I'm in the HIZZOUSE!
Well, I've made the move. I'm in the New House.
My house.
My parents' house.
The reno is *almost* done (still working on the backsplash, doing painting touch-ups, etc., as well as beginning the fence) but *I AM IN*.
Unpacking will be a challenge, and take some time. 'Cause *this* time it's for keeps.
My cousin Jimmie was by the day I moved in (April 18), and said something that really touched me. He likes what I've done to the place -- for one thing, bringing it back from the brink, but an another, doing it with taste and a sense of willingness to put the bux in to do it right. He said, "Your father began the house, and you finished it."
Then I realized that the dining room table is now in the same place it was sixty years ago. (I still have mom's old dining room table, ya see, and this is where the table used to be. In this dining room. It's come full circle. It, like me, is home.
It took a day to get the internet up and running, and things are shaping up. All new furniture is on order and should be here in about three weeks -- window treatments in two.
Can you say "happy camper"? I knew you could.
My house.
My parents' house.
The reno is *almost* done (still working on the backsplash, doing painting touch-ups, etc., as well as beginning the fence) but *I AM IN*.
Unpacking will be a challenge, and take some time. 'Cause *this* time it's for keeps.
My cousin Jimmie was by the day I moved in (April 18), and said something that really touched me. He likes what I've done to the place -- for one thing, bringing it back from the brink, but an another, doing it with taste and a sense of willingness to put the bux in to do it right. He said, "Your father began the house, and you finished it."
Then I realized that the dining room table is now in the same place it was sixty years ago. (I still have mom's old dining room table, ya see, and this is where the table used to be. In this dining room. It's come full circle. It, like me, is home.
It took a day to get the internet up and running, and things are shaping up. All new furniture is on order and should be here in about three weeks -- window treatments in two.
Can you say "happy camper"? I knew you could.