I'm Back! Part 1

It has been a crazy last 3 weeks, but I am still standing.  Thank you Lord! So much has happened -- good and bad, happy and sad, difficult and easy..... it's hard to organize it all by anything but by single events for me, so here goes...

The end of October and early November began our hectic and hardest move we've ever had.  This was the 14th move we've experienced since we've been together, and our 9th as a married couple where both of us were moving.

Existing wall redone and insulated

We had to be out of our condo by the 1st for our renters to move in.  At the same time Brandon was trying to build out a room at his mom's that would serve as his office area, and also give us a hangout area.  He took a portion of the back of the garage, fixed and insulated the existing walls, built another wall and a ceiling, and his uncle brought in electricity.

Moving right along...

As most construction projects go, it took twice as long and cost us more than we had expected. So we ended up doing that and moving at the same time instead of finishing it and then moving.  Poor Brandon was the master juggler of both while I was at work.  It was 2 weeks of sheer exhaustion for him.

Another view

I tried to help when I could.  I helped cut drywall, helped with part of the ceiling, and carried items on numerous Home Depot trips.  There was quite a bit I couldn't do, so I just tried to keep Brandon company when I could. 

Walls are up... ceiling is in.

By Sunday or Monday of the next week.... I can't even remember the exact day, the room was ready to be cleaned, painted and moved into.

And....Here it is all done! 

This picture was taken at 2:30 in the morning as we hurried to finish the room, tried to move all our stuff in before the rain, and tried to clean up all the trash of the work to keep our neighbors happy. 


Abby likes being in the room with us.  She'll even walk from the house outside into the room unleashed!  She's such a good girl!

It's nice to have a little space of our own, a quiet place Brandon can work, and it helps us not have to have everything in storage too!  I'm glad it's done and now we get to enjoy Brandon's hard work.


More catching up to come!  Hope everyone is having a lovely Thanksgiving week!