2012 Begins

Our huge office project continues with insulation.

First, we insulated the new copper source pipes throughout the house.
Vahid thought this one was great for some reason...

Down comes the bathroom in the office.
Thank the Lord that we still have the upstairs bathroom working and well.

Down come the horizontal boards, with old insulation story behind them.

Of course, we had to take a picture of the toilet resting in the basement before it gets reinstalled in a few months.

And take pictures of the cat on top of the toilet.

In all that, we even managed to have a little fun when Cora came for a visit.
Vahid and Cora playing at the river in Ames.

I have begun a new adventure... quilting.  We'll see how that goes.  Hmmmmmm.

I love my family.  Truth be told, I love my family to pieces.

Isis in the Winter

I know this is an indulgence of ours, taking so many pictures of the cat, Isis.  If you love her, here are some of them for your viewing.

She enjoys being 'test baby,' sleeping in warm places,

playing for hours in the sun or inside,

enjoys long sessions of investigating new areas,

and has recently discovered the tasty delights of fish food.

She tolerates dogs even when they do not play correctly,

and sticks around the humans even when they are being very strange.

Isis must love us and the heat we provide.  She even eats the food when we put it up high so Mom's dog won't eat it when they visit.

Gotta love those humans.

'Twas the Week After Christmas...

The home improvement project had to pause during the holiday, as we were blessed to have Aubrey's parents, sister, and brother-in-law, and all the pets in our home for Christmas.  This also meant cleaning all the lovely dirt and dust we kicked up, but it was worth it.  We had a lovely Christmas.

The day after Christmas, the house was again attacked.  Vahid and Dad, with some very appreciated help from Uncle Larry, completely took out and put in all drainage and source plumbing.  That's right.  All the cast iron drainage pipes were taken out, and all new copper and PVC were installed.  Two and a half days of very hard work.  Mom and Aubrey kept the cookies coming.

 All the way back to the pipe in the basement, but save that one!!

The old coal bin wooden wall was taken out of the basement, and now it is so bright down there.

All the pipes out, means in go the new pipes.

Vahid loves taking pictures of things that will never be seen for quite some time.  

Like, looking at the office from the drainage hole for the toilet.

Taking a break for cookies and jello.  Thank you Aunt Donna!

Extra wood is placed to help support the beams with holes in them.

 Who doesn't love jacking up the ceiling?

Now, we have all new plumbing in our home.  Incredible.  Thank you, thank you to all who helped!