This was quite the week for the ole lady. The lawn really started to come in… and the cabinets were installed. Lots of really obvious things that people love to talk about. I have spent so much time watering this lawn that it’s like having an infant. I’m checking on it every three hours. I…
I’m getting confused about all the weeks at this point. I think I probably talk about them like a pregnant woman would. I’ll just start hashtaging things with the week. I was doing really well with individual weeks until this one. Life got busy and I kept having it on my list… and then I…
So the garden is officially in – and slowly taking root. Over the last two weekends I’ve been slowly selling off the remaining tomato baby seedlings. While I was a little disappointed in their size, people have been so thrilled when they buy them. Go figure. I’m not exactly paying my mortgage here but I’ve…
I have relentlessly controlled so many aspects of this house. I have picked out … everything. I did ask for consultive opinions on big things like the tub and the tile. But not to get all braggy, but I really have picked out everything without consultants. That is until it came to paint. A couple…
I spent much of the week just waiting for two things to happen. I wanted to have the gas meter installed and I desperately wanted the landscaping done. I didn’t really achieve either of those items. I honestly feel like building a house is a lesson in patience on how to not go nuclear on…
I think a lot actually happened this week – which is a nice change of pace. Or maybe it didn’t and I’m just lying to myself. Honestly, both could be true. We still have not started landscaping yet but I’m incredibly eager for that day. I can’t wait to just stand there and watch the…
I’ve learned a few things over the course of this project but here are my two most recent learnings: (1) I have nice taste. My nice taste consistently costs $600 more than the lower option. (2) If I like something, it will be backordered just when we really need it. The latest thing to be…
Update: I still hate plumbing fixtures. To this point, we’ve done made a lot of decisions but really just for the showers and bathtub situations and that leaves all the sinks faucets. I’m a little unclear why I can never find exactly what I want especially given the plethora of options out there generally. Kitchen…
It was a real light week at the house. To the point where I almost thought about skipping this post and merging it with next week – but that would feel like cheating… and we’ve come so far. The biggest thing that happened this week was nearly finishing the first floor floors. I’m honestly not…
I’ve been pretty busy with house renovations so I just haven’t been doing any writing here – but that will change. We are on week 33 of renovations… and that has to end at some point right? I hope so. The upside and downside has been that I haven’t been able to over obsess about my…
