I've been framed!!

Well, another good weekend of progress! This weekend's tasks included disconnecting and moving the old air conditioning condenser from its awkward location at the rear of the house to the back of the yard for pick-up (freeing up space for my much anticipated deck), removing a swath of plaster on the backside of the fireplace, and taking advantage of the warm, sunny weather on Saturday to do some weeding. But the thing that I am most happy about was the erecting of the rear bedroom wall! The old walls at this location, which formed the back of the two tiny, unusable closets in this bedroom, were removed for several reasons. First, because the old door was set into the room at the face of the closets on the room side, and the new door is being installed inline with the old wall location at the landing, a new rough opening needed to be created, and thus one continuous wall, rather then two separate walls with an opening in between, was required. Also, the old studs here were installed 'flat', to minimize the thickness of the wall assembly, which meant that the thickness of the existing wall was not really built to accommodate the jamb of the new door. And finally, the existing walls lacked a sole (or bottom) plate, resulting in several of the studs being loose. Friends Jimmy, Brody, and Chris were on hand to offer much appreciated assistance as needed. The framing did not take too terribly long, and will now be continued around the new HVAC ductwork on the bathroom and bedroom sides. I'll post plans of the existing and proposed soon to illustrate the changes that are occurring here and in other parts of the house. Once these walls are framed, I'll be ready for the ceiling to be leveled and drywalled.