To make a long story short, the latest contractor we brought in was significantly higher than the one we were going to go with but then wanted to make sure wasn't too high. The installation of the front door is still way off, so we just told him we would find someone on our own for that. We signed the contracts and he set a start date of September 7th. Should be exciting as this is 6 years in the making, however there is so much to do! We are going on vacation the week he set as the start date which I thought would be perfect. He said the first week is going to be awful. Dusty, dirty, exposed walls and ceilings, just not a place anyone will want to live. So I thought it would be perfect to let him do this while we were gone and be super excited to come home and see so much progress. However, there are still so many things to be done before he can start - and Matt just left for DC for work for 2 weeks!!! Being a single parent working full time with a 2 year old, it is not going to be easy to get everything done and ready before the start date.
We still need to purchase our cooktop and microwave/oven built in combo. I think we found them, but they have to be purchased. Madelyn was not very cooperative with Matt and I both when we went shopping for appliances, running twice out of the store quickly when we were looking at something. So the thought of trying to finish that myself is daunting. Furthermore, we are still in search of an electrician. This has been a process. Many have come or been called and it just seems to be the task that will never work out. The contractor said he is going to do demolition for a week then leave for a week while the electrician comes in since the walls will be exposed and ceilings will need to be accessible - then the contractor will come back and do all of the finishing work. So now we have a 1 week window we need to find someone to fit into and complete all we need done..... this has been the head ache of the project and we cannot really allow the contractor to start until we get this in place.
We also need to actually place the cabinet order and get those started. I am pretty sure we have all of the details now figured out on the cabinets, however every time we go there, there seems to be new decisions to be made. Furthermore, we need to order a new front door. We have pretty much figured out what we like, it is just a matter of finding it at a good price and ordering it. Our problem all along this project is it seems like we always pick the most expensive products! Not on purpose, but give us several options and it seems like the one we choose always is the most expensive. Matts taste in front doors seem to be more on a caviar budget instead of our true canned tuna budget for a front door!! Hopefully we find something we both like that does not cost more than the appliances!!
The final largest task of all is emptying the entire first floor. This task in no way is something I look forward to. There is so many toys, books, furniture, dishes, etc. it is unreal. We basically have to move out of our entire first floor for a couple months even though we will still be attempting to live there. Perhaps this will be the perfect time to start living a more minimal lifestyle and donate things we have not used in awhile!! I am sure once we move back in the though the collecting of stuff we don't need will just start again.....
So with the excitement of actually seeing progress being made, there is the never ending, always growing list of tasks that first need completed. Hopefully Maddy will decide to be a really good helper and sleeper these next two weeks so some things get accomplished!!
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