After signing and notarizing like a million-page contract, we Fed-Ex'd it to Austin and experienced a very anti-climatic first night as home buyers. We got to work right away picking out floors and finalizing renovation and contractor plans. And then it was on to packing.
Every night is now filled with packing, making weighty decisions about what's going on with the remod (and budget) and doing "all of those things" in DC that we want to do before we leave. Everyday our contractor uncovers another cost as he digs deeper into the bones of this house. We are doing our best to "do it right the first time "and not cut corners, which means we may be eating nothing but peanut butter until Halloween.
Whoa...Halloween... We may have our first Trick-or-Treaters this year!
Because we cannot be there to run errands and make judgment calls, we're very appreciative for my dad's help, and for Ravyn's help - she ran over to our house (baby and all) to take several pics of the yard so that I could see if it was torched from the summer heat (turns out I now own a hose from the guy we hired to water the yard...I'm sure we'll be billed for it). And who knew I would ever directly benefit from my dad's trailor? I don't know how else he would have picked up our floors. Thanks so much to you both!
Erik will roll out of here on Sept. 30th, and will likely arrive in Austin around Oct. 3rd or 4th. I will fly out a week or 2 later after securing some more dough (or "pork" as they would say inside the Beltway).
And Holy Hannah! To what will he arrive??
Have you ever watched HGTV or some show where a contractor is doing demo in someone's house and the owner is outside talking to the camera/show-host saying, "Uh...I'm kind of freaking out. My kitchen is a complete disaster, and I just really hope this comes together..."?
Well, I can't relate. While these pics look crazy, and even after my dad asked if I'm regretting all of this yet (umm...support please!), it does not freak me out a bit. In fact, I am much more able to see the potential than I was before the demo. I guess that's how much I hate carpet...
