Week 37--Ridge Rehab

This entire week was devoted to Ridge Street for me.  Outside of still doing life like kid commitments, cooking, previously scheduled dinner with the girls, etc....aside from those 'normal' things, I was at the house from 7am til 10pm most days.  Lots of work that I will put into a separate Ridge Rehab post with before and afters.  It was very physically demanding, such a circus of coordinating workers, so many trips to Home Depot and just trying to hold it all together!

Monday, Sept. 7th

We woke up to the news that Elia Valor made her safe arrival and Mama and Baby were both great!  She has a whole post of her own HERE.

Perfect weather for our tradition at Harkness!

The loveliest of evenings for our annual Girls Night Out in Mystic.

The dog was having a few bad days and I felt bad I didn't have more time to devote to him.  I also started wondering if we needed to make some difficult decisions before I left the following week.  He laid in this spot, not eating or drinking, and only getting coaxed outside to pee a couple times a day.

Tuesday, Sept. 8th

ONE day old.

A memory from Harkness popped up.

This was the big demo day for the bathroom.  This was the only professional job.  The rest of the house was me, Colombo, and my handyman.  This one involved plumbing, electrical, flooring, etc, so we left it to the pros.  I had interviewed multiple contractors and ended up using Thumbtack for the first time and found a small, local biz made up of three brothers.

Wednesday, Sept. 9th

Another memory Maddy sent to me.  

My dad stopped by to see the new place.  He wasn't there to work, but he couldn't leave without fiddling with something.  

Thursday, Sept. 10th

I attended "Back to School" Night at East Catholic.  I was on my own so had to do my best to meet Rocco and Renna's teachers.  I focused on meeting new ones who didn't know me since I couldn't be in two places at once.

Friday, Sept. 11th

Typing that date....I will never forget :(

The dog started acting himself again- even being nosy (just like Bo) about who was in and out of the garage.  

I wanted to keep my commitment to have Bo for the day, but I still needed to meet contractors, etc, so he came with me and grabbed his nap where he could. 

My mom stopped by to drop blankets for Ezra and Elia, so she got to see the new place as well.  Paint buckets weren't the most comfy place for a visit, but we made it work!

Saturday, Sept. 12th

Looking so handsome in his little man church clothes.

Sunday, Sept. 13th

Maddy was so sweet to send 'daily doses' of Miss Elia.

Renna's game was in Hartford so that made it easy to take a break between coats of paint and watch.

NFL week 1.  Albano's hosted the kickoff to Football Sundays indoors / outdoors, with the sweetest of boys. 

Week 34--Ridge Street Begins

Monday, Aug. 17th

At one point in the day, I walked upstairs to find all 3 working on cleaning out their rooms.  Trevor's college dump was exceptional.

Tuesday, Aug. 18th

In the beginning of June we looked at a duplex and put an offer in.  The seller ended up going with a different offer.  That deal fell through and the house was back on the market.  Conveniently, the entire 89-page inspection was made available to us upon my request and based on some of those issues, our second offer was actually less than our first, but they accepted!  A little hiccup with the basement sitch was holding things up, so we asked permission to do the necessary work for the appraiser to sign off.  Me and the boys tackled the very gross basement even though it was still possible our deal wouldn't go through.  I figured risking a day of my life and a couple hundred dollars was worth it if it meant getting the house.

Rocco, in particular, worked his tail off and Trevor came in at the end to offer the extra muscle.  It was hot, smelly, moldiy, spider-webby, and very not fun.  We made 6 trips to the dump and got it done!

After:

The boys had the boys over for games and pool.

Still digging out of the college dump.

Taco Tuesday after a much-needed shower!

Wednesday, Aug. 19th

The last dump run required borrowing the Cour's truck.  And yes, that is a shoe stuck to that carpet.  

Filming for Ezra.

Thursday, Aug. 20th

The crew came over for game night.

Friday, Aug. 21st

Covid hike flashback!

Sweet angel baby.

Saturday, Aug. 22nd

Harley had spent the night.

Trevor did the one-day trip to Summitt with the Cours to drop Amanda off at her internship for the year.  

Sunday, Aug. 24th

Office duty with the loveliest of ladies.  I had sat through service and done a couple hours in the office and then came home to realize the side zipper of my blouse had been down the entire time!  Fantastic!

Some sweet pictures off Colombo's phone from I'm not exactly sure when.  Colombo and Karen are downsizing and selling their big house of 30+ years.  Purging and packing has been an overwhelming feat!  I can't imagine the physical and emotional toll a job like that takes!  Colombo (and everyone, really) has jumped in when needed.  Even Baby Bo!

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