More work

Here are some before and after shots. I should mention that all of this work has been done by one guy!

Before

Now

















Before


Now

Electric OK

View of the roof through where the ceiling used to be taken from the basement through where the floor used to be

An electrician was able to get to the house yesterday and fix the problem rather than having to replace the entire box.

So the floor is gone and some new joists were installed in an attempt to level the floor...which actually makes it look unlevel compared to the studs on the walls...

This picture was taken with one foot in the living room and the other standing on a joist in the kitchen

View to the basement

Kitchen Renovation

I'm not quite sure what gave me the impression that our kitchen renovation would be a smooth process when absolutely NOTHING in our life is....but I was duped again.

Kitchen Before

Day 1 of work - went very smoothly. all of the cabinets, walls, and appliances were removed. I was shocked when I got home!

Same view after

Day 2 - trouble already...they started to get the floor out and while messing with the baseboard heat, the pipe burst and sent water all over the kitchen and down to the basement. the rest of that day was lost to cleaning and plumbing. but they did get the ceiling out.

Over the weekend it rained pretty hard and I could hear dripping in the kitchen. In the morning I checked it out and the floor was all wet. the roof is leaking, which must have been going on all along but the insullation was soaking it up.

Day 3 - got the rest of the floor out to the studs. they went to put down the new subfloor only to find that the power went out. the electrical box needs to be replaced. they're waiting for an electrician to come.

Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings...

It didn't work

Last week I asked the doc if we could test on the 19th instead of the 20th so I wouldn't be at work when I got the results. Good thing because the results were negative and I was able to be at home with Chris to deal with it.

That's all for now...

They're home

Two 100% quality embryos were placed in my uterus this morning. It's such an amazing thing.

The procedure was a piece of cake...no pain at all. Dr. Cardone came in and showed us a picture of the two embryos. The embryologist came in with a catheter that had the two embryos in it. the dr. put them in then handed the catheter back to the embryologist so he could check under the microscope to make sure they both went in. He came back in and said that one was still in the catheter! I said "He's misbehaving already!" So the second one finally went in and it was over. I had to lay there for about an hour and then we left.

I got home and Chris (my houseboy Coco) made me lunch. Then I took a nap. Now we're watching the new Harry Potter movie. Tomorrow my mother is coming over to watch movies with me all day.

A nurse told us a couple days ago that I would be on bed rest for 2 days, but the dr. assured us it was supposed to be 4 days. Good thing I have my computer to entertain me.

I have a pregnancy test scheduled for March 20th.