Big announcement!

This blog has been quiet.  Too quiet.  Suspiciously quiet perhaps.  Here is why: we have been working for the last year to secure a new loan.  A special loan to cover the cost of removing and encapsulating the lead paint we found out is all over our first floor.
Lead is kind of a big deal when you have kids.  A lot of the work on our house stopped because of our fear of releasing lead dust into the air.  Peter took a course to teach him how to safely do some of the work but a lot of it takes specialized training, and the costs are high.  We found a contractor in the next town over, and work will begin hopefully on March 1st.
This means we have to move out.  For 4-6 weeks.
So yay! but a simultaneous ugh! We have two littles and have to move out of our home, and away from our animals for a long time.  I have tons of more thoughts on this, but not much time to share them.  Perhaps later?
I'm going to be photographing the entire house before work starts, posting them room by room, and asking your opinions on some things because on top of the paint, we're stripping all wall paper, floors, and tearing down ceilings at the same time.  We might even get wild and relocate a small wall.
Best,
Jenny Lee