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 36--cRaZy cLoSiNg wEeK

Monday, Aug. 31st

Morning Walk!

One week old...TJ's cannot be beat!

Colombo helped his parents again this week, their closing day of Friday quickly approaching.  Lots of sorting, purging, packing, trips to storage, and burning.

Tuesday, Sept. 1st

Renna and I hit up TJMaxx after Moes.  I needed to get some specific clothing options for the dress code in Jordan.

 Treasures form the basement.

Me and Kate.  Friends since 1980, the night before our August wedding.

Wednesday, Sept. 2nd

Pictures from Renna, who is not supposed to have her phone visible in school.

Thursday, Sept 3rd

FINALLY!   My gosh.  People behind desks finally picked up the file and signed the thing.  Wowweee!!!  After DAILY / HOURLY check-ins and an all-star lineup of brokers, the deal was done!  I changed clothes and was elbow deep an hour later.  If anyone in the Hartford area needs a realtor, Christy is your girl!

In keeping with DiSalvatore tradition, we did Chinese at the new house.  Only one of my crew was available, so it made for a very sweet dinner!

Colombo, Jon, and the girls were off on a road trip to Pittsburgh for a hockey 

Friday, Sept. 4th

After a mega push and all hands on deck and many late hours, Colombo and Karen closed on 1742.  They pushed their bodies and the deadline to the breaking point, but they got it done!

So our attention was 100% swiveled to rehabbing the 2nd floor unit at Ridge and getting that rented.  I had 11 days before I left, so after Kelly picked up Baby Bo, it was off to the races!

Rocco ripped up some carpet and began the pain-staking task of pulling staples.

Trev loves this spot for naps.

A beautiful evening, beautiful sunset, beautiful Night of Worship.  So well-attended and 80ish people got baptized!

Check-ins from Pittsburgh.

Saturday, Sept. 5th

My home away from home, with a paintbrush in my hand.

Fan and Tina captured it best!

Sunday, Sept. 6th

We had our family Fantasy football draft.  Lisa hosted most of the gang at the Lake for the afternoon and got some snuggle time with Bo.  How sweet is this?!?!  Gifted bonus time for her and now her great nephew knows his very bestest Great Auntie.  Forever the GOAT.

I worked at Ridge up until draft time and then went home to make meals for treatment week while drafting.