ARB

I just got done meeting with the architectural review board tonight and they approved our addition (extended kitchen, family room, bathroom, 2 bedrooms). Now we just need final approval from the building department and we can get started. 

Last year (November) I asked a contractor that we found on Angie's List to come by and take a look at the house before we purchased it. After some calls to the building department and some input from their favorite architect (Bernie Rodgers) we decided to risk the purchase and see if we couldn't turn this 1913 fixer upper with charm into our dream home. 

It took a few months to hammer out our final design....then I got sick.

At which point having a "dream home" stopped being important. 

Yet things kept creeping along. Interviewing Contractors and Architects. Initial Arcitectural Plans. Revised Plans. Integrating building department suggestions. Zoning Waivers. Etc. 

Now here we are a year later and it's about time to turn it all over to the contractor. 

Through this process I have learned to let go and patiently wait for things to happen in their own time. Now I just need to have that same patience with my medical ticks (non life threatening issues that need to be resolved).

You would think that it would be easy to turn it all over to God, but it's not.