Dusty

Wow, I know that everyone talks about the dust in a renovation, but I didn't think I'd have any major dust until they did the walls and ceilings. Not so. There is dust covering everything. Even with the plastic up on the wall (or what's left of it) - dust.

Can you see the dust on my laptop? I etched an X on the mouse.

Well, today was another day of a lot of progress. They did not get the LVL, so that did not go in and the temp walls did not come down, but they did a lot of other stuff. They did some plumbing - took out the sink so that they could remove the sink cabinet, then put the sink back on for our use until they have to shut it down for good. Hopefully that won't be for a week or more. They framed out the window and door, but then boarded them up - so no back door for right now. That will be a PITA - especially if it ever stops raining around here so we could cook out some more.

Speaking of cooking out, we had steak the other night. I thought it would be fine on paper plates (my litmus test for meals right now - has to be able to be eaten on paper plates), but I forgot about cutting with plastic knives. Not so great. I know these two weeks are going to fly by, but I was already done with the "camp out" mode of my kitchen by Sunday night. Now we don't have a stove or dishwasher anymore, so we are really down to the bare bones, and I see a lot of sandwiches in our future. But that's ok - it's an adventure.

Today I worked from home - it was ok, but the hammering and sawing made it difficult to be on conference calls, even when squirreled away in the family room with the door shut.

Well, off to do laundry - probably surf a little bit more before that.