There were days this summer when we somehow forgot what it was we were working so hard to accomplish! There seemed so little to show for our nightly exhaustion. Now, it's just the opposite- from morning to late afternoon so much gets done that our heads are spinning!
We celebrated our first anniversary with a romantic candlelight dinner in the new kitchen, with sawhorses and boards for a table, and stew cooked over an open fire in the fire ring outside. We are so grateful for each other, and for the love and strength that have carried us through during this difficult year.
The plumber (Arthur Sussman) and electrician (Harvey Tolman)have been here this week, the appliances have arrived, we can now walk up and down stairs from cellar to second floor, and we are starting to talk about when we can at least move the bed into what is now a real Bed Room! The chimney man (Steve Scripture) will install the chimney this weekend and move the stove into place next Tuesday. We've put the first layer of green paint on the bathroom floor, which now has holes ready for the bathroom fixtures to be placed: we got a sweet porcelein sink and clawfoot tub at Renew in Brattleboro, and scored a perfectly good toilet from the side of the road!
AND it's my 50th birthday! It feels like the first day of the rest of my life!
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