Organized Chaos

Where to begin? 

Oh, okay, pictures of Bailey first.

 

Steve and Bailey bonding. Please ignore the whole in the shirt. It's a work shirt. We've been working hard lately. 

 My turn to cuddle.

Next up. Locks of Love. 

My hair grows fast. Once again I found it was long and I needed...something. A cut? A trim? A new style? Well as I pondered the destiny of my hair, it kept growing.

And growing. 

Until it became this.

 A friend had mentioned considering donating her hair to Locks of Love and it got me thinking. 

I couldn't decide to do with my hair. 

It was fast approaching Rapunzel length. 

Perhaps donating it was my answer. 

So I just chopped it off. 

In the end 12 inches were donated and 2 more were lost in the styling and trimming process. 

 Here is the hair after. 

I have a picture of the ponytail that was cut off, but honestly, it's kind of gross. Or maybe just an odd thing to share, so I'll spare you. 

You still can see the end result. 

 This is Bailey looking in. I can't help but think she must be thinking "What in the world are you guys doing to my world?" With the house layout changing daily/hourly with LOUD pounding and banging from nail guns and hammers, things around here haven't really be relaxing.

Here is the main entry through to the back door. 

Here is what makes my blood pressure rise. Clutter. There has been lots of deep breathing around here. A little retail therapy. And a vacation from dusting. 

It's gross.

But I just had to let it go. It's been a month free of housework!

And a month full of the stove traveling into the family room. 

Trying to find room to serve dinner amidst the old school boom box, clutter, and the duvet that needs returned before it gets lost in the mess. 

And we are currently in the midst of the FINAL STAGES. We are living in our bedroom, patio and garage. Here, we have the convenience of doing laundry and making dinner all in one location! 

Do you think it'll be the new thing in house design?

Need to dress up? Obviously the first place to look for a dress is in the garage to the left of the bandsaw and behind the kitchen/laundry station.

Outside, we have what a friend at work referred to as Glamping. Gourmet camping. I like it. 

The rolling island is our counter top. The BBQ my savior (prepares hot meals with no dirty dishes, bliss!)

The refrigerator WITH filtered water and ice machine hooked up. 

*SIGH* This makes me so happy. 

 

And just because we are living outside (thank you Oregon for another week of summer sunshine) does not mean I have to go without a beautiful bouquet of dahlias from the front yard. 

Seriously folks, do we know how to camp at our own house or what?

Since the master bedroom really isn't all that big, Bailey found her way to the bathroom, and was content being there for the evening. 

Classy.

 

 But I tempted her out for some cuddles. 

What a little love bug.

Oh, and for those of you actually interested in the actual flooring project, here you go. 

This is the transition from the carpet in the bedroom, then a sliver of the old existing wood, into the newly sanded floor covered with latex filler.

They ran out of filler. They'll be back for more tomorrow. 

UPDATE as of 9-6-12

This is how we've been able to enter the house lately. Different, but Dave Ramsey approved rather than adding the cost of a hotel to the project budget!

 

Here is the latest progress. The final coat goes down tomorrow.

SOOOOO looking forward to moving back in and having life back to normal.

The good news is we are SOOOO happy with how things look! Can't wait to see it all put together with furniture again:)