Something that I dread doing:

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6. Insulation Update

All went fairly well except for a second trip to the home store because I bought the wrong size staples for the tack stapler.

My daughter did 80% of the work by herself -- stripping the old insulation (filthy and matted), putting in the new, crawling into the tight spaces and moving around items that were stored there.

I did have to help some. My job turned out to be cutting the insulation. I set up a cutting station in the basement and whipped right through it.

We didn't finish the entire job. Exhaustion set in! But it will get done this weekend.

Now for another problem: We need an emergency septic tank pumping today. Had a backup, but luckily it was just clean water (but all over the basement floor). Septic guy can come, thank goodness!