Day 1

Many of you might know already, but we're moving to Delaware this summer. Rick got an awesome director position at The University of Delaware. We need to be there August first so it's crazy crunch time for us to finish fixing up the manor and getting it ready to sell and try to make some money from all the work we've put into it. Soo... Thanks to some of you folks that read my blog, I'm gonna try and document this craziness!

day one.

Grandma Suminski has arrived. We decided a plane ticket for a month visit from grandma was our cheapest bet to help us have a nanny for Peggy while Rick and I run around like headless chickens. We're super grateful she's here to help, but holy cow this lady is in a league of her own. (This is where I insert a bunch of wide eyed teeth gritting emojis) 

First and foremost, I feel obligated to explain we have been living in paycheck limbo for about ten months. we came to a screeching stop for working on our house. Being uncertain if we could dip into our savings to fix the house and me being pregnant added to the major slow down of progress. We've been living in a ghost of a project unfinished throughout our entire house. Kitchen cabinets missing knobs, walls half dry walled, bathrooms mostly gutted, HVAC vents and tubes lying around, we've grown completely accustomed to this squalor. 

I'm going to try my damnest to post every night. I'm hoping it will keep me extra motivated to work my ass off. Right now,  I, and I don't doubt Rick too, are ready to give up. Don't say, "why don't you just sell it as is?" We will if we get the right offer on it, but right now the house is in shambles and will scare off most anyone semi interested in buying it and we're trying to walk away with some equity in our pocket for a downpayment for our next house. 

Today started off late. Grandma arrived late morning and we didn't get going untill around two. We finished putting the floor in the carriage house, started putting in the quarter rounds in the carriage house, mowed our lawn, edged and trim our yard, went to Home Depot and Costco, plastered and sanded the tiny bathroom ceiling and primed the vestibule. 

I realized today that I'm likely going to have to explain myself to my new neighbors in Delaware that my lawn mower is painted hot pink glitter because it would be easier to find if stolen and sold to a pawn shop. I can't ever imagine my lawn mower being stolen in our next home. (Yahoo!) 

Carriage house got it's nasty carpet ripped out and replaced with a wood floor! It's really oak and not laminate! 

Hardest little nook of our house to take a picture of, the vestibule. All primed and ready to paint.