Where are we? In a money pit!

Yup, I'm still here.  I'm not sure anyone else is.  I know the secret to a blog is frequent posting.  That is what I read.  Instead, I have been around doing other stuff.  Mainly, two things have happened.  I worried that my electronic life could be bigger than my real one.  That made me want to focus on people.  The second, much bigger part of the my absence, is this story.  Once upon a time, we bought a house.  Before much of the work was started, I sat my husband down to watch this:

After watching some of the movie, "this movie was ridiculous, over-the-top movie from the'80s."  I wonder what that husband of summer yesteryear would say to us now.  Yes, I am still here.  The house is still here.  Three contractors have asked how my marriage is.  It is still here.  My bank account...not so much.  That movie did capture the truth... a bit.  We have had more than our share of unexpected things happen.  Estimates, many times, were four times what we had planned.  I have been asked with amusement if we "bought this house?" We are through the worst.  Yes, we actually do need to finish the stairs.

I am thinking about the word regret.  Instead,  I want to look at the word learning.  I have learned so much.  That has been the best part.  I haven't documented all of the changes or drama.  It might make me put my head down.  But, I think I do need to gather the photos to give a sense of all the fun we have had. Despite all of the trouble, it feels good to make something better.  If given the time and money, I would do it again.  I find myself driving by Tudors that aren't on the way home.