Monthly Archives: November 2018

Ok, I know the door wasn’t red, but did I get you singing? Sorry – if you’re not familiar with the Rolling Stones – that blogpost title was lost on you. Dane told me he wanted to paint the trim around my door black 🎶 🎵 🚪 “I want it painted black.. I want it […]

Dane, our painter has been in the house for a week now.. I stopped in at 3 pm to check progress and he and his guys were gone already – which was bittersweet.  I would like to see them work a full day, but it was nice to have the house to myself to take […]

Dropping in at the house today after work felt good. Healing. Hopeful. The opposite of all that I have been feeling the last couple of weeks. All the stress I’ve been carrying about the house and work came out in a rash this past week.  Literally. You may remember I was mocking one of our […]

I’m coming to terms with our new “schedule” that keeps on shifting… trim is mostly done. Desmo just needs to put door hardware and shoe mold on after flooring and paint. Blinds are getting measured tomorrow, while I clean clean clean getting ready for the painter who is starting in Monday. Floor registers were cut […]

This coming week marks when our kitchen was to be installed. It’s all ready for us and sitting at our cabinet makers shop. I’m tempted to go visit it. But this is what our kitchen looks like right now. The delays were actually not due to things that went wrong at our house. Other than […]

Cause it’s so easy to see all that’s not. Not right, not according to plan, not on time.. things I don’t want to remember or commemorate here.. so here’s to the positive! The exterior Tyvek (house wrap) and insulation is up! Poor guys were Tyveking on a really blustery day last week. And trim has […]