The purpose of my last blog post was to convey the positive changes in Lauren and in our house as a result of our renovation. It didn’t occur to me that it gave a skewed perspective of the last year of our lives. I thought the adjective “DIY” was enough for any reader to understand that this was not a simple undertaking, and that we’re not working with an abundance of wealth here. (If we were, we would have hired a contractor for just about everything, as Lauren can keep us busy 24/7 without anything extra on the agenda.)