bit by bit, row by row
This weekend didn't have the 'wow' factor of removing thousands of pounds of cast iron, but the work we did was no less essential. It was one of those weekends where a lot of time was spent moving things from one location to another, making room for the heat guys to move around the basement fairly freely. It was also a bit of a domino project - you know, where one project leads to another until you find yourself sorting crib pegs and consolidating all the tea lights into one bag. A significant portion of Saturday was spent pulling nails out of trim boards from the second floor which Jake had stashed in the basement YEARS ago. Neither of us thought that would be a priority (and in fact, we were both hoping to ignore that pile), but there was no avoiding it - had to be done. Both of our hands are so sore now, holding the drill today was not entirely pleasant. I also managed to clean out THREE rubber-maids - either re-allocated what was in there or got rid of it...I love when that happens! So satisfying.
We still have to build a wall (which will take some doing, since there is currently a natural gas line in the way), fish some pex pipe (the in-floor heat stuff) out of the ceiling of the sun room, clean out the hooligan, and perhaps figure out the new plumbing for the kitchen plus a few other miscellaneous things before the heat can go in.
We are also getting super-excited about what comes next AFTER the heat - perhaps opening up the walls and putting up the beams! That will be a HUGE step...big bang for the buck on that one.
Wedding-wise, we met with the ring designer that did L and L's rings (which I love), and found a design for our wedding rings, which is very exciting. I'm not going to say a ton about what they will look like, you'll have to wait for the big day!
With the start of the heat in a weekish, we are looking at going into the red money-wise for the first time. We are well prepared for this, and I'm not worried about paying it off, but it is a little sobering that our paycheques will be heading straight for that debt for the foreseeable future. On the other hand, you don't tackle a renovation like this without incurring debt, so at some point you just have to take the plunge. And plunge we will. Into the rushing river that is a renovation budget. eek! Oh well. Once. I keep repeating that to myself. We're doing this once.
In other news, there are 3 weeks of work left for the year!
Also, new goal: to be ready for drywall by the end of July.
We still have to build a wall (which will take some doing, since there is currently a natural gas line in the way), fish some pex pipe (the in-floor heat stuff) out of the ceiling of the sun room, clean out the hooligan, and perhaps figure out the new plumbing for the kitchen plus a few other miscellaneous things before the heat can go in.
We are also getting super-excited about what comes next AFTER the heat - perhaps opening up the walls and putting up the beams! That will be a HUGE step...big bang for the buck on that one.
Wedding-wise, we met with the ring designer that did L and L's rings (which I love), and found a design for our wedding rings, which is very exciting. I'm not going to say a ton about what they will look like, you'll have to wait for the big day!
With the start of the heat in a weekish, we are looking at going into the red money-wise for the first time. We are well prepared for this, and I'm not worried about paying it off, but it is a little sobering that our paycheques will be heading straight for that debt for the foreseeable future. On the other hand, you don't tackle a renovation like this without incurring debt, so at some point you just have to take the plunge. And plunge we will. Into the rushing river that is a renovation budget. eek! Oh well. Once. I keep repeating that to myself. We're doing this once.
In other news, there are 3 weeks of work left for the year!
Also, new goal: to be ready for drywall by the end of July.
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