Long time coming...

It's been a long time since I've updated the world on my life and my work.  There's a reason... WE'RE HOMEOWNERS!  

A few months back, we purchased a bit of a fixer home in a wonderful neighborhood with fabulous schools.  If the simple act of moving with 3 small children (an no vacation time taken by the husband) weren't enough, the house needs work.  

Even before unpacking, I demolished the main upstairs bathroom.  And when I say demolished, I mean gutted.  Completely gutted.  It had to be done... unless we wanted to fall through the floor while sitting on the potty. 

From busting out a vintage (nasty textured smelly leaky stained) 6 foot vanity... to 3 inches of tile on a mortar bed... to 2 inches of concrete behind the tile around the pink steel bathtub... to cutting out the rotting subfloor... It was one HUGE job.  

The good news?  3 months later, we have a new floor... with new green penny tile... and a new tub!  It's deep and wide and I adore it.  But there's still so much more to do.  Like the walls... and the issue of the toilet sitting in the middle of my kitchen...  

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And there's everything else that pops up... out of town guests (a definite challenge when you're down a bathroom), school activities (needing new dresses and costumes), holidays, ice storms, landscaping, a new puppy, and work (in a workshop that's still not entirely unpacked or organized).  

I'm doing my best... but, wow... we're homeowners now and that's huge.  It's been a long time coming... but the projects stack up and time is precious.  I envision having a completed bathroom and an unpacked house sometime in 2015.  

Wish me luck and knock on some (non-rotted) wood that I'll find balance and enjoy the ride (and more sales to help pay for all the projects would be nice too... wink-wink).