It has been pointed out to me by many folks that I have not made an update since before we moved to the new house (always politely phrased in the "I'm subscribed to your remodel blog, but haven't gotten anything in months!"). Yes, we successfully moved on 8/11. We have continued to move things as we needed them (like, cold weather clothes). We are not fully moved out of the old house — our computers and laundry room remain at the old house, because the new house is not yet set up for them. (That's also why no new blog posts — computer isn't where we live.) We also haven't moved any of our gardening or sewing stuff, or 17 years accumulation of other "stuff".
But — much, much has transpired since my last post.
Like, us moving back to the old house yesterday morning! Only now, we have two cats to move, not just one. Meet Rugen, a polydactyl black kitten rescued from our local community garden back in October (is it really December already?!?!).
Why did we move back to the old house, to sleep on borrowed air beds for more than a week, you ask? (and thanks again, Randy & Janette!)
We are finally getting all* of the drywall work completed in the new house. That means, working in both bathrooms, the hallway ceiling and several walls, two walls in the SE bedroom, one wall in the SW bedroom (my office aka Rugen's room), the den ceiling, two walls in the entryway (the only two walls), all of the living/dining room (aka the Music Hall) walls and ceiling, and the breakfast room walls.
Notice what that leaves out? Only the master bedroom, kitchen, and utility room*.
We evaluated living in wet sheetrock mud, lots of sheetrock dust on days they sand, with two cats and we decided that we are simply not that crazy. So we packed everybody up and moved back up the street instead. Of course, we had to move the cats' tower to the old house, so Roy rolled it down the street on the furniture dolly at 7am. Our neighbors are used to our crazy behavior. Or they certainly should be by now!
Once this current round of work is finished, we'll be able to finish painting the office and hall bathroom (one wall each), paint the hallway (color is selected), breakfast room (color is selected), and master bathroom (colors might be selected - we'll see what we think when that dark red/brown is gone and not affecting impressions), then prime the entryway, Music Hall, and SE room (colors are not yet selected). We currently plan to do a lot of painting the week between Christmas and New Years.
*The utility room is still gutted. Our carpenter's schedule and our schedule have failed to mesh for more than a month, so the joists are still not repaired, so there is still no insulation or sheetrock in there. And yes, it is wickedly cold in that room, so we keep the door closed (not that it helps a lot) when the weather is like this (cold and colder, for those of you not in Houston). We are hoping to get him in there Very Soon Now, like maybe this weekend.
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