Absence

I have not composed a new post in several weeks because to be frank, not a lot has happened.  We finally had the roof removed and replaced, which I will say was a huge milestone in so many ways--no more fire damaged materials in our house and the official start of the rebuild process!  But, still not very exciting for me yet :)

I never realized how much I loved our house until not living in it.  I also never realized how many of my kitchen gadgets were useful!  Right now we are working with plastic utensils and plastic take-out bowls are definitely being recycled :)

All of our clothes were delivered and the prior weekend was spent going through each box, smelling each item and hoping that my self-proclaimed photographic memory was working and that everything is there.  We have discovered a few of Chris' things missing...where in the weird dry cleaning abyss do these items go exactly?!?  Most of our items are okay, but not great.  Unfortunate for the dry cleaning company, my old Sorority shirts are fine (Go Alpha Xi!), but two of my handbags and some shoes were not so lucky...they are just not designed to withstand chemical based cleaning treatments.  Some of our items have a really strange chemical smell and I have decided I will be donating all of Madeline's clothes and starting over.  I am sure they can be washed and be just fine, but since we are heading into a new season, I would be buying her a fall and winter wardrobe anyway.  I am disappointed to not be able to pass down any cute 18-24 month items to my friends and family.  The smell and feel just makes me a little nervous for sensitive little baby skin!

Most, if not all, of our selections have been made, which is a huge relief for me.  I think I am pretty good at making up my mind and sticking with it, which hopefully will give me some relief in the stress department.  I have so much confidence in our builder that he is going to knock this project out of the park and we will start to have progress galore as soon as we get it officially turned over to him.

We have decided to put an addition on our kitchen and a deck on the back of the house.  I am really excited about it, as it will give us that extra little space I have been craving in our kitchen area and a nice amount of outdoor living space.

We are looking forward to fall for so many reasons and I recognize that it is going to be Halloween and Thanksgiving before we know it.---Here's to hoping we are spending Christmas in our House 2.0 :)

Megan