Renovations - Day 5

Floors are done! They need a really good wash but they look amazing. Tomorrow, crown moulding and closets and then painting the rest of the week.... Can't wait to see these rooms finished.

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Trolling Etsy is so addictive! So many imaginative people creating such beautiful things!

Renovations - Day 4

Only one more room to go! Then it's the crown moulding, closet doors, new knobs and painting...

Renovations - Day 3

Hallway and one bedroom done. Two rooms to go!

Renovations

The renos are underway. At this very moment there is a large, bald Czechoslovakian man laying down hardwood flooring in our bedrooms (I love that he calls me 'Maria' and every time he sees the baby he says 'Angel' and some Czech words I don't know -actually I don't know any). It is exciting to see the transformation of these rooms take shape. This reno has been a long time coming. I have bad allergies to dust and dustmites. Rugs make my allergies and asthma worst... we've been talking about doing this for a long time. Finally we got into action and made it happen. Even though we are tired as hell, I'm happy we found a little bit of motivation to get this started. Can't wait to see how it will all turn out!!

New Year but same ol'

It's a new year but it's feeling a lot like the same ol' stuff around here. The kids are waking me up every few hours. I am TIRED. Emotionally and physically tired. I miss sleep. God, how I love sleep. I am a person who needs a lot of sleep in general and it feels a little like these last few years of sleepless nights are finally catching up with me. It's hard to be patient and happy when every cell in your body feels like it's pulled an all nighter for weeks on end. Maybe it's just a case of the January blues. Whatever it is I hope things lighten up soon. Feels a little crazy in the head these days.

On a fun note 2011 starts with a remodel of our bedrooms (this may be adding to that feeling of being extra tired at the moment). We are finally ripping up all of that disgusting and stained carpeting and replacing it with a beautiful dark chocolate hardwood floor. We're also adding crown molding and replacing the closet doors in the kids' rooms and finally putting in some closet organizers. I spent all of last week going through each of our bedrooms, de-cluttering, sorting through our junk, deciding what to keep and what to donate. I've stored a lot of things in our basement and labeled all of the bins. It always feels so good to get rid of stuff we don't need and get organized. I finally feel like having our house well organized is within my grasp. It's a good feeling. Starting this Wednesday the four of us will be camping out in our living room until they are finished installing the floors and painting etc. Should be an interesting experiment. I don't see any sleep in my near future... but those dark chocolate floors will be worth it!

Happy 2011!