Caution. Construction Ahead.

Construction not just ahead but behind, beside, above, below and all around. We're pluggin' and sluggin' and it's coming along....but in ten minutes I was able to whip up this list ......

How to tell if you're living in a house under "destruction".

Food, dishes and tools are all using the same space. At the same time.

There is always a piece of sawdust or something sharp, sticking into your sock or slipper.

When you sweep the plywood floor that is waiting for flooring to be installed you can never be sure you are getting all the dirt. Between the paint splotches, marks, scrapes, stains etc. you can only hope you are managing to collect the loose stuff.

Many trips are made to the hardware store. Like sometimes three in one day.

Tools and stools are sometimes needed by multiple people at once.

The living room furniture is covered in sheets.

The supper table is set up in the living room. The china cabinet drawers are also in the living room, but the cabinet itself is still in the barn, waiting for either a nice day or for two strong guys to be available at the same time.

The vacuum is not just used for cute little dust bunnies.

The laundry has more work-clothes in it than "town" clothes (What do civilized folk wear? I'm starting to forget)

Your Kijiji searches are for steel doors, windows, tubs, sinks, ceiling fans.

You move the same items DOZENS of times since stuff is ALWAYS in the way.

There is a ladder in your dining room along with a mostly finished bag of insulation. Actually there is drywall in there too and ........well fine, so it's not a dining room just yet.....

The You-Tube videos you hear your husband listening to are usually about home construction until recently when he was listening to ones to help him with winterizing the trailer.

There are at least six cans of paint lying around that come "in a set" with stir stick, brush all wrapped up in a bag to keep the paint from drying, latex gloves and a paint can opener.

The two tables designated for tools aren't big enough and tools will find themselves on almost any surface that is flat.

There are copious amounts of dust. Everywhere.

Bags of garbage are found, well, just about anywhere. With the final goal being as close to the van as possible for that day when another dump run might be made!

There isn't one room that is completely done. Most are being lived in but all of them need something finished, like trim, curtain rods, painting in closets, etc.

Every day you hear "Where's the....?" or "Has anyone seen......"

You find yourself wanting to play hooky and just take a day off, but how can you? There is so much going on, so much to do, so many things calling your name and it's all happening "in your space"!

Must. Keep. Going.

And that is how you can tell if your home is undergoing a bit of an over-haul.