Hey, this might even work

By late winter 2008, things were starting to shape up, finally. The outside of the house still looked like hell, but inside things were pretty good. The sheetrock work was done and the walls were painted. We had begun installing and painting trim and installing flooring.  An entry from my project diary on March 8 reads:

“I am feeling more positive about this than I have in a long time. I can see it’s coming together now.”