Lord of the Rings, The Odyssey, Star Wars.  They all have a plot line that is common to all great stories.   Continue reading Week 4: The Hero’s Journey →

Week 3 finds me a bit impatient.  I can see the vague outlines of my HGTV dreams coming true, but not fast enough.  My brother-in-law framed it correctly, when he said (and I’m paraphrasing here), that he is living an HGTV show vicariously through me.  But it’s not over in an hour.  True.  So true. Continue reading Week 3: BOOM Goes the Cannon →

Week 2 has gone by with good news and bad news.

Continue reading Week 2: When it rains, it pours….. →

Almost as if I’m coming out of one dream to another, the renovation of my fixer upper started in earnest this week. Despite the delay from the freak March snowstorm, the contractors have started some of the interior demolition. Continue reading Week 1: IT HAS BEGUN! →

Things have been a bit slow on the renovation front. It has pretty much been a waiting game for the financing to fall into place. Continue reading Show me the money! →