The work begins on the outside of our house today. You see, we bought this house 3 years ago. It had a new paint job on the cedar siding that covers the entire outside of our house. That new paint job covered up a world of bad news. There is wood rot and pieces of siding have suddenly started falling off. It has begun to look awful. So we had to bite the bullet and get the work done.

The house was built in 1977. It is 3,200 square feet and is three stories tall in some places. It is a wonderful house that was custom designed by an architectural firm out of Houston. The siding is original to the house and it has now reached the end of its useful life. The time has come to rip off all the old siding and replace it with new siding.

I am very excited about getting this fixed. But I am not so excited about the crazy expensive bill that we'll be paying to get this work done. I suppose it is just one of the perks of homeownership: pouring our money into projects to fix and improve our abodes.

I will be sure and post pictures of the progress of the work over the next three weeks (that is the timeline the contractor has given us for this project.)