Electrical work is set to begin today on our unforeseen, but hopefully only real overage on our renovation. We’re having the whole house rewired – get lost, knob and tube! – which is a blessing in disguise. While no one is ever happy about spending more money than they expected, I, for one, am happy it is to make the house safer for us, and future occupants.

The renovations are about to begin… and by “about to” I mean in a few weeks. But, before then we have sooooo many things to get done. Chiefly, packing up the entire kitchen, moving our bedroom into the office, the office into the guest room, and the guest room, well, it’s closed down after this week. We also have to protect all our wood flooring – covering half the house in cardboard and drop cloths – and deconstruct (not demolish) our kitchen (most of the cabinets/countertops will be reused or repurposed rather than dumped).