House update: Wednesday, with other bits

My aunt reports:

Cheers all,
Today, Dan, John and I had for lunch penne with sausage, and Caesar salad.
Yesterday I was out.

Following is an email from Dennis on important progress.
"The plumbing task is accelerating at a rate faster than I can keep up
with it. The connection to the cold water in the basement was redone
today. The supply to the hot water heater that was cut when the heater was
moved will be reconnected tomorrow after the Gofer buys the required
parts. The resulting conglomeration of pipes would make a Rube Goldberg
contraption look neat. Still to do is the plumbing on the third floor.
Dennis."
Dan has been rebuilding door frames on the first floor. He said that Bill
gave some advice about strength of same and he totally agreed.
Bill is doing difficult work on the party wall on the third floor.
Stuart is working with lumber and on insulation (sound and fire) above the
first floor.
John has been working on the telephone, ethernet and cable TV wiring. Son
Mike found a source that said putting all together would interfere with
transmission.
(John rolled over in bed this morning and suggested that I go let people
in and he could work on the crossword puzzle. I said, "That's why you're
being paid the big bucks" . . . and reached for the crossword.)
Love, Helen

But how are the DUCTS?

AAAA HUNGRY.

WHY am I hungry? I had breakfast. And lunch. Possibly the answer is "not
enough protein". But I had protein.

Luckily I have found a granola bar in my purse. Through the package it
feels like it's been returned to its primordial granola state, but with
any luck it's still edible.

Extra! Extra! House special bulletin!

This just in from my aunt:

We have heat! As of five minutes ago, John reported that the
temperature is up to 15 degrees Celsius and rising like a train.Return
ducts still to be worked on..
Helen

Wooohooo!