and well...now it's been a year

So we ended up closing on that house we were talking about looking for and eventually buying. And...wow. That was about 6 months ago. I initially had grand plans to document our progress and provide useful information to other diy-ers and...show people how hardworking and resourceful and bootstrappy we were. All that. Instead...we survived. At best. We had our hands and lungs and eyes and knees and our comfort zone and minds and sense of security and stability and our bank accounts and friendships and very fibers of our being assaulted almost non-stop the entire time. Not to be dramatic...

Anyway, we live here now. I mean, there are light bulbs hanging out of the ceilings and no trim and more rooms without outlets than rooms with and possessions scattered about seeking storage that will not come. But the kitchen is great. And the radiant flooring is awesome (albeit a bit creaky). And we can sit in our own space and watch tv for hours and not worry about running water or working toilets or freezing our assess off in the middle of a miserable dirty room with no walls or ceiling and god knows what floating through the air. And it's ours.