Progress of All Kinds

We’ve been busy. Silent (on the blog), but busy.

We sold our old house and moved into a townhouse (temporarily) while renovations are wrapped up on the new (old) house.

Do you see what I did there? I said “wrapped up,” as though all we need to do is polish the floors and take that plastic film off the brand-new stainless steel appliances in our pristine kitchen.

That’s not exactly the case.

Our kitchen still looks like this:

Your eyes do not deceive you. That is a saw in the middle of our kitchen.

We have only one working toilet and one working sink, and they are not in the same room.

Every surface is coated with fine plaster dust. Either the Plaster Wizard has been having his way with the walls, or they’ve turned our house into a thriving cocaine distribution center.

We really don't want to know what's in those buckets.

But still, progress has been made in the past month. Insulation has been installed in the third-floor ceiling.

Given how much it cost, we were surprised to learn this product is not made of actual silver.

Studs have been nailed into place, and covered with drywall. A bathtub has been installed. A vanity has been delivered. Approval for replacement windows has been garnered from the Historical Association Review Board. All of that is good, but relatively insignificant compared to the personal progress we’ve made.

We said goodbye to first home.

Chris started a new job.

Bella lost a tooth and started school.

Sophie joined a new class at daycare and embarked on the seemingly endless journey to being potty trained.

And we squeezed into a rented townhouse to wait for this beauty to be finished.

Ours is on the left.

We have more to share, and posts will come fast and furious now that we’ve got our bearings and some wind in our sails. Thanks for sticking around …