Coming up for air

Last week, in no specific order (because there was absolutely no order), we:

-rerouted laundry plumbing to a new room

-tore up three rooms worth of carpeting

-replaced main drain line to septic field

-added three inch vent through the roof for new laundry line

-removed the old laundry room walls, pipes and hot water heater

-hardly slept

-showered much

-installed a new hot water heater

-ripped out a closet

-ripped up rotten flooring in foyer and old laundry room

-took out the old front door

-installed new front door

-laid new plywood over exposed floorboards

-tore off the living room’s ceiling tiles

-insulated two walls

-rewired and installed new porch lights

-ripped aluminum siding off front of house

-painted a bedroom

-painted a bookshelf

-uncovered some character (wood paneled walls and ceilings-yahoo!)

-met the nice neighbors…human and non

-were asked about a hundred times when we could get our own horse

-moved 90% of our belongings into the house

-wondered if we had officially lost our marbles

-filled a 17’ truck with construction debris (2.5 tons worth)

-bled a little

-sweat a lot

-cried a little

-cried some more

-and when it got too overwhelming

-we went outside

-enjoyed the views

-and counted it all joy