Home Reno/My Reno-- Second Verse, Same as the First

On last Tuesday, I had the second half of my mouth/gum laser treatment done plus some other work so it was back on a liquid diet again for a few days and now to mushy foods again.  I am now in a "healing mode" for the next three weeks.

Fortunately, the home reno is moving forward.  Some electrical was done to prepare for some of our changes, sheet rock was added where needed and around the fireplace surround you can see the design for the new fireplace drawn on the sheetrock.  There is the new wood floor sitting in the middle in prep for installation.  They like the wood to "sit" in your house for a week or two before they lay it which I remember they did before as well.

At the other end of the house, we had painting down in the master bedroom and bathroom.  I love the look of white in our master bedroom along with navy blue.  It has been the theme of our master bedrooms almost our entire married life.  I know when you renovate that it is a time to make changes, but some things are just right...for us.

And we do have a major change in the master bathroom--yes, that is green, probably a bit more intense than it was in my head BUT it will work and it looks great with the painting set to be hung there and the other ideas for deco.  

Our counters were also set this past week so we are getting very close with being done with this part of the project.

I know it isn't everyone's favorite but I think it will be great when it is all done.  (And, it is probably the same color that we will repaint the game room after we move back upstairs.  It is remarkable close to the same color we have now.  I guess I like what I like...and I am consistent about it!)

The scarier choice I have made is the medium green for my kitchen island.  Stay tuned for that!

I also received the two hanging lights for my kitchen island.  The designer I hired found these and despite the fact that I had to order them from a company in Hong Kong (and they are made in China by this firm) didn't discourage me.  It actually made it even more perfect.

They arrived this week boxed like this--

As I opened up the top, I discovered it was a separate box from the bottom completely.  They were just taped together to be mailed.  It made me smile.  This is a very expected "Chinese" thing to do and made me even more excited to have these hanging in my kitchen.  Weird, I know, but living in Hong Kong impacted my life in so many ways...and one way was an appreciation that things can be done in many different ways.

The teaser photo---hopefully they will work!! The color is perfect!

Progress---In many ways, it feels like the outside world is on pause while I am recovering (and now Jena and I have colds as well) and we are in reno mode. It is okay.  It is only for a moment of time and then we will resume the next phase of our lives.  I am reading a lot--everything from simple mysteries to a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt and an interesting book about Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first two women on the Supreme Court (that was an interesting read).  Just finished the new book by Steve Young called The Law of Love.  I recommend that as well for an interesting read about the power of loving God and our fellow humans.

This morning, we "attended" through Zoom the "farewell" remarks of Laurie and Mike Hoer who are leaving to serve a mission in Pakistan for the next 18 months.  They did amazing.  Laurie is one of the true gifts of a friend from Hong Kong.  I will be forever grateful for her and her spiritual gifts in my life. She is one of the great ones!

And while we missed our own Ward to share this experience with Hoers (and the fact that we have colds), I was sustained as one of the Gospel Doctrine teachers in our ward.  Not sure if I am replacing one of the current teachers or if there was going to be three teachers....waiting for a report from a friend to update me after Church.  This is the third time I have taught Gospel Doctrine.  In fact, it was my last calling in this ward before our missions.  I teach differently now so it is interesting to have the same calling as bookends to our missionary service.

And that is the wrap for the week!  Love you all.