Slowly but NOT Surly

It’s been awhile since I last posted.  Much has changed.  Our wood floors are NEARLY all in.  Once they are though, the sanding and polyurethaning begins and we’ll have to sleep at mom’s to avoid death by chemical inhalation.

Our kitchen cabinets, ordered June 5 with an anticipated delivery of 4 weeks later, are still not in.  Another 3 weeks or so.  That means we’re still cooking on the grill every night and sometimes in the microwave.  A lot of times it’s just sandwiches.  But once cabinets arrive, we can get our plumbing finalized and add our appliances.

Dog seems accustomed to the place although suffers from her usual separation anxieties a bit more than usual.  And cats are still living at mom’s.  They seem to LOVE it there.  But mom will have nothing to do with keeping them…not that I’d REALLY want her to.

Our bathroom looks good.  Still waiting for a sink.  Richard is working on the claw foot tub he bought off of Craig’s List. Our bathroom is quite large so a tub separate from our shower stall will work beautifully.

I went to Costco and loaded up on safety items such as a fire extinguisher, carbon monoxide detectors, and flood lights for the outside.  It’s DARK out there.  Of course some things must wait until our electric is all complete.  That’s another few weeks away.

We are now sleeping in our true bedroom as opposed to the livingroom.  Just waiting for closets to be completed.  I really want to hang some pictures soon.  We have our blinds on the windows so it’s looking pretty finished.  Still waiting for our dressers to be moved in.  I went and invested some money in making our closets look nice, neat and organized.  Bought those skinny hangars all in the same color.  It does make a difference when you look in there.  And they work well.  Clothes don’t fall off and there is extra room made in the closet for yet MORE clothes which we do not need.

Richard wants hens so we can get fresh eggs.  Each hen lays one each day so we figure two hens are plenty AND you don’t need a rooster.  Whether or not the hen gets “laid,” an egg gets laid.  As if we don’t have enough trouble getting dog a sitter when we’re away.  Imagine my mother getting a dog, two cats and two hens to watch?  I think I’ll tell her that one.

So I think we’re moving along.  Slow but what can you do with just one person working it?