The turning point...

A quick update for those (few?) of you who are really following our remodeling-narrative... (I know you are Mom!) we have finally reached a turning point! Things are looking great and it seems that finally (it took only a year!) everything is falling into place. I apologize that I have no pictures at the moment. I do have them, but I have no time to load them as I am working on a big editing project with a deadline. But here's the status report: we finally managed to get some workers back into the house to finish up the plastering (it seems that our contractor for that job got himself into a scheduling-mess while also having just become the father of twins...), so now the painter does not have to tip-toe around the unfinished walls anymore. He has been extremely patient and extremely helpful with everything and as of now he is about the only one whom I will recommend without hesitation (but let's wait... he's not finished yet.) He has already finished the 2 upper floors and most of the hallway. Our bedroom looks fantastic and we absolutely love the accent color we chose for there. Evelina's room is a nice and soft pink and we just hope that she will still like pink when we move in (maybe that's a given?) All the fixtures are delivered and will be placed next week. All the tiling is done. All the lights will be put in the week of the 23rd. And tomorrow the kitchen will be placed, finally! (Lots of "finally's" in this note!) THe kitchen was already planned to be placed once, but things went awry, so let's keep ALL fingers crossed for tomorrow. I will be there at 8 a.m. and will be very excited if all goes through. So, pics to follow. I promise. Lots of greetings. And yes, we have a moving date! On the 27th all our stuff will be delivered. WOW.