The End is Near!

I'll bet you thought I was talking about the end of the world...he! he!  The end of our massive remodeling project is very close!  We are having carpet laid today and grouting of the tile tomorrow.  Then all we need is the plumber to hook up the shower, toilet and sink.  WooHoo! 

I'm more than weary of the project.  It's definitely the biggest project we've tackled.  About five years ago, we gutted the kitchen and re-did it but it only took about a month.  This has been going on since October.  When we are all done, we will have the kids rooms remodeled with bigger closets, we will have a great big family room, teen cave, man hole, what-ever you want to call it!  We also have a new three and a half car garage, with a new circular drive and new landscaping and sidewalks.  I'm ready to start landscaping, that's my favorite part of any project!

I'm also so ready to get the kids back into real bedrooms.  I'm just about ready to move off and leave them four of the seven days of the week.  It's been really stressful for us all but my son has taken the biggest hit, he's been sleeping on his bed in the middle of the living room for a month and a half.....he needs his own room!

I feel really blessed that we have been able to do this project.  We almost started it a few times but then something would come up and we'd feel that it wasn't the right time.  My husband's company almost sold, I quit my full-time job, those types of things make you put the brakes on big-time remodeling.  What surprised me was no one asked us why we just didn't move!  We did look at it but we love where we live, we love the neighbors, we love the location.  We just needed a place for our teenagers to hang out away from us!

I have realized through this process that I could never build a house.  I just don't have the patience or desire.  I honestly don't care what the drawer pulls in the bathroom look like, I just want them to work.  My husband has been pretty good to let me choose colors, tile, etc.   He's learned over the years that it really means more to me in the long run than it does to him.

It's almost over! This time next week, everyone will be back where they are supposed to be! Yipee!

One Year Ago....my how things have changed!

So I was bored and looked back to see what my theme was a year ago on my blog....I was in a cleaning frenzy!  I was cleaning walls, floors, ceilings, closets and anything else I could get my hands on.  All I can say is 'my how things have changed!'  

Since we've started the building/remodeling project, very little cleaning is going on, at least deep cleaning.  I'm cleaning alright, trying to keep the dust down, the drywall plaster in the remodel area and basically trying to keep control of the panic attack growing inside me with all this mess!  My daughter has lost her room, she's now in the guest bedroom with closet space in three different closets!  My son, will be sleeping in the living room this week and probably next, lost his closet about a month ago.  They have things strung out from the upstairs down to the garage! 

My office is piled up with things from the guest bedroom and my bedroom has what wouldn't fit in the office.  Dusting is almost impossible because any open area has something stacked on top!  I keep going into the new family room, that now has walls and lights and drywall plaster on it, and envisioning all the extra space we will have in a another month or so.....it can't happen fast enough!

I'm actually pretty proud of myself, I haven't had a melt-down about the mess.  I do find that I feel really scattered and it's hard for me to focus on one thing for long.  I know it's because I don't like clutter, it makes me feel cluttered and disorganized. 

Hopefully, that will change soon and we'll be moving the kids into new rooms and have a great teen cave to start hosting again.  I'm resting now so after it's all done I can get my clean groove back on!

Super Bowl Party Cancelled.....

Our church cancelled our super bowl parties for tonight.  I honestly wasn't too sad, I was beginning to wonder where people would park and I certainly didn't want them spending the night!  We were hosting the seventh and grade youth kids.  Like I said, it would have been fun but the weather has made it not the best idea.....

I enjoy playing hostess for others.  I enjoy having people over and cooking for them.  It's just in my nature.  After being cooped up all week, I was really looking forward to having kids around.  So instead of cleaning and getting ready for the party, we moved my daughter upstairs.  I'm hoping for some progress on the new family room and bedroom remodel this week.  Everything came to a screeching halt this last week because of the blizzard. 

My husband did a few things in the evening after working but no one with any real skill came over! We quite possibly will be slow this week also because the wonderful weather men have started screaming that this week may be another last week! Someone told me this week they felt like they were living in the 'Groundhog Day' movie!  I was thinking this week that this must be what it's like to be retired!  Even though I was working, I actually began to lose track of what day it was! 

Normally, my week is marked by driving my kids here and there, everyday is different.  Not this week!  The calendar suddenly became empty so the sameness made me lose track....not actually bad, just different.

Well, it's almost time for the superbowl.  I really don't care who wins, professional football is really not my sport.  I like college, it seems to me when people begin to play for millions of dollars instead of simple bragging rights, something is lost.....