our "new" digs

After days of ripping and tearing, pounding and running noisy generators, the crew took a day off. Here's what our house looks like now! Except they did take the trash out of the driveway and clean up a little. They have to wait for the city to approve the change in plans (that will, hopefully, save us bunches of money) before they can pour any cement for the footings or the slab..

So, the next day, still no plans, but optimistic, they decided to help us move out of the "old" bedroom and bath. We moved a lot of living room furniture into the POD, and then moved the bedroom furniture into the living room - our new home away from (or within) home for the next 3 months. It's kind of like a big Holiday Inn suite! Hopefully the weirdness of it comes through in the pictures.

Then, after years of total natural privacy (trees and hedges and rose covered trellises, etc, outside all the way around, so no need for curtains) it's strange to have people be able to see in from the street. For instance, the newspaper delivery person who drops off the papers right outside the door (benefit of being disabled), and who had a clear shot of the scene, so I went rummaging this morning for old curtains from previous incarnations (even as far back as SF in the 60's!).

We heard at the end of the day Friday, the city had approved the plans! Yeah! That means they'll pour this coming week, and, hopefully, frame the next and then up goes the roof and then... So the crew will be here every day for quite a while. I'm sure we'll find additional ways to help us keep a sense of privacy.

As Gary remarked, why are we paying more money than we have to live in a fishbowl for 3 months?