Too much to talk about

So, since our last blog update 8 months ago, it seems like a decade's worth of events have happened to us. So I'm really sure where to begin. But being prodded by enough family and friends, I shall attempt the impossible.

So our last post was about redoing the electrical in our old house. That project went more or less smoothly.


In September (a week or so after our last post), we had a guy come and replace our old breaker and electrical meters. So with the really hard parts done, I just had to go room by room and run the wire, switch out the old and put in the new.

I didn't really know anything about electrical and I kept stalling on it, waiting to get some know-how help with it. (I was super busy with work and school as well). So when the Christmas break finally came, I was resolved to get this project done while I had the time. Eddy came down and helped a ton too.

I forced myself to learn it. I started with the most simple circuit: the fridge's dedicated circuit. It has one plug.  After that was done, my confidence was boosted a little (residential electrical is quite simple really), and Eddy and I worked on next circuit.

We continued doing one room at a time, and we were able to get the entire upstairs apartment done.  We pretty much ran everything through the attic, which made this project much more simple. I spent several days up in the attic, pulling wire from below and wiring various circuits and such. Eddy spent a bunch of time cutting in new plug boxes in the old lathe and plaster walls.

Eddy helped us out a ton during this job.

This is the finished product. A new breaker with new wire!

In the end, we now have five plugs in the kitchen (instead of just one), and a lot more plugs in each room in the apartment. And we can run the toaster over and the space heater at the same time! Looking back, I'm quite amazed and proud that I was able to figure it all out and get it done. And honestly, it was fun.
Not wake boarding fun, but still fun.

After the electrical was finished, we finished that room that we tore down, which wasn't as fun as the electrical. We put in a new floor, new paint, and put a carpet top on that laundry box, so now it's a comfortable reading nook.

Here's Eddy and me working in super cold weather, cutting the frame for the wall.

 Mary helped out a lot with the mudding and sanding.  Unfortunately, we neglected to take a picture of the finished product. Oh well.