DW2DT: Day 57 - Life on the Other Side

I think we've reached the other side of "the Hump" - you know, the dark before the light, the bottom, etc.  The confluence of Matt's work deadline, the end of summer, the issues with the drain and let's face it, 2 months living in a camper and no summer vacation were all adding up.  Honestly, assuming last week was truly the bottom, it really wasn't all that bad.  At this point, the house is starting to feel like a home again, and it also feels like there is a MOUNTAIN of stuff for us to do.  Primarily painting, but other things like prepping for painting, priming a few windows, pouring a sidewalk etc are all adding up.  The problem is, there is only so much we can do while we're waiting for the plaster to cure!

Yesterday, we made some very satisfying progress - we did all the decking on the new part of the deck, by the family room sliders.  It took most of the day, other than church, but Matt and I both felt a sense of satisfaction, and that we'd accomplished something.  The kids helped for the first 40 seconds or before they got bored, but they were really good about poking around the yard, helping with their own tools etc.  Quote of the day had to be Roddie, who was handing Matt the screws.  He said "Daddy, I am screw boy" LOL

 

The fruit of our labor - nice eh?  We are going to oil the mahogany this time, and clean up and oil the existing sections

Rest assured, we weren't the only ones to make progress this week.  It's just that it's not that interesting to take pictures of!  Tim put in a few doors upstairs (as well as picking them all up, and placing them near their final locations.)  He also got the cement board down in both upstairs baths, ready for the tile guy.  There is a hodge podge of stuff going on in the foyer floor, since it used to be two separate rooms, including a bathtub, so it took a little figuring for how to address the cement board there, so he also got that figure out.  The gutters were also installed this week, front and back

Laundry, Rod's room, Norah's room and linen closet

I've lost track of what the plan for this week is, but I am assuming it will entail prepping the foyer floor, maybe the arrival of the tile guy.  We're also expecting to see the hardwood for upstairs arrive to sit around for a week and get acclimatized. 

And Norah starts school tomorrow!