… and happy anniversary to my honey. 41 years! It’s hard to believe that much time has gone by, but it has.

Here’re the latest photos of the progress being made. The first photo is the bathroom. The tub/shower was moved to make more room.

The second photo is looking from the living room toward the dining room/kitchen area. With the walls removed, it’s a lot more spacious.

This last photo is from the dining area into the kitchen and bathroom. The kitchen is going to be so nice!

Bruce has not only done a LOT of work down there, but he’s also overseen tons of progress, from demo, to hauling of junk, to concrete & brick removal, to having the guys level dirt & lay bricks in the shedded area and replacing bricks along the pathway where concrete was removed, to framing, to daily trips to Home Depot. He’s also coordinated meeting with various trades, getting quotes, doing research, drawing plans, and so on.

I can’t take credit for much except supporting him, because he’s working a lot! In fact he’s working there today … on a Saturday, on our anniversary. I helped out by meeting with him and the kitchen designer a couple times to help come up with a floor plan, cabinets and countertops. My biggest job is to be the financier, trying to keep track of paperwork & receipts, and making sure the funds are available so everyone can get paid. I suppose that’s a good job for me. Today I drove down to bring a caulking gun and to give the window guy a deposit so he can order the windows. So I came in handy …

Ron spent a couple days this week running electrical wires & I think he’ll be back next week to finish that up. The framing will be done, hopefully this next week, and then the insulation and drywall can get done. After that, Nino can tape, then the flooring can get done.

The kitchen cabinets will arrive in another 10 days. I can’t wait to see how they look installed!

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