Getting there

It took three weeks, but we are beginning to get back to normal after our renovation projects.

Yesterday Jill and her family came over in the afternoon to watch football and help move the rest of the heavy furniture back into the house.  Then Jan and Ann joined us for the first dinner in the "new" dining room.

So now the floors are done and we are very happy with them.

 Eventually we'll look for an area rug for the living room.

The shelving/cabinets for the fireplace wall are scheduled to be delivered Sept. 25th.

The furniture is back in place, and the cars are back in the garage.  Today I unpacked some boxes and began placing things back in the dining room and living room.  

Also today we spent hours cleaning upstairs.  Today we tackled our bedroom.  There was an appalling amount of dust under the bed and behind the furniture and in the corners.  Ugh!  Two more rooms to go, plus some closet cleaning.

Meanwhile, we have been approaching a record dry spell here in the Seattle area.  The record is 51 days.  On Saturday afternoon we sat in the hot sun to watch a Sounders victory.  By Sunday the temperature had dropped and clouds were moving in.  

 Overnight we got just enough rain, .02 inches, to officially break the drought short of the record, but with too little rain to make a difference.

You might be able to see a bit of moisture on the patio.

 We're kept the lawn and garden going with our watering system.

With the cooler temps, we haven't been eating lunch outside and spending time on the patio the last two days.  Josy wants us to come out and play like we usually do.  She spent a lot of time the last three weeks hiding out, trying to avoid all of the noise and the intruders in our house.  She's glad things are getting back to normal.

Now our computer is slowly dying.  Our tech guy, Tad has advised us to replace the CPU and selected one that would work for us at a decent price.  We have to order it online from Costco, which we did today.  It will take 10-15 days for delivery.  So we'll see if our not-so-old desktop hangs in there until then.  At least I still have my laptop.

We're getting there.