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Day 1 - the walk-through and the work

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It's day one and you know the first thing we need to arrive is a dumpster... and we all know why. Start of a great time of timing and multiple tradespeople all meeting out at the new site at 8am.  Day 1 in the kitchen. Take a nice look because it's all going away. It was literally too dirty and greasy to clean properly and the countertop needing replacing bad (more on that below). We tried to save the microwave but as soon as you touched it, it was like squeezing an oily french fry. Had to go. What is nice is the sink itself is in pretty good shape. With plans on the right, we are going to try and save this sink for our temporary kitchen we are installing from IKEA as their sinks are WAY too small for a family of soon to be six. We will have to do a major hack on the IKEA cabinets to make them work but it should be fine. A couple of things here. It looks nice in a picture but that "backsplash" is peal and stick. It's awful. Gone. Second a few n
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It all has to start somewhere

It all has to start somewhere. There are always the best laid plans and the greatest dreams. It never works out that way but you have to start somewhere. You can't have a backup plan unless you have a primary one, and well this is it. We moved out of our previous home to our next season of life. It's closer to work for me and provides a great opportunity for us to do something special again. This adventure won't be nearly as extensive as the last one but that doesn't mean it won't be as much fun! Our realtor who sold our previous home commented that he didn't know of a house that had its own blog before and it made me realize how awesome it was to document the journey while reminding me when I get "used" to what it is, what it WAS. It is a great reminder of the journey and the hard work. It was a great reminder of how far the kids have grown and how much I have changed. The house in many ways is a ebenezer stone, something to mark a place and space t
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