chim chimeny chim chimeny chim chim cha roo!

today i woke up early to clean up a little before the chimney sweep from F.Scott Davis Chimney Sweep Inc. came to sweep our chimney! i give you the particular link to the particular company because there are some companies out there who are extremely rude and condescending - why would these be adjectives one associates with a company who makes their living cleaning soot, i have no idea, but apparently a good sweep is hard to find.

the people we had come out were very nice and professional. they brought all of their equipment:


swept the chimney quickly and efficiently without getting a spot of soot on our new carpets, they installed a stainless steel chimney cap:

and they did a full digital inspection of the chimney which will be evaluated by their boss and emailed to me in the next few days. and they did it all in 54 mins. pretty impressive, i'd say!

what's not so impressive... we STILL can't use the fireplace because there are places on the inside of the chimney where mortor has fallen out between the bricks and the tiles, and using the fireplace without getting this fixed could leak carbon monoxide into the house :( homeownership is fun - right? (someone please tell me when the fun part comes)

in other news, we have gotten an estimate on removal of the tree that's growing onto the roof, only to find out that there's also another tree growing on to the other side of the roof - crap! so i'm waiting to hear from the guy about what we can work out there. and now that we've figured out measurements, we're putting beadboard on the dining room walls to make wainscoting, and as long as i can stay motivated after lunch with andrew, i'm painting the top half of the walls myself this afternoon. phew, don't you love vacations?!


*i'm trying to find a new look for the blog, but it's a work in progress - bear with me!*