A better day.

Or maybe a better perspective. Yesterday was interesting. They decided to take off the siding in the morning since the roof had frost on it and they didn't want to slip. The good news was that the north side of our house (which we expected to be horrible since the siding itself was rotted) was actually in good shape under the siding. Since that was easy, they continued around to the west side of the house. Not so good there.

As my contractor put it, the insulation board was crumbling away. It was disintegrating into nothing. Even the regular wall insulation had turned into dirt. He said there was NO R value to the old stuff and the only logical thing to do was to replace all of it.

Now that may seem like a not so good thing, BUT... the room on the inside of where they found all this was ALWAYS cold in the winter and HOT in the summer. We thought it was the windows. Little did we know there was only minimal protection from the strong Chicago elements. So, the GOOD news is that my craft room will be nice and cozy this winter. They found a problem, but it is FIXED.

Ironically, my sliding glass door half fell out while they were taking off the siding too. You may think that sounds like a bad thing too, but with the help of a friend, I was able to laugh pretty hard about it. :) Go figure. AND, they got the new door in the same day.

We even got an extention to get our permits since we have to get a survey redone.

So, even though we still have some rainclouds following us around, I can see the rainbow. I am grateful for great friends who will pray for a girl who is a bit overwhelmed with things... that, and the promise of an awesome house, is getting me through.




For today.
:)