Progress update

I guess we hit Thanksgiving and just never looked back. It was interesting prepping on a folding table in the middle of the living room. Actually, the name of that room has been under discussion a lot lately after I told C to get something from the living room and his response was "which one?". In my house growing up we had the living room and the little room which was actually a bedroom. So now we'll have the room off the kitchen with the fireplace and built-ins and then the room with the sofa and the TV. What would you call them?

On Thanksgiving weekend we spent a day putting up the outdoor Xmas lights and had a blast! I was so thrilled to have this wonderful house to decorate..even if it's just the outside for now. It happened to be a beautiful day and a bunch of neighbors stopped by to say hi. One even brought a little welcome gift. I think we chose a good neighborhood!

And then finally, early last week they took the kitchen out. I posted some of the before pics... So now we've got running water in the utility sink in one room, the fridge in the room-to-be-named and my food in other-room-to-be-named. It's challenging but hasn't been as bad as I expected.

So of course I figured it'd be a great idea to have a few family and friends over for Cs birthday on Friday...... What was I thinking???

To be clear - this is the before picture

"Before" with the view from the family room (I guess that's what we're calling it)

Prepping for Thanksgiving.