6 lessons learned…in pictures
Memories and lessons from our remodeling experience!
LESSON ONE
Sometimes it’s difficult to see through chaos to a vision of what might be when all the dust settles!
Isn’t it amazing how everything takes longer that expected and longer than we would like? Oh, well…
Of course, it sounded great at the time!
LESSON THREE
In life, just like in projects, there is always more to the tasks than first recognized!
Who knew there was so much prep work to do before the work of painting even started?
LESSON FOUR
Even the easiest parts of life come with
- surprises,
- unexpected delays, and
- challenges!
Finally, we did get to the “easy part”-the painting! (With all its idiosyncratic challenges.)
LESSON FIVE
Even folks you like can be wrong or ignorant or unhelpful.
The folks at Home Depot were friendly and eager to help. But we did find it smart to check their information with our contractor as they didn’t always know.
(they just sounded like they did!)
LESSON SIX
There’s always opportunities to make new friends.
Of course we made a number of visits! (we even made multiple trips on the same day.)
We were on a first name basis with a number of the greeters!
All in all, it was quite an experience!
And the lessons were well worth learning!
We are, however, going to take a month off from making any more home improvement projects in order to recuperate from May’s efforts!
2 Comments
Love this!
So much to learn…especially about Self when in such situations.
Theresa, sometimes it amazes me how many lessons there are to learn (or even in some cases relearn!)
But it does go to remind me that there is a silver lining to every cloud, even if I have to look carefully for it!