The Chimney and Outlets

It was another productive weekend around our house! On Saturday morning we got right in and started working on projects. First, we convinced Paul to climb up on our roof and clean the chimney. He doesn't really like two story houses because you can not jump off the roof semi-safely if there is a bees nest in the chimney. Fortunately, our chimney was bee free! Unfortunately, there appear to be some soft spots on that roof that will need attention when re-roofing takes place. But, on the plus side we did find some of those super cool, heavy-duty, fun to play with magnets in the gutter.

I put up Halloween lights last week and since there are no outlets outside on the front of the house there has been an extension cord running out the front door. I found that if you do something that annoys Bryce, he will quickly find a solution! So he put in an outlet on the front porch for my Halloween lights and Christmas lights!


Then came the really tough project, and apparently during this project I was too distracted to take any pictures. While SIL Sarah's house was being built they had the option to put an outlet in the eaves to plug in Christmas lights. Bryce thought this was a great idea, keeps the extension cords out of the way and such, and since I am a HUGE fan of Christmas lights, he decided we should have one of these outlets as well.

Unfortunately it was a little more difficult than anticipated because the roof lines in our house come down making it impossible for Bryce to get from the back of the house, where the attic access is, to the front of the house, where we wanted the outlet. But after a couple of extra runs to the hardware store and some help from Paul, they were able to feed the wire across the attic without climbing in there, and we now have a working outlet in the eaves. I am starting to get excited about our first Christmas in our house!