Long, long over due update

I've been busy working on the house, throw the day job and the holidays in the mix, and you get a two month delay in updating the blog.

I've done so much on the house since I last posted, I'm not to sure where to start. Due to the same reason, I think I'll keep this post as short as possible. Here is what I've accomplished over the last two months bullet point style:

• Demo: Its all done. Six dumpsters later I have demoed the entire second floor, the kitchen, and one wall in the living room/dining room.
• Framing: Done! Laundry, new closets, bathroom all framed in. Also replaced a few walls here and there due to the 2x4's being cut in half and then secured together with other pieces of wood. I figured I probably should play it safe and start fresh.
• Kitchen floor: Linoleum removed, thanks to my mother who spent a ton of time getting it up so the floors can be sanded and refinished.
• New back door ordered and delivered, same goes for a new door leading from master bath to second floor porch. They were delivered last week, I'm waiting until it gets above 10 to install (purely so I can be semi comfortable while doing so).
• Attic insulated, this was an interesting process. Kneeling on the beems and rolling out 18 rolls of insulation. Took much longer than I thought, and left me itchy despite wearing gloves and a long sleeve shirt.
• Finished insulating second floor walls. Again, an itchy adventure but a necessary one. Hopefully this and the attic will lead to reduced energy bills (last months topped $200).
• Electrician finished his rough-in, or did he? We thought he did so I had the inspector come out, and of course he found things to nit pick about. So the electrician is at the house as I type fixing the issues so I can get the drywall up.
• Started hanging drywall on walls with no electrical outlets/switches or walls the inspector said were fine.
• Hung backer board in the master bath (with the help of my mother, who was kind enough to hold the pieces up long enough for me to secure them to the wall). The plan is to mud and tape tomorrow, and possibly start tiling Thursday. Bought myself a wet saw so I'm looking forward to getting that thing going.
• Kitchen cabinets were delivered and are now occupying the dining room.
• Found a great deal on floor sanding and refinishing.

As soon as the electrical inspector ok's the rough in, I'll hang the drywall in the kitchen, get the floors done, and install the cabinets.

I think that just about does it for now. I'll do my best to be more prompt with my updates. Heres some photo's of the progress.