House update - moving right along (but never quick enough...)

We've been out of town & since we've been back, we haven't had internet.  It's finally working again, so time for an update!

We've had some snow - fortunately not too much - just enough to slow work down on the roof.

 

 But they've been busy inside!  This is what we came home to - covered floors & plastic wrapped rooms & no ceiling in the kitchen.  So we've been living in the back of the house  - 3 bedrooms & 2 baths.  Finding stuff is very challenging since we packed in kind of a rush.

 Then they started working on the roof & added the 4 skylights

 They are redoing the chimney - since it was rotted

 Then another day - they took down the living room ceiling & added the beams!  And took down the wood from the former ceiling.  Our new ceiling is Way.  Up.  There!

 Another day (see they have been busy!)  They framed in the fireplace :)  Bolts is a fan

 Snow is gone - so they can start 'roofing' again.  (these guys are the messiest of all!)  I thought the roofers would only be here 1 or 2 days.  These guys have been here 4 and will still be coming back.

 Another day inside - The wall between the living room & kitchen was taken down (we are only taking it partially down so we don't have to move appliances & redo the kitchen).   The back 2 skylights were added; and the fireplace was framed to the ceiling.

 

Every day is a new adventure.  The noise only bothers the white kitty - probably bc it disrupts her eating :).  I don't mind it.  My only complaints are not having a parking spot in my driveway & the roofers leaving the back gates open.

More house stuff

Cutting holes in our roof for the skylight!

 

 We are adding a fireplace, so we had to pick one out (gas; not wood burning)

 The skylights in our garage - we'll have 4 in the front and 2 in the back

 View of skylight from the 'attic'

 They will be redoing our roof as well.  We knew that we would need one - so it will be done once the skylights are in

 Our garage full of wood and stuff.  Not more parking in the garage for a while!

 Skylight!

 These boards on the top of the picture will eventually be our living room ceiling.  The floor where Chris is standing will be gone.  It's going to be quite different!

 They will be tearing our ceiling down in a week or two.  So we have to prepare.  One way it to build a 'door' in our hallway, so the kitties will stay in the back of the house.  I have no worries that the fat white kitty (Bean) will hide.  But the antique Siamese will be right in the thick of things - as they tear down the ceiling - or she will be scampering out the door.  She's a wily one and is going to be upset at being confined to 3 bedrooms and 2 baths....

 We also had to 'move' again!  Emptied out most of the kitchen cabinets (some will be torn down); and we had to move the furniture.  The kids weren't happy - all hung together.

 Our empty living room - which will soon be cathedral!  (and have a fireplace).  This built in will be moved to our 'library'

 Our sunroom is packed with our extra furniture.

 More of the sunroom.  The rest of our stuff is in the guest bedroom :)  Sorry, can't have any overnight guests for a while.

 I moved a lot of our kitchen to the guest bath closet.  Good thing it's big!

It will be nice when we can really get settled!  But it's still going to be a while.  It will be worth the wait though :)

Fun weekend - just relaxing in New England

Hanging at home with the puppy dog :)

 

 Taking a walk on the 'beach' near our house

 and enjoying breakfast with a view of the harbor :)

Back in the workout groove

We have set up a nice workout room in our new house.  It's not as big as our last workout room, but I like this one much better, as everything is in the same place!  We still need to hang some photos and buy a couple medal holders, but it's set up enough, so we can get some work done!

 

We have some triathlons coming up, so we are back on the bike

 

and when it's really cold - on the treadmill.  We are also swimming at a new pool. I haven't taken any pictures, but it's a nice warm pool with a lot of windows - so we don't feel like we are swimming in a cave (like our past gyms).  It's a busy pool though, so we have to figure out our swim times.

We have one picture hung up :)  One of our Lake Placid Ironma's.  Good inspiration - right by our weights!

Some good  books that I'm loving lately.  Danica's Pretty Intense is perfect for the new year and very inspiring.  She has good quotes for your mental happiness; recipes; and killer workouts.  I was lucky enough to be in her test group last year (trying out her workouts); and they are intense - no doubt about it!  I really like the mental aspect she has in her book - it's really good.    And I love the HGTV show Fixer Upper with the Gaines.  They are so much fun to watch and their story is just like they are - sweet and down to earth.  So sad the show is ending.

Good reading!

Workin' it!

Getting even More wood!

 

 This time - they delivered the beams that will cross our open concept living room/kitchen!

 The upstairs is coming along nicely.  You can see they have framed in the skylights!

 Soon they will be tearing down the floor (here) which is actually the ceiling for us.  Will be quite a change!!