Quite a reach

When I was watching the guys insulating the walls yesterday, I glanced up at the ceilings, over at the ladders, and thought, I'll bet they're going to need the scaffolds.

Of course, when I got there this morning, there were the scaffolds, and Mr. B was up on one of them, stapling the batts into the den ceiling. He's got a new electric stapler -- the old mechanical ones swing like a hammer, but you just squeeze a trigger on the new one -- and he loves it.

If you look closely, by the way, you'll see that the ceiling insulation is rated R-30; it's about eight inches thick. The stuff on the walls is R-19 -- six inches or so.