Andrea, progress takes many forms. SOOT is one of them!
Well, almost everything has made it to the country. I will be the next five years or so sorting it out. Exciting to be finding things that were packed two years ago. Ahh! the legs to the wee coffee table! I was so afraid they were lost and it is a unique antique which I really like. So I spent time sorting and placing while R went back to the city yesterday and came back for a music event with MANY wonderful local musicians - from blue grass to rock and roll. Then rains started and we had to run home with the truck and managed to squeeze it into the garage so we could go back (only about five minutes.) Then we were unloading the beautiful glass curio cabinet - piece of cake - and the VERY HEAVY queen size hideabed. Squashed my hand and put a piece of frozen meat on it - no ice, of course! But there is now.
R got the sofa in alone being a stubborn Scot. Such a nice LR now. Sofa, love seat (matching - the only new ones of my life - about ten years old but still new - and brass lamps (all from yard sales!) with burgundy shades bought NEW some years ago!
Lots still to do. But this week will focus on domesticating the city house. Insurance inspector arriving next Monday and the place is a disaster. But the shed is basically empty and can be removed. The The weather is to be coolish for a couple days so I can do that and plant the tomatoes and peppers. Then work on the inside the rest of the week when it heats up outside.
Remembering to water the hanging basket - upstairs on the balcony - is daunting. I think an alarm on the computer is in order!