2009 yearly round up: Jan - Feb

 

2009 Jan - Feb:

i thought i would go back and review last year and all it's ups and downs over the next week or so.  in the mean time i have been going back and trying to reinsert all the photos that we lost as part of the new look and upgrade.  i had really planned to have these all taken care of shortly after the mitigation but like many projects in my life the photos somehow fell by the way side.  in a way the process of rebuilding the blog has made me go back and really read each post and remember a lot of the details i might have forgotten, but back to the topic at hand.

January of last year was all about a new little white puppy that came to be part of our family and planning and dreaming about the months ahead.  Bake came to live with us on New Years Day.  Baker was my 30th birthday present from my sweet JD.  boy has he become an integral part of our family.  i posted puppy updates and we planned for warmer months ahead.  there is something about the rainy January of the NW that makes me long for the garden, sunshine, and change and last January was no exception.  we made garden plans, ordered seeds, booked our postponed honeymoon to Kauai, and made big decisions about the fate of our stalled remodel.

February was all about doing... the month started off with a bang for me as the Steelers became 6th time super-bowl champs.  i was on a high and that rolled into the remodeling process.  with a plan in mind we started in the hall way with demo; removing trim, doors, and flooring.  then we moved onto ducts, ceiling, and eventually a bearing wall.  the major remodel payoff was when the new beams were in place and we could see the shape and layout of our house changing.  it took an entire month but by the end of February we were finally putting the hallway back together and lights were being installed. 


it was really amazing to look back at all the change that happened only one year ago... wonder what i'll be doing next year at this time?