May Flowers Please

As we wrap up April here in the U.P. I am hoping that the May flowers are not too far away. It's a gray day up here. Thankfully it's 60 degrees, but not the kind of 60 you'd want to be outside in. Luckily it was beautiful yesterday when we had the home inspection done, so we were able to see a lot and stay outdoors longer than we could have even a week ago.

The home inspection was overall a good thing, with the exception of two major and two semi-major items that need addressed. The wiring in the home is almost all original wiring from 1926, which isn't too surprising. The main problem is that the wiring itself isn't up to code and shouldn't be insulated around. The inspector said the wiring was in great shape and wouldn't be too much of a concern were it not for the fact that there is blown in insulation around it in the attic (a major fire hazzard). So we have a call in to the church to see if they have anyone who will take care of that before we start looking for an estimate on the cost. The roof, which is overall in almost new shape, also had some leaking around a dormer where the flashing was done improperly. Those are the major problems. We'll also have to have 2 cement windowsills replaced and there are leaks in the faucets and some drains, which should be relatively minor repairs. Ugh... So we'll see how the repair and estimate process goes and decide what we are going to do from there. I guess with old houses comes old everything.

Abby is back to being her normal, silly self. She has been playing extra hard with Maize and doing lots of extra eating to make up for her self-imposed fasting last week. She's just right back to our good little lady. She cried instantly last night when she saw her baby sitter Kitty come through the door, but was good and played with her while we were gone. She's got a pretty good memory, since Kitty hadn't been here for at least a couple months. And now, back to cleaning up. I've been doing loads and loads of laundry to catch up from last weeks siege.