We are HOME!
We slept in our house for the first time in nearly 5 months last night. It has been a long haul, but we are HOME. I am sitting in a comfy chair in the 'sun room' area of the kitchen aka 'the love room' according to Lydia and typing away in my laptop - wirelessly connected to the internet. Ah, life is good.
The renovation is still not finished - they still have a couple of weeks of work. The front porch and the exterior won't be finished until spring, we don't have kitchen counter tops, a kitchen sink, a bathroom sink, the tiling still needs to be finished in the bathroom (requires the bathroom sink), as does the tiling to put in our washer and dryer ... our microwave oven isn't in yet BUT enough is done that we could move back home! We have 2 working toilets and one sink and the bathtub does work and our bedrooms are pretty much done (just need closet doors in Lydia and Sebastien's rooms).
But we are home, I can FINALLY begin nesting and stop spending 3 hours of my day commuting! Lydia can walk to school, come home for lunch and play with her friends! We actually had time to finish home reading and do some music practice this morning before school!
What a big day for Lydia today. She proudly set off (on time!!) BY HERSELF for the first time to walk to school (granted she only has to walk across the street and their are patrols at the corner, but hey, it is a big deal to a six year old).
I gave her a big hug and kiss on her way out the door and she reminded me, "Don't come and get me for lunch, I'll come home all by myself". She walked so proudly across the street by herself, only looking back home once she was walking up the front steps of the school.
It feels sooooooo good to be home. As Lydia reported on our way downstairs last night, "the stairs still creak in all the same places, but everything is just so much nicer!". It is kind of surreal - it definitely is our house, but parts are so different. I adore my kitchen / love room. Somehow our house feels twice as big, even though the square footage hasn't changed at all. Amazing what improving the flow in a house can do.
Well, Lydia will be home for lunch in 30 minutes, I'm off to vacuum the attic floor ...
Love,
Cynthia
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2 comments:
YAY!!!!!!
Congratulations! Having been through a reno myself, and only 2.5 months at that, I know how good it can feel to finally be home. Eagerly awaiting pictures.... :)
Oh, I LOVED that feeling! Everything is just so much better when you are at home.
Congratulations! Can't wait to come and see it.
Amber
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