Better late than never...I guess

yes...yes...I know-  It's been 10 months since I posted anything here.  Mea culpa.  Been a little busy lazy about writing.  That said, I have not been lazy about the work.

Updates:

• I retired from teaching over New Year's Day, so now I can devote more time to the work.
• We have also now hosted 3 weddings at the Manor (and I presided over a 4th offsite).
• HVAC is installed upstairs with a "zoned unit" so that individual areas can be controlled separately. 
• The kitchen cabinets are built and installed; they just need sanding and painting.  The appliances are there, just not installed yet.
• The Guest Bath/ Kathy's bath is done. (see pics below)
• The shower in the Master Bath is built, although the rest of the bathroom is not.
• I have cut a roof access point in the upstairs hall with a cupola on the roof to cool the attic.
• For now, a large window unit is cooling the Main Hall pretty well.
• The Main Hall is also scraped and painted and has turned out nicely. 
• We found that the old baptistry was still there, lined with copper sheets.  Removed the copper for sale and readied the area for other things.
• I'm going to start my Accessible Restroom in June.  I'll also be adding a shower to the existing restroom.  Things are looking up.
• The drive gate is hung in the back ready for the opener next week.  The rest of that fence area will be done then, too.
• I have built the basic retaining wall for leveling the garden area, with the facade to come later.
• Brick mortar has been repointed on the lower north wall helping to seal off the basement from seepage.

However...
A couple of week ago, we had a huge flood.  The whole of Old Town was flooded, and we got about 4 1/2 feet of water in the basement and back yard.  Cars floating by, etc.  Everything had to come out of the basement.  Much was ruined.  Much more was damaged but reclaimable.  There was some structural damage that will set us back quite a bit of time and $$$$, but that's life.  (No flood insurance.)
We'll just keep on keeping on.  I will attach some pics below to illustrate our progress and maybe have to spill some over to another post.

 Main Hall

Guest bath

Master shower (the window is reflection)

retaining wall part 1