Chasing the Wind

I live for weekends. 🙂

I have a lot of things going on at the moment, so it’ll be a full weekend. I’m pretty sure we had a thought process like, “We are getting married so soon – is there anything we can do to make our lives even more frantic before then? How about if we also have the reception at home? And how about if we remodel the entire downstairs first? Alrighty then! Let’s do it!”

The last couple of weekends have been spring cleaning, a purging of the old to make room for the new. Sure, those instructions for a phone I no longer own are important, as well as a Earnst and Young tax advice book for 1995, but I must make room, so those priceless treasures have to go.

I’ve also been interviewing contractors and selecting materials for a full blown revamp of the entire downstairs. The carpet in the study, dining room, and living room will be ripped out and replaced with an exotic cherry engineered wood that makes Diane swoon, so I *had* to get that. The study will have a built-in bookshelf ripped out, old dark walnut wainscotting removed, and theater surround sound wiring installed. Then the old stained fiberglass tub will be removed and replaced with a new steel and enamel tub, then the whole bathroom tiled. New light fixture for the dining room, ceiling fan installed in the study.

In the front foyer, this old hideous maroon and cream tile will be removed and replaced with slate. The carpet on the stairs will be replaced with WilsonArt laminate wood flooring, and the wood banister removed and replaced with wrought iron. And the kitchen sliding glass doors replace with French doors.

Earnest will be doing the wood floor installation and the wood stairs, Rocky will be doing the rest. Total costs are right at $25,000, but I’ve been saving for years to make sure I was ready for this day. It has to be finished before the end of May to let the dust settle since the wedding reception will be here. Yeehaw!

I always think, “I should take before and after pictures,” but I never get around to it. I don’t think Diane ever thinks things like that; she just does it. In fact, she already has. I’ll get her to email me some (including those of Patch the Cone Head) so y’all can get a visual of what’s going on.

So today I’ll be at the hardware store shopping for ceiling fans and dining room lights. After that, I don’t know. Some other adventure, I’m sure.