from Beth!

I didn't realize that Beth was also taking some photos and videos on our work day, so here they are!

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Here is the view from Beth and Kara's window upstairs.We like how low the windows are to the floor and Buddy does too! On the main floor, these low windows are required to have tempered glass on the bottom panel apparently.

The above is a better shot of the wood floors after Beth pulled up some scraps of carpet in her and Kara's room. Another video here:

James!

I was excited to see some hosta coming up, it's one of my favorite shady plants.

Below you can see after Beth cleaned up the above area to make a neat little flower bed that will be fun to plant once the weather warms up.

Matt mowing and directing:

Matt mowing toward the infamous leaning tower of treesa pine tree:

Here is one corner of the house that Matt is looking forward to learning how to fix. Don't be scared, it is not the foundation, it's merely decorative. Still, it will look a lot better once it's repaired.

Here's how close the "pig" (propane tank) is to the house, something that bugs Matt to no end. We just found out great news, and that is that as new customers, they will move the tank anywhere we'd like as long as it's within 50 feet of the house, for free! Matt has a plan for hiding this and tucking it away.

Beth took a lot more photos of the outside, but I'm going to save them and use them later for "before" pictures as we fix it up!  I found a better "before" photo of the yard today and am adding it to yesterday's Work Day post in case you want to look at that.

Yesterday Matt spent about $5000 on roofing materials!! It has begun. We have a pretty detailed budget, but we also have it divided into "wants" and "needs". The things we hope to finish before running out of money is the roof, the windows and a working bathroom. Everything else we can do little by little as we have the money to do so. Home Depot will deliver the materials bright and early Saturday morning. Poor Matt will be at work fretting and wishing he could be watching every single step.