Almost coming together…
To date, we have only the fireplace moulding and staining of the kitchen cabinets left. We started 4 weeks ago on what was to be a 2 week job. I’m learning for the first time that contractors:
- Usually don’t finish when they say they will, and
- Sometimes don’t show up on days they’re supposed to and don’t tell you about it
I haven’t been into the office in at least 4 weeks, mainly because we are having work done, but also because we have one car and I don’t feel like driving Ashley to work at 7:40am every day (yes you can call me lazy 
). Speaking of cars, we’re think either this or this. Not sure if we’ll be able to afford them but it’s nice to dream.
I can’t wait until the fireplace is done (hopefully tomorrow), because that means we can finally start cleaning up the living room and start placing our couches and furniture around. So far we’ve basically only hung out upstairs, mostly in the guest room / office.