The first post of a new year...2010

A new year found use sleeping in yet our fourth room. If you can remember way back when, we moved from the servant's chamber to the tower chamber (Sept. 28, 2008 post). The tower chamber had an alcove attached to it, kind of a sitting room. We decided to transform the alcove into a sleeping area and the tower chamber into living area attached to the sleeping area because: (see Oct. 25, 2009 post).

Here is what the alcove looked like when we first arrived and as of October 25, 2009:

(March of 2008)                                                          (October of 2009)

We spent our first night in the alcove on January 1, 2010. It was our goal to start out the new year in a nice room without unfinished sheetrock hanging over our heads. So ten weeks later...

And no this is not a rug it is the ceiling; and in keeping with tradition, the walk through:

By the way if sleeping in a cool room (temperature wise) is good for your health, then we should be the healthiest people around. Our room is a balmy 30 degrees which is better than the 15 below temperture outside. I'm grateful for the electric blanket and Sun heater.