Into the renovation breach

[metawidget]

We have emptied out the kitchen and bathroom downstairs in anticipation of the renovation crew arriving early tomorrow to demolish anything left in there. It's going to be a bit like camping at home for several weeks, but when it's all done we'll have normal-height counters, a built-in dishwasher, better plumbing and a kitchen arrangement that gives us a bit more room to swing a cat (put the cat down, kids). Meantime, our place is feeling pretty small, and a bit like we're moving.

I was at three days of national union meetings Thursday through Saturday, and we're trying to tighten up a lot of things internally while processing the latest budget and rumblings from Parliament Hill. With Liberals like this, who needs Conservatives? I really like enough people in the union to make it still fun, but this is going to be a hard stretch.

I also replaced my beaten-up road running shoes with this year's version of the old model, and have been putting them through their paces. Almost 24km at a run in and out of Aylmer. Wanted to do more, but I was kind of flagging on the way back and walked the last three.

Comments

[blogcutter]

Is the word "renovartion" in your title a typo or a portmanteau word (artistic renovation? architecturally-inspired renovation?)? Anyway, it sounds as if it'll be great a couple of months from now (once the real camping-outside season gets underway!) Not sure what you mean by "normal-height" counters -are the ones you have now too high or too low?

Three days of union meetings sounds exhausting, though worthwhile if you get some decent results. And you actually have energy after all that for a 24km run? I'm impressed!

[metawidget]

Renovartion was probably what you get after three days of union meetings and a 24km run :)

Our currentformer counters were a bit low, because the original owners were short. When we're done the counters will be the same height as the stovetop (or a bit lower).

[ironphoenix]

Good luck with the renos!

The Overton window has shifted disturbingly rightward, hasn't it?