The Wait Is The Hardest Part

As with most things in life waiting is the hardest part.This definitely applies to home renovations.More so when you are REALLY  anxious for more space.

My wife,my son and I have been waiting for more space for what feels like an eternity.When they finally tore the garage down on this house last Friday,we felt one step closer to some breathing room.

For me it has kind of been well, a little strange.Only due to the fact that the house we live in once belonged to my grandparents.I practically grew up in this house.I only lived across the road so I spent a lot of time here sampling grandma's baking.We had a lot of great Christmases in this house when I was a kid.Spent a lot of time playing cards here.For me the fact that I ended up back in this house to raise my family,the place were I had all these great memories was strange.

It was nice.But strange.

As many memories as this house has for me,it was time for a change.

The Change 

My wife and I found out in December that we were going to have a new arrival in August.So with the tight quarters we had now we needed to get some space, and we needed it by August.So we had a friend of my dad's draw up some plans for us(for free which was great) and passed them along to a few local contractors.

I have to say my parent's have been doing pretty much all of the leg work getting things going,calling people,passing the plans along so having them around has really helped with taking some pressure off of us.

Anyway the plans get passed out in early January.Finally we hear back from some contractors about the end of  March.

Fast forward to about April.

We tell the contractor that we decided to go with that, he got the job and asked him when he could start?

Delay #1. He tells us he is good to start about the middle of May. Of course this doesn't happen.

So I told him I needed to know(this was late May) when he was going to start because the bank wanted to know.He tells us June 15th,which would be tomorrow. The only thing that has happened so far is the garage has been tore down and the backyard has been marked were the addition will be going. Other than that for us it is still slow going.

I have taken a lot of pictures of the house so I will post them when I can. But right now I need sleep!