too much stuff to mention

It's out of hand. Moving, building, demolishing, reconfiguring. Nobody would build their own house if they knew about some of this stuff.

Positive things that stand out:

- The stair railing. It looks flippin' awesome.

- The shed. Again, awesome. Who knew a shed could be awesome?

- The stairs themselves. They make the house. Bravo Paul and team.

- The tile. Thank you, gruff Eastern European tile man of few words. You are making our house incredible.

- The white. Who-hoo! It's amazingly white in there. Just wait until we more in and dirty it up. ;-)

Here are some photos:

More photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768433@N02/sets/72157626984176301/

Negative things that stand out:

- Packing

- Moving

- Being nomads

Oh well. It's only 3 more weeks.

Thwacking, schmacking, I hate...

Do you know how difficult it is to pack up 10 years of stuff accumulated by a family of 4 including 1 collector? Heavy sigh.

Greg's been an animal all week, packing everything he can get his hands on. I have helped with the packing this weekend while I'm in town between 2 business trips. Much of the upstairs is packed but the real challenges -- basement and garage -- lie ahead.

We're supposed to be able to move in starting July 14th, which is only 5 weeks away. Better start hurrying, eh?

In addition to packing, we're also preparing for a ginormous garage sale, tentatively slated for Saturday 6/25. Want some mid-century goodies? Swing on by the old house. We'll be there unloading mid-century belongings by the boxful.