We are entering week three of our latest home improvement project: the office remodel. Week one was all about the ripping up and destruction of things, and we were pretty caught up in the activity. Week two involved much sanding, painting, and flooring. Week three has been the week of living with the reality of the mess. Our self-imposed diaspora is officially getting old. I am down in the dining room where I have a card table and the dining room table cluttered with a disorganized mess of papers and computers. Chuck is squirreled away in one of the spare bedrooms, surrounded by a bed stood on its side and fold-up tables covered in computers and papers. We communicate by phone a lot, calling each other from our now remote locations to ask questions and consult. Finding anything is a challenge as a good portion of our stuff is in boxes packed away for the duration. Thank goodness Closet World is coming back this week.

Photos are here of the work so far.