This?

This is how exciting the work on the house is right now. We're sanding trim, for the second time.

Current dilemma - trying (still) to figure the venting requirements for the tankless heater and clothes dryer. Apparently, according the technician who was only brought into this today, you can't put these appliances in a 3'x7' closet. So technically it has to be joined to the living room. We were trying to avoid louver doors, but we'll be lucky if we don't have to take out a wall. Well, not really, but we may have to put in two large grills - one in the ceiling of the closet where it would pull from the living room, and one in either the bottom of the closet door, or through the wall to the living room. I thought the double-wall direct vent on the tankless heater meant it pulled combustable air down through it, but it just vents out. We didn't have enough outside wall space (away from a window or door) to put this unit, but the whole thing really required more careful research.

Don't tell anyone, but we don't want pickets on our screened porch. We're thinking of screwing up plywood to pass inspection, then putting up lattice to protect the screen from the dogs.

Let's see... April 15th... wasn't I supposed to send someone some money? A lot of money? no?