The doctor is in

Ref's brother Shawn came back to town Thursday night (hooray!), along with Uncle Arnold (double hooray!), and it wasn't surprising that they jumped into work on the house first thing Friday.

I went over checklists with both of them, with the goal of getting as close as possible to the point where we can close up walls. Shawn instantly started surgery on the sliding doors in the bedroom, assuring me that I was pretty lucky to have only one subcontractor -- the HVAC guys -- standing in the way of progress.

For their part, the electricians were digging, laying conduit and covering it up at the soon-to-be equipment pad.

In this shot, Steve is (wisely) using pliers to keep his hands out from under Matt's sledge-
hammer.

They called for their inspection, to be held Monday. They go into it with a good bit of confidence: They have never, ever, failed one.