Improvements

Well, after many more hours than I expected, many more cuts on my hands than I expected, and significantly more dust than I expected, my house is finally ducted and ready for the professionals to take over and install my furnace and air conditioning unit.  While I'm glad I did the work myself because I saved a goodly bit of money (at least I think I did), I now know why my HVAC guy was more than happy to let me do the ducting.  It's incredibly more time-consuming than I expected and not nearly as fun as it sounds.  Of course, when the heat sets in later this summer I'll enjoy the cool comfort of the indoors and know that I made it possible.