Overwhelmed

To put it simply, I am overwhelmed in many ways, good and bad.

The Bad:  There are A LOT of decisions to make at all one time and it is very difficult to prioritize what needs the most attention.  The obvious come first--Family, normalcy, our business.  After that, it gets a little hazy.  One of the most frustrating things happened last week.  Two weeks ago we were told that the biggest contingency regarding our roof tear down and replacement was weather.  They still had demo to do, but last week the house was pretty well done and we thought the roof was going to happen.  Unfortunately, other mysterious things became hold ups like quotes not be submitting on time, windows not being ordered--You know, the obvious things that I would think need to happen when working with insurance and the reassembling of the roof.  To add insult to injury, there was not a single drop of rain for five beautiful days straight.  I am not going to lie- everyday last week when this was not happening, I was praying for a down pour to make myself feel better...to no avail.  So, now we are targeting the roof project starting tomorrow morning.  For me this is a light at the end of the tunnel.  As soon as we can get this project turned over to our AMAZING General Contractor, J Scott Builders, we will start to feel the momentum shift and for this lady who is as Type A as it gets, that will be a great feeling!

The Good: We had a fantastic weekend full of decision making (I love making decisions and getting things checked off the list!!!).  On Saturday we went and checked out bathtubs and sinks.  The sales person offered to let us try to get in and out of the freestanding pedestal tub, but to save myself the embarrassment, I passed.  Next on the list- appliances!  We have selected all of our appliances and I am very excited about them.  The best part is our old appliances went up in price, so the replacement cost is going to help us as we finalize this piece.  We also purchased about 75% of our lights--the UPS person is going to get use to this temporary address.  We picked out about 90% of our paint colors and got a few samples from Lowes.  Chris and I spent time at the house today mapping out the addition we intend to put on the house and feel like we have a really good idea of how it will all play out.  Tomorrow all of our old cabinets, lights, doors (pretty much everything) are getting taken away for the Habitat for Humanity resale store.  After that we are going to select new cabinets, then do granite and then lights.  Wednesday is tile.  Again, making decisions makes me feel accomplished :)

In addition to all this fun shopping and decision making, we had a wonderful, rather normally feeling, weekend on top of it.  We had a Saturday night dinner date with one of our favorite couples.  They have a little girl who is a little younger than M and whenever we go out dinner as families it gets crazy...we warn the waiter the minute they greet us at the table!

Today, we woke up and M helped me make waffles, as we always do on Sunday morning.  I do not have very many kitchen utensils at our temporary home, so that was interesting, but we made it work.  We went for a lovely bike ride and I actually made a real home cooked meal tonight.  I had to break down and buy a whisk and a slotted spoon at the grocery store this afternoon in order for it to come together.  All in all, we are overwhelmed right now, but it is because we are in the thick of it.  I am hopeful that a couple of months down the road all the wheels will be turning and we will be seeing our home come back together.