T-minus 13 days to demolition

We haven't been updating the ol' blog here in a while because we were delayed by our building's wonderful management company for 6 months, while some structural engineer, who refused to visit us, deliberated slowly from a trailer-based office in Queens about whether our closet door was scary, illegal, or a skyscraper. I won't torture you with the saga, but that statement is actually true. :(

So as a result we've had our IKEA kitchen sitting in our living room since November and the tile people couldn't even find our order when we went back to schedule a delivery. ("Hm, maybe we filed it away with the 2008 taxes?")



BUT NOW! We finally have approval, and we have an actual start date from our contractor! Demolition begins... (drum roll) ... Tuesday 26-May! So we've been packing up everything in the rooms that will be smashed, taking down paintings and fragile things, and basically getting everything ready.

Soon! So soon! They'll be making all kinds of a ruckus and who knows where we'll sleep when we don't have a shower or toilet, but hey, that's what makes life interesting.