Hello there and happy Tuesday! We survived the first week of the remodel and only have two more weeks to go. It was not easy, but we are adjusting and finding a temporary new normal that's not too bad. Demo is complete and now the fun stuff happens. We are starting to see progress and can start to imagine how it will all come together. My head is spinning with all the little details and decisions we had to make, but I think we're pretty much past that phase too. Hopefully the rest is a piece of cake.
Until then here are last week's pictures:
Justin and his friend Walter spent a lot of time the past week working on this AP Stats project for Casino Day that happened in class today. It was fun, they learned a lot, worked well as a team, and got an excellent grade on it.
Day 303- Tuesday, 10/30/18
Yikes! It's super windy out and there is a brush fire right behind our building. Thankfully the university fire fighters put it out quickly before it spread too fast, but one employee in the building behind us did loose her car as it was engulfed by flames. Not something we all want to see given our recent history of fires in this state. Back home, as I was avoiding the chaos inside my house, I found this pretty fall leaf in our pool which helped me find some peace. We're packing up the downstairs like crazy and it's stressful but nature is very therapeutic so when I need a break I just head outside.
Speaking of that chaos--it's demo day, and my kitchen is being ripped apart, and I've made a million and one trips to Lowe's and Home Depot. Oh and it's also Halloween and we live in a very active treating area so no relaxing tonight. The boys did decide last minute to dress up and head out for some fun--not too bad for last minute costumes.
Happy November! As you can see my boys are thrilled to be eating dinner in the garage where we set up a makeshift kitchen. Rusty is also less than thrilled with all the commotion and has decided to hold up in my closet. On a happier note my task for the day was to order appliances and Home Depot has an excellent Black Friday sale going on just for this so I saved a couple thousand dollars which will come in handy for the overage on your countertops. We're trying really hard not to bust the budget here.
TGIF! What a week. Brandon just got home from a short day at school but will be heading back in about an hour for the last day of basketball tryouts (second cuts happening tonight). Then the Wongs came over to take us out for a much needed fun night. While we were having dinner Brandon texted and told us he made the freshman high school basketball team! Yay--so excited for him, and now I officially start my journey as a basketball mom :0) Cheers!
Day 307- Saturday, 11/3/18
My cherry tomato plant is still producing like crazy and the color on the fruit is so pretty. The larger plant gave us a couple more tomatoes but is officially done now. While Brandon is at basketball practice and I run more house errands Justin is out at his last ever cross country meet. These are the varsity boys just after their run. That wraps up high school sports for him. He's decided not to do track in the spring but may help Coach Dave with running the tennis program.
It's such a nice weekend with no wind and mild temps. I took the dog on a long walk this afternoon to soak in the sunshine and all the fall color plus enjoy the fresh pleasant air outside of the dusty mess in my house. Then we gathered for a nice BBQ dinner outside instead of eating in the dreary garage. This was a good end to our very full and chaotic week.
That's it! See you all next week hopefully with some pictures of progress and no more destruction.
A remodel is always a headache but worth it! Congrats to Brandon on making the team!!
ReplyDeleteYeah to Brandon on making the basketball team! Being a basketball mom is fun! Glad your remodel is doing well, and nice you can eat outside instead of the garage! Looking for ward to see what you do! Have a great week!
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