Monday, December 16, 2013

Bless this Mess

There are so many things going on this week that I'm not even sure where to start. We're smack dab in the middle of several home improvement projects and living in total chaos.

Furniture and decor from our two living rooms, dining rooms, kitchen and hall closet have been moved to the three bedrooms in the back of our house. On top of having half our home displaced, we've been dealing with Gray puking (which is thankfully over by now), finishing Christmas shopping and navigating a couple of extremely busy work weeks for Michael and myself.

Installation of our new wood floors should begin tomorrow, as the last two days have been spent ripping out layers of laminate, carpet and tile only to find more tile and fun surprises from the 1950s. On a positive note, we uncovered an electrical outlet that had been covered by carpet but runs behind where our couch usually sits.

I was thrilled to find it still working so we could use it for a light source behind our sofa. Not an hour later, the electrical cords to said outlet were severed by a jam saw cutting trim to make way for the new floors. One step forward, two steps back.

Long story short, Michael tried troubleshooting it himself but we're going to end up trying to get an electrician out here first thing in the morning so it can get fixed without delaying anything else.

Each day as Gray pulls another paper ring off his Christmas countdown chain, I run through the to do list in my head, re-prioritize and bump a few things off the list. I did manage to check off the last two Christmas presents we needed today, so that is a great accomplishment.

At this point, I'm not even stressed about Christmas or getting our tree up. I mainly just see the mountain of dust on every surface of our house and am ready for it to be clean and livable again. I have a feeling it's going to take a Christmas miracle to make that a reality.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm...I guess sweeping off our front porch isn't that big a deal!!! Good luck, it will be worth it when finished! unowho