The promise of spring

Finally, it seems that spring will actually come this year!  That makes everything seem so much better.  On the road into our place there is this first patch of daffodils.

We have made some good progress.  We have cut through from the new to the old so we can see how the entire space is going to flow.  We are very pleased.  The cut-through from Charley & Jackie's new family room to their kitchen is really a nice space.  This is our contractor Tyler and his helper Fernando a few days ago.  Now the beam is all in and the drywall mudding is done.

Also, we are beginning to use our basement, even before it is actually set up.  Because C&J will be going to get their next son in another couple months, at the same time, Jackie is getting their room in shape.  Plus Uncle Wendell gave Charley a hive so he can get started with bees and that hive needed painted.  So, Jackie and I are painting in the new basement.  Fabulous space.

In this picture, the door behind Jackie is into the basement kitchen/mud room.  That has a door to the back porch and into their family room. The door to the left is into the farm office and there is a bathroom there also, so that will be a very versatile space.

This week, we are having a painter paint part of the space.  We started to do the painting ourselves and realized it was too big a job for us, so will pay to have most of the new upstairs painted.  We will still need to paint the old upstairs and the basement, so we still have a lot.  The vinyl is supposed to be installed next Monday and the hardwood the Monday after that. 

We need to get the garden started and there just aren't enough hours in the day.

Exciting and busy times here in the Bluegrass.