To catch everybody up, we are now the proud owners of an 1866 Italianate house! We closed the day before Thanksgiving and have been on the run trying to get things done ever since. The contractor has been in there this week demolishing partition walls that were put in years and years ago to make exam rooms for a doctor's office out of the original parlor and another room. The painter has been there stripping off three layers of wallpaper from the upstairs bathroom and the stairway. The carpet installer has measured for carpeting upstairs and wood for the upstairs hallway. The plumber and electrician have been there investigating to give us a quote. So, things are really moving along. Not quick enough, but it never is, and really they are going as quickly as they can.