The Karp Farms

I write this post to the dulcet sounds of sledgehammers and big electric drills (or something like that). Demo has begun! Apparently, unlike in Brooklyn, permit delays are measured in days not weeks, so we are back in business. There is a four-person crew here pulling up our gross tiles. Hurrah! This all happened so quickly that we are still only half-settled in our space. More importantly, the demo plan includes starting with the tiles in the great room (adjacent to the temporary apartment) so that we can put in a temporary floor and actually use that space in its unfinished state. So we'll save pictures of our living quarters 'til that's done. Our contractor thinks demo will take less than a week. He also says that the horsey bedroom walls are ideal for children to smash through, and that will happen later this week. Kids will get their sledgehammer experience before we know it! Construction status:  Awesome. Demo. Dumpsters. Visible progress. Hurrah! Murphy Scale:...

Well, we're here. We arrived in town last Sunday and are having a hard time believing it's only Thursday. We are splitting time between the apartment in LoDo and the Farm; we expect to be all moved into our temporary digs at the Farm by Saturday. Although we usually start our posts with what we've learned, it's been such an eventful few days, we'll just list everything that has happened. 1. We have furniture. Our truck came Monday. Most of our stuff is in the garage, and a worrisome amount of what we have unboxed is broken. We also cannot find our dishes, or the fourth leg of Melinda's desk. But, we are slowly pulling together the temporary apartment and will get pictures up once we're settled in. 2. We have a contractor! Moreover, a contractor that is already starting to do light demo (saving baseboards, etc.). Our dumpster comes tomorrow, and although there is a slight permitting delay, we expect full demo to begin within a few weeks. The contractor ...