Adventures at The Bunny Manse

Took advantage of global warming to clean our yard and porch. Harris cleaned out the summer kitchen. For some reason, we had three bags of charcoal. We don't own a charcoal grill. A bunch of other stuff on the curb, in the trash, in the recycling bin. Madeline and I used the leftover trim paint on the benches that Harris made last year from the bedframes left in the house when we purchased it.   Margot napped. And played. And pinched and screamed at Madeline for not letting her run into the street. Then they shared a granola bar and we're ok again. Madeline and I also scrubbed, sanded, and spray painted the ice cream parlour chairs I bought last year while Harris was in rehab. I don't know what went wrong. we scrubbed and sanded until there was no more rust, then when we started spray painting, the paint started flaking even more. It's very odd. This will get them through the summer and we'll work on them again this spring. ...

Phase 1 - purchase, demo, create kitchen, create space we could live in. Resulted in Kitchen, Bath, bedroom, living area.  Funded by sale of former primary residence. Phase 2 - Complete the plaster, floors, and bathrooms - expanding living space to 3 bedrooms upstairs, art room downstairs, dining, living room, 4 bathrooms in service (not complete). Installation of HVAC. Funded by sale of investment property + 0% lines of credit. Phase 3- Slate roof replacement, chimney work, exterior carpentry work. Funded by mortgage on house. Phase 4 - Paint exterior, paint interior, interior carpentry, punch list items. Funded by home equity line of credit. Remaining items from punch lists above - Fix tile in 2 bathrooms.  Paint kitchen walls again.  Paint pantry again.  Finish girls bathroom (we have all materials, just need to do the work) Fix basement access  Create butler pantry or half bath or laundry room thing. Plans change with sobriety.  fix w...

Our perfect little infant daughter has an elevated lead level. When we painted the interior we actually moved out of the house. When we returned, the crew had cleaned and Harris and I then spent three days cleaning. Of course there was lead paint - that's why we were painting all the trim. After we confirmed Margot's lead level, we set about a full wholesale cleaning of the house. We have a grid of ceilings, walls, floors, literally every surface in our house needs to be HEPA vacuumed and then wet washed. This is in addition to the HEGA filter we run upstairs and the two Trane Clean Air Effects units we had installed with the HVAC last year. We are on a mission to get the dust out of our house. It's not just about being neat and tidy, it's about neuro-cognitive effects for our daughter. So on Saturday, when we woke up and I looked at the areas inside where they had completed touch ups and saw a fine layer of dust I literally lost it. I sat down on the bed and just...