Deal or no deal??

The remodel is moving forward slowly. Finishing details have begun, which is pretty exciting! The stairs are now finished (they have put the hardwood on the stairs) -- they look very nice and will look nicer when stained.

A few problems have cropped up (natch). Kitchen cabinets are not arriving until late June (they were supposed to be here at the end of this month). Some of the lights I ordered I'll have to return due to the ballasts that were included. (Yes, going to a graphikeye system is nice, but it's caused all sorts of ripple effects.) The cabinets can't get installed in the garage until the drywall is done, and we can't move our furniture back until the cabinets are installed. I'm getting a bit nervous that we're going to have a problem. I'm not really sure where the safest place is to put our good remaining furniture without worrying that it will get banged up.

And, the biggest problem of all: the city won't turn on our gas unless we sign something that says we won't live there. Which is, of course, the main point. So we'll be living without gas, which could get pretty stinky pretty quickly. Our next-door neighbors had offered to let us use their in-law cottage downstairs, so we may have to take them up on it unless I can find a series of housesitting arrangements.

I am SO ready to be done with this renovation! The next couple of months are going to suck, living without a kitchen, hot water or washer and dryer.