Leaving to California for Christmas was a little lot hectic but somehow we managed to do it. (Thank you to my sweet mother in law for taking Everett for a few hours the day before and even taking laundry to her house to do) There were many things to coordinate and things that were continuing to happen on the house while we were gone. All without telling the workers we would be out of town. (you can never be too careful, right?) Once again my mother and father in law saved the day by paying workers, letting them in and out and checking on things periodically.
We had a nice time on our quick trip to my parents. It was a needed distraction and helped us to slow down and focus on what really matters. I was reminded of how much I really love and appreciate my family.
We knew coming home was going to be equally as stressful as leaving because we have our flooring installer coming to start Monday and there were still preparations that needed to be done. It didn't help that the day before coming home I was hit with a head cold. Great.
But we got home, I unpacked (mostly), did a hair appointment and we focused on starting to tear out the wall between the existing house and the addition. Cody and I were pretty puzzled as to how to really get it out but we started with a few things. Then my good friend, Adrianne showed up. She gets into her "work mode" at times and this time was no different. She climbed up a ladder and started cutting.
Then one by one, other neighbors started showing up saying Adrianne said to head over and help. My good friend Alicia kept the mess at bay by constantly sweeping, Erik Fetzer apparently likes to demolish things (watch out when you see him with a hammer-glass was flying), Brian Riches showed up at the perfect time with a brick set to start chipping away at the brick to get a straight line and Adrianne just kept on working. And she loved using the sledge hammer a bit. Cody and I were thinking at this point something must be wrong with us because everyone seemed to enjoy this waaaaaay more than we did. They were seriously a life saver. They got that wall out in less than 3 hours and it would have taken us a week! Now we are filling as many garbage cans as neighbors will let us borrow and it will still take a few weeks to get rid of all the trash. No biggie. We're used to filling trash cans every week.
The next day (yesterday),Nate (Adrianne's husband), came over and helped Cody put up a support beam and then started hacking at the tile. Ryan (Alicia's husband) brought over tools in addition to the ones he lent us the day prior (they are the neighborhood pharmacy, video store, grocer and hardware store, seriously). We had multiple visitors to come check things out which I love and it dust was filling the air. It was an experience. Good memories are being made. Crazy, busy, happy, had working, learning how to be flexible... memories.
After about half the kitchen it was time to call it a day. And call it a weekend. Aren't Sundays such a blessing? I've never been so grateful for a day of rest as I have through this process.
We now have a "shoes required at all times" rule. And you can see why.
We got a little cleaned up and spent some late night hours with Dallas trying to plan where the island would go. He had some valid points and felt very proud we were considering them. It was cute. The set up might be a bit tight bit it is what it is!
And this morning we had to wipe down the table and chairs to eat but the boys thought it was great to eat in the new part.
The lighting was better from the other angle.
So we are now up to date! See those boxed stacked to the left? That is our flooring that is going to be installed starting tomorrow! Should take all week and then carpet hopefully next Monday. I better get that scheduled, huh?
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