LET THE REMODEL RE-COMMENCE

Another great meal at the River's End Cafe.

Here's an update on the past week...

Monday was filled with emptying boxes around the house that had been brought up from the garage the day before.  At least, that's what Valerie did.  I worked.  But when I did get home from work, Valerie and Michelle were sitting in the bathroom looking at paint samples - so I joined in.  :)


Tuesday, Valerie went out to breakfast with her mom and sister.  Then she worked most of the day on her contracted position - writing up assessments and doing paperwork.  Then she and Michelle biked to pick up dinner at a nearby Chinese place that we hadn't tried yet.  When they got back, the 3 of us watched a movie and ate dinner.

Enjoying our special bottle of DELICIOUS wine in our
soon to be kitchen nook area.

Wednesday, Valerie and her mom drove to her job in North Hollywood.  After they got back, they picked up Michelle and they all went furniture shopping at the local shops.  They got back long after I got home from work.


Thursday, Valerie and Michelle went through more boxes in the garage and separated out documents that we want to scan and then get rid of.

A preview of how Sunday began....

Friday, Valerie and I spent the entire day down in our garage going through boxes and organizing what goes where.  While we were down there, we could hear movement up in our condo --- turns out, Michelle had transformed out house into a clean, well organized place from the scattered and dusty place it was.  It was remarkably wonderful to walk into after a LONG day going through boxes in the garage.  One of the areas that was worked on was the kitchen nook area.  Valerie had already moved a lot of clutter out of that area, and Michelle took it a little further, to make it look like an actual sitting/eating area.  We were so excited and enjoyed sitting there so much that we broke open a bottle of wine we got years ago.  We had been waiting for a special occasion to break the seal - and this was just the occasion.  It was delicious and it was great to see what an enjoyable spot that is going to be in our house.

Saturday morning, Valerie and I went through boxes and mostly worked on the back room that we'd REALLY like to get finished.  It's going to be our workout / guest / hangout room. While we did that, Michelle worked on the garage - getting boxes that were piled up on a shelf all down and lined up so that we could go through those.  For a late lunch, the 4 of us headed to one of our new favorite places - River's End.  We had a great meal and then stopped at a few furniture stores on the way home to check out a few pieces.  After a few more hours of work on boxes, we ended up in #12 watching a Top Chef marathon.... at least the last 3 episodes.  :)

... and ended. :)

I should also mention, that during these stretches of going through boxes, and hard manual labor, we would just wander over to #12, and Valerie's mom would have chili made or water handy or she would happily run to subway.  She kept us fed and going.

Sunday was so awesome it deserves a post all it's own..... coming very soon. :)