More like a turtle......

....this construction progress, that is.  We would have liked it to progress like a race horse.  Alas, there have been days that there have been no workers on site.  There have been glitches  - one incorrect cabinet that has held up contertop installation is one example.  I don't want to write, and you probably don't want to read, all of the various ups and downs.  Suffice it to say that the end of January moving date isn't going to happen.  The "trim" work - frames around doors, etc. - is happening now, and it is beautiful.  We're being taught patience.  It's a long process - the result will be beautiful. The frustrating part is that we shouldn't have been involved in this project to begin with.  We'll post another update when there is more to report.

It's becoming a house!

The house is beginning to look like a house again!  There were so many damaged pieces of drywall, cabinet, etc. that the house went mostly back to the studs.  A lot of work has been done.  Now the drywall is back up - doors are being put up; kitchen cabinets are being installed.  There have been some problems with part of the cabinets not being made as we ordered them.  We didn't need the complications caused by these mistakes!  We can tell, however, that once the cabinets are in it will look so nice and very cheerful.  Tile will go in next - walls will be painted.  Our completion date is sometime around the middle of February if things continue to go as planned.  I have only one more week in my shoulder sling.  I'll be able to truly be functional again and help prepare for the move when I lose this sling!  Send up good thoughts!

House update

A friend reminded me that I've not posted news about the house in a while (someone actually reads this!!!).  Work is progressing.  The drywall is up and floated and the sanding of it will begin tomorrow.  Supplemental heat has been brought in because the work wasn't finished before really cold weather.  Standing water destroyed the old heating system on the main floor.  The mold expert suggested not installing the new heating system until all the framing and drywall construction was finished, because the ducts would hold too much dust and stuff and have an ill effect on my allergies.  Thus - the 8 supplemental heaters.  I don't want to see the electric bill!  We haven't asked for a move-in update.   I think it is doubtful we'll make it in this month. But I also feel sure that sometime in February we'll be able to move in. In the meantime, I've "served" 3 weeks in this shoulder sling and have 3 weeks to go.  My physical therapy starts this next Tuesday.