Living Room Campout

Day 16

A nose runs through it. DeeDee (if possible) was worse today. She spent her time covered in Kleenex like a Homecoming float, sleeping and watching the 14 hours of 'Criminal Minds' the tivo has diligent gathered for us.

The tivo is your best friend when you're sick. Quiet, entertaining, forgiving when you fall asleep and constantly looking for ways to keep you occupied. If it could make soup, I'd be out of a job.

Today was sanding day, so the guys were hidden behind plastic sheeting for most of the day. Jovan fixed the crappy windows installed by the previous owner so now they will stay open, shut, and even lock. This might be as exciting as the rest of the remodel for me, as I have been propping these things open with sticks for years.

I succeeded in ordering cabinets today, hopefully stopping DeeDee from getting any more estimates. We went with the local-built 'custom-ish' cabinets, and in the end I think its the right call. Now we have to wait at least four weeks for them to show, so we should have plenty of time to do everything else first. Heck, we might even move back into the bedroom by then.

Other than that budget-crushing obstacle, things were fairly quiet. I have to get some new pix to post, but its basically an empty box. A straight-walled, structurally sound, legally-wired box, but a box nonetheless.

Tomorrow painting begins, so that should be a thrill...