Where to start? Muchos trabajandos en nosotros casa esta semana (sorry, the syntax is probably all screwed up). Monday, we got signoff from Planning & Zoning. Tuesday, we got our building permit. Wednesday, Dave Sciascia opened the hole in the roof and framed in/built the deck platform for the third floor walkout. Things are starting to hum along nicely.
Monday, the electrician, HVAC crew, and at least one other subcontractor I think, will show up to get started. The chaos level is sure to rise considerably. Susan can retreat to her painting studio but I'm not so fortunate. So far, the noise hasn't really bothered me, even though I'm right below where all the work is happening.
This blogging thing has the potential to take on a life all by itself and I can't forget the day job. But I can see why it holds such attraction to those who do it. After all, it seems we are living in a culture of narcissism and blogging fulfills that social trend very nicely.
The other aspect of doing this that holds much fascination for me - since web design is part of my profession - is the community that exists "out there" in cyberspace. For everything that you can imagine, there is a blog. Human Achievements. Families. Professions. Peccadillos. Armadillos. Dill Pickles. And so on. It really appeals to that part of me that wants to belong. To identify with the other souls out there who can identify with what we are experiencing.
I'm investigating the ways to connect with others through this venue, particularly with other folks who are going through renovations themselves. There is even a blog where people who are doing what I'm doing can relate their experiences: Houseblogs.net.Lastly, I owe attribution to Dave Sciascia of Hardwood Customs, LLC, our contractor, and Jacek Bigosinski of PB Architects, who is our architect. The adventure is just beginning. Hope you don't get bored; if you're getting an automatic update from me via email it's only because I thought you might be interested. If you're not, let me know and I'll take you off the email notification list.
PS: a dandy widget I've discovered has allowed me to have a slideshow of the photos of the progress of the renovation, which is at the top right of the blog page. If you click on one of the photos, that will take you to my Flickr album where you can peruse more of them. If you want to go directly to the blog itself, click on this link.
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