Week 2

This week started off with my stepson and his wife coming over Sunday, for the grand tour and to help us move some furniture upstairs and into the baasement. DH mentioned the leak and ran water upstairs to show it. my stepson, ended up tearing down part of the wall above the cabinets and finding an old lead tub drain drum with a hole in it. Supposedly you can cut that part out and replace it with a p trap. Problem is that  we may end up tearing up the bathroom floor to get to it.
We also discovered old knob and tube wiring, not sure if it works. Our neighbors husband came over to take a look and we need to have the electric company come out and replace our meter and wiring from it to the lines . In Ohio, they have a program that helps defray the cost but you have to wait 30 days after signing up.

DH is running around stressing over all of this. Me I've got the get it fixed and don't worry about it attitude. I want to tear apart each room(plaster, lathe and all), put up insulation if needed, repaint and be done with it, one room at a time.

Those of you who know my other half, know how he hates change, while I'm the opposite.
He's stressing over not having a second outlet in the kitchen so we can't have a microwave, while I'm planning ripping up carpeting ( major bleach stains), stripping, sanding floors, and removing paint from stairways and baseboard. He is fine with the way things are. I made him a deal, I'd give up the breakfast nook, so that we could put some cabinets, and outlets for the microwave, but he had to let me tear up the dining room carpet. He agreed!

Last night was his first night at the Walmart up here. He came home to find that I'd started to remove the paint from the banister. He wasn't to thrilled, until I explained that I wanted to tear down the wall paper( didn't mention removing plaster and lathe), remove the wall paneling, restore the banister to it's original stain and paint  the walls a pale green that would accent some wonderful Caddo Lake photo's from some dear friends. He's all for it now.

I even got him to stop stressing over the windows. We have storm windows outside but the original pulley and weight windows still work, even though some need new ropes. I told him I had more patience and would tear the window molding down and replace the cording. He is strictly in charge of plumbing and electric.