Bugs

Termites. I suppose it's to be expected in a house this old when no one has taken care of it. We've since had it treated for all kinds of bugs.

Another Cat

Whit has a way of attracting cats like no other person. So it's no surprise that already a second stray cat has shown up and made it's way inside. She's about a year old and obviously some sort of Siamese mix. The house is barely livable and already 2 pets!

And Violet is as adorable as ever. Look at that little face. At least all these stray cats are gorgeous...

More Living Room Floor

Slowly but surely getting the living room floors finished up. They have been sanded, stained and had 2 coats of polyurethane. One more coat and they'll be all done! Then it's on to the walls and the lighting fixtures.

Violet, Making Herself at Home

Since no week would be complete now without new kitten pics, and who doesn't love kittens. Her name is Violet (despite my suggestions that she be named after a paint chip color)

Sanding the Living Room Floor

Once all the carpet was taken up in the living room we rented (yet again) the industrial sander.
Here are the before pics:

The floor isn't in bad shape, but there were a number of paint spills.
Here are the after pics:

 

Now all of the holes need wood filler, the cracks need picked out and it will be ready for the stain and polyurethane (3 coats each).

Unearthing the Privy

A couple friends are in the business of visiting old properties around the country and digging up the outhouse areas in search of valuables. This past weekend they stopped by to check out this house's yard. After locating the area they thought would have been the outhouse, they got to digging.

They dug down roughly 10'-12'. Apparently homesteads either dug one privy and had it emptied at regular intervals or dug several and covered them over when they were full. They concluded that this one had been cleaned out a number of times, but they did find a few buried treasures. Lots of broken china, whiskey bottles, other jars.