This morning Jen and I made the first preliminary plunge into weddinghood by opening a joint checking account at the bank, which means that we actually have to save some money to put in it. Today we’re venturing out to a few places to look at bridesmaid’s dresses and wedding bands so that we can cross those off the huge list of Stuff We Really, Really Need To Get Done Quickly.

Yesterday I was iced in at the house and got some more work done in the Blue bedroom. Now that the demolition part of the rehab is over with, which is the easiest part, I started cutting shims for the plaster and replacing the baseboards around the room. The doorframe is back in, and the sections of plaster that fell out have been replaced with patches of drywall, which will require seventeen applications of mud and sandings—this after I thought I was done with all that crap.

In more optimistic news, it looks like the patch job on the roof over the upstairs office is holding firm. Two solid days of icy rain, thawing snow, and general moisture have failed to leak through to the wall below, so I’m going to chalk that up in the ‘fixed column’ and prepare to start the long repair job.