house projects: living room
A deviation from obsessing about training and the 13.1 that is inching ever closer...a house post! When I moved into my house, it had stood empty for over 2 years. It had been broken into and every appliance was stolen, along with every door inside the house. There were no blinds on any windows, the floors and walls were a mess, and the people who had lived there last had done quite a bit of DIY which only made many things much, much worse. The kitchen was an empty room with some pipes hanging out of the wall. In the first floor bathroom, when you sat on the throne you could see directly into the living room of the house across the street. And the day we moved in was hot and wet and the air conditioning didn't work. Over 2 years later, it's still a hot mess, but it's getting there. My "house to-do" list is a huge spreadsheet, and we try and balance what is necessary (roof) against what we want to do (baseboard molding). The only picture I have of