Waiting and waiting and waiting some more...

Well, I obviously haven’t written anything lately…and that is because we are still in a holding pattern. Over the past few months, we have met with the architect – Bob who is great, worked on kitchen and bathroom designs with Erin – very nice but have not met her in person yet!, met with Fred, Al, and several other partners on a few occasions. We have drawings but they need to be revised because we were lucky enough to get an addition 5 feet of living space. That doesn’t sound like much but it really is making a huge difference in the design. We are now able to put a “super-susan” in the corner of the kitchen which was previously dead space. Also, our beloved dining room table will now fit beautifully in the space. We were worried that we would have to replace it with a square table due to the dimensions. Yes – it is just a dining room table – but it is a gorgeous dining room table that I am thrilled to be able to keep.

While we continue to obtain all of the approvals necessary to build in the city of Pittsburgh (who knew there were so many obstacles!) Jeff and I continue to work on our list of items that we need for the house. We made tremendous headway over the past weekend. We compiled a list of items, brands, model numbers, and where to procure them. The list is long but we keep thinking of new items. Everything from a doorbell, bathroom exhaust fans, register covers, faucets, drawer hardware, etc. These are things I have never really thought about before and never realized the amount of choices available.

Hopefully in the next couple weeks, we will begin to see progress – namely DIGGING. We are keeping our fingers crossed that there is some movement before the end of the year.