Slowdown here; shutdown looming. Shares needed.

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More drywall. The upstairs is beginning to look like actual rooms now.

The plumbing is a mess. Then again, so is everything else. We're headed for a hiatus: Time, weather, [holiday] season, money. That last most of all.

Everything from here on in is hellishly expensive. Oh, when we get to the point of fixtures, they won't be so bad individually, but taken together? Never mind. There's glass first, then more plumbing, then septic system, with drywall and interior plaster work fed in and around all of those things. But those three are each enormities on their own; the three combined? Impossible.

So, we'll be halting work sooner rather than later. Yes, it's been a terrible day. No, there's nothing to be done.

But. We still need to complete it at some point, even if we don't get into it until spring, or, Spirit forbid, summer. We'll be spending another winter in this tin can, but we have to keep pushing so to ensure that this is absolutely the last one in it. So, here we go again (yes, it's cut and past; why do you ask?):

• Shares of our YouCaring page via the widgets provided, especially the widget code under 2) at the "Other Ways to Help" link that produces the image shown here:

• Shares of Wings's site; sales are way, way down this holiday season, and this is the time of year that usually gets us (mostly) through the long harsh winters. This year, it's also funding construction. Testimonials help.
• If you're considering commissioning holiday gifts by Wings, now's the time to contact me so I can get your order into his workbench queue.
• One last thing: I mentioned above that the plumbers are coming, and bathroom-fixture purchases are in the offing. To that end, I've added Lowes gift cards to our Amazon wishlist. No, there's no Lowes here in Taos, but there's one an hour-plus away in Española. Less obnoxious than Home Depot, and an actual selection and discount pricing that are not available here in town. It's by far the most cost-efficient way for us to buy the fixtures and appliances and sundry other items needed to make a house habitable.

Thanks to everyone for your help thus far. We are going to need to push through this, hard, fast, and and consistently. Winter is here: Snow, ice, bitter cold, and a septic system that freezes nightly because it was misinstalled all those years ago. More snow on the way tonight and tomorrow, and single-digit nights in between. Please give us a hand with consistent daily shares to a wide audience.

Also, for the record, I'm supporting exactly three efforts right now: Ours, my s-i-l's, Lin's. Dassit. Not endorsing anything else, even if I have in the past.

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