"The Project"

I referred to this blog as "The Project" as sometimes we feel like we're living in "the projects".

We have been planning on doing some cosmetic work in the house for some time now, nothing major although if my friend Steve W. has his way, we'll be moving walls and all kinds of things. That kind of stuff will likely not fit our budget for this job along with the other things we want to do. He is however going to install crown moulding in the living room and put new trim (the stuff that is there now is almost 50 years old and broke into smithereens when Jo took it off to get the paper off) in the living room, hall(I think) and dining room.

We want to paint the living room, replace the window in the living room (coming in a few weeks), replace the wood stove with a gas fireplace, paint this room (the office aka my sanctuary or music room), paint our bedroom(which also needs new furniture and carpet) the kitchen and the dining room.

Jo has much of the work with help from Sharon C. (thanks Sharon). Others have lent tools (cause I'm not a guy with a lot of tools for working around the house, thanks Rick) and a few have offered to help with the painting(thanks Dan and Ken). There's a lot to do, and we're currently living in a constant state of moving stuff from one room to another (usually into my sanctuary) to keep working on "The Project".

It will change the house significantly and we will then have it the way we want it to be, as I said it's mainly cosmetic as we will soon be empty nesters and will not need much more room for the two of us.

I am currently unable to do anything on this project with the exception of encouraging Jo, rubbing her sore muscles and getting a cold glass of water or something else when the day is over. We anticipate that we will be completed "The Project" by Christmas, cause I've told Josh many times that he's coming home to a new house.