Remember last summer after we returned from France, I mentioned our plans for renovation? Well it’s not finished yet. In fact it hasn’t even begun. The demolishing and messy work will begin when we leave for vacation. Up until now, we’ve spent most of our time throwing our hands up in the air over the cost of everything.

But that has all passed and now we are in prep mode. Right now we are shopping with our architect/interior designer for kitchen cabinetry, appliances, plumbing fixtures, etc. If we put our order in now, we’ll have them delivered just as the builders have completed building the new walls. We go for vacation for ten weeks and during that time the keys to our home will be in the hands of our builder. Hello? Someone we hardly know will have the keys to our home and, on top of that, will be putting a hammer to it! And we won’t be here to see how! Risky business that is.