HOLY PARAPETS!!

WEEK 8    

Holy Parpets!   

View from below the stairwell-to-be (really, it's one floor, not 5…) 

June 2, 3:00 pm.   Flying Star.   Yes, it has been a ridiculously long time since I had a chance to update.   Fear not, plenty has happened.   Ed and I made a long-planned (and ill-timed) trip to Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend.   AND the guys worked most of that weekend because that's when the extra crew of framers were available. Apparently, every framer in Bernalillo county worked on our house while we were away.  When we left, I was feeling real proud of seeing the skeleton of the new addition because (I thought) I could begin to visualize what the finished project would look like.  When we returned on Monday evening, we rounded the corner towards what used to be our house and there was this giant wooden tower looming over the neighborhood.  No lie, I kind of shrieked.....

So it turns out that I really had very little idea of how the profile of the house would change.   I just had a great idea of what the finished inside would be like - light and airy, great views from a small office, and a lovely room which could serve as a reasonable dance space/social space/yoga floor room with more great views and a cozy nook to curl up and read. Oh yes, and a shop where Ed can work his magic with metal and stone and maybe teach me about wood-turning.  All of which will eventually materialize, but right now the change is pretty overwhelming.  I spent a couple of sleepless nights having second, third, and 30th thoughts about what on earth we were doing, the impact on our lives, our (forever) unborn children's lives, and the future of the planet . Oh yes, and world war 3 also emerged during those nights - however tangentially related it might be to our remodel.

I seem to have regained my grip on reality now...we are doing this, for better or worse, and it has helped a lot to think it all through with good friends who have been wonderfully affirming.   And to imagine all the ways we might put this wonderful space to use, for us, and others.  It did not hurt to discover that we can actually see the Los Poblanos fields open space from the emerging deck - a bonus not even Ed with his engineer's eye , nor Kent, our accomplished architect, envisioned.  This winter we should not only  be able to enjoy the sandhill cranes flying over the house (which was one of my reasons for buying the house in 2009), but also watch them land in the Open Space fields.   Sometimes you gotta trust your instincts and have some faith….

Couple of great views -- it's like a tree house!