclosure. They then spent the rest of the day finishing installing the drywall in the garage… which finishes the drywall installation for the entire house.  A small round of applause, please!  Meanwhile, Eric continued his second round of mudding on the main level. Tom Roorda and Bret Williams from Spafford & Sons came mid-morning and removed the loudly chattering guts from the non-return valve in the well supply line.  With that fix and the insulation around the heat pump, the second guest bedroom now is a reasonably tranquil place.  Kevin Haight delivered the soapstone pieces that will line the woodstove nook.  Fyles Brothers came and took away the three 100 pound propane cylinders that are no longer needed to heat the house.  Perry came over to liberate some “scrap” lumber and have it cut to the sizes he needed for a repair project he’s doing at Marty & Merry’s.  I spent the morning catching up on construction accounting and paying bills, then did errands in Middlebury in the afternoon.  Marty & Merry had me down for another fabulous dinner… lamb chops that were to die for!  And as an added bonus, Merry’s world-renowned orzo salad.  Yummy!!!!