It’s now the end of February. My last post was 2 months ago, and if you’ve been following on Facebook, a TON of progress has been made since then. My little bungalow is now a 2-storey home!
I wanted to take a step back and talk about some of the planning, and permits, required to take on such a job. I mentioned previously that I had found a great architectural designer who also is a framer for his family business. Super lucky find!
Just a watchout that I can share: I had no idea as a homeowner playing the role of General Contractor, that part of the permit application requirements was a formal HVAC Plan. I’d pretty much assumed that my HVAC Contractor would talk to the builder and figure things out and – ta da! – it would get done. Not the case. When you submit your permit application to the city, you MUST include a full HVAC Plan that includes calculations of the size of the duct work, the placement of the supply and air return lines, a calculation to ensure that your furnace and air conditioning units are sized appropriately for proper heating and cooling, etc. My architectural designer is not an HVAC designer. My HVAC contractor also doesn’t do the plans. So a couple of days AFTER I submitted my permit application to the City of Woodstock, I found all this out and scrambled to find someone to create my HVAC Plan. Did I mention that that day was December 17th? That’s right, just a week before before Christmas. My builder was hoping for permit approval so he could start ripping the roof off and framing up the addition between Christmas and New Year’s and there I was on December 17th finding out that I hadn’t submitted everything required. Face palm.
Luckily, my HVAC Contractor recommended someone that he’d worked with before. I looked them up and Surprise! it was someone that I went to High School with! I sent an email to Derek at DJ Design and within minutes he responded. Despite the fact that they were closing for the holidays the very next day, he assured me that they could get the plan out to me pretty quickly. By 3pm that afternoon, I had what I needed and ran it over to the permit office. Talk about saving my butt!!
I was able to get in touch with the permit office within a couple of days and they approved my plans, so we were off to the races! Oh, also, the fee for the permit was $1145.05 of which $460 was a damage deposit. As long as we don’t damage city property such as curbs or sidewalks when we’re doing the build, we will get that deposit back.
On the 28th of December, Ryan from Cocchetto Solutions got to work. First step was to demo the chimney in the middle of the house. Specifically, it was about a 2ft by 2ft structure that ran up from the basement, through the small (5×8 ft) bathroom, and up out of the roof. It wasn’t pretty brick that we could turn into a feature wall, it was just ugly cement. And after day 1, it was gone! Here are some photos originally and once it was just a memory.
Bathroom – Chimney on Right
Chimney Still in Place During Demo
Bye, Chimney!
Chimney is Gone from Basement
It was pretty crucial to remove the chimney – otherwise, it would run up through the middle of the new kitchen. Not okay!
I’m sure most of you have been following along on Facebook as I have been posting updates. I will try to add a slideshow that walks through the process from ripping the roof off to building the 2nd one – but my images need some optimization, they’re too big right now, so I’ll post this and make that a separate post.
I have big plans for this renovation. We’re gutting the entire existing main floor of the house plus we’re adding a 2nd storey. All on a very, very tight budget. We know that we’ll be doing quite a bit of the work by ourselves, and having family members help us out where possible. But the fact is, we still have a heck of a lot of materials that we have to purchase in order to get this done – and building materials have either become hard to find or have increased significantly during or as a result of the pandemic. That means I really need to be resourceful and search for as many “bargains” as possible if we’re going to make this happen. Fortunately, bargain hunting happens to be my superpower!
Kitchen Cabinets
Obviously, kitchens and bathrooms are the most important and the most costly when you’re renovating. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to find a great source for kitchen cabinets a few years back – an auction place about 45 minutes from Woodstock called Bryan’s Auctions. If you read through my Mississauga blog posts, you’ll see the before and after from the kitchen that I renovated there using a set of cabinets that I bought from there. I also renovated my apartment above the pub I owned using a set from another online auction. Well… this time, I bought what they call the “Dream” kitchen. For the upper cabinets, you have the standard 30″ cabinet, and then above that, there are 12″ tall cabinets that have glass doors. You can display your pretty, less used dishes in those upper cabinets. It also has 2 tall cabinets – one is a 24″ wide pantry, and the other can be either used for a wall oven or, in our case, we’ll use it for our microwave oven.
The best part of buying cabinets from an online auction is that it is a SIGNIFICANT cost saver. If you go and order wooden cabinets special order from Home Depot or something, this kitchen would probably cost $30,000. I paid about $11,000 including the tax and auction fee. You truly can’t beat the pricing. The catch, of course, is that you get what you get. You have to be pretty confident that the cabinets that you’re getting are going to fit your space, or you have to be able to “make do”. For example, in Mississauga, I ended up using a 36″ base cabinet in a corner – just removed the door on one side as it was going to be tucked behind the other cabinet. In the apartment, I had a 30″ base cabinet cut in half because I only needed a 15″ cabinet in the space. If you’re willing to make adjustments or compromises like that, it is a super great solution. In this case, since I am designing my kitchen from the ground up, I’m going to be able to use pretty much every cabinet exactly as it is designed. Can not WAIT to see it all come together!
Vanity
I really love this vanity from Costco. I don’t, however, love the fact that it is listed at over $2000! That’s just not going to work with our baby budget.
I started watching Facebook Marketplace and searching for a dresser that would work for the same purpose. Fortunately, I found one that is just the right size! It’s an older, solid wood dresser manufactured by Kroehler Furniture, and a woman outside of town had painted it royal blue. I bought it for $150. I then purchased a heat gun and started to strip off the royal blue paint. I’ve never used a heat gun before, but I’ve watched lots of episodes of Restored where they use them quite often to remove years of layers of paint. Here’s a quick sample… you can see just how great it works!
We have a cool Antique Mall and Vendor’s Marketplace here in Woodstock, where I picked up a jar of Fusion Mineral Paint in a colour called Champness and am refinishing this dresser to look much like the lovely one from Costco. I ordered a granite Vanity top from Home Depot with an integrated sink and had it delivered for about $450. So by the time it’s done it’ll cost me about $650.00 (plus my labour) to get the same look I’d have had to pay well over $2000 for!
Windows and Doors
Kind of an important part of building an addition, right? We want it to be light and bright – and we want to be able to get in and out! 🙂 Part of the plan is to add French Doors from the new dining room, leading out to the covered porch. The cheapest French Doors that you can buy from home reno stores are about $1200 for a set. Well, you’re starting to see the theme here – that’s too much for me! Once again, I started searching Marketplace and then bingo – I found someone selling not just one set, but 4 sets of French Doors!! We went to Oakville and met a lovely woman named Barb. She has a beautiful home that is about 15 years old. 2 of the windows in the house – the ones in her main bedroom and her daughter’s room – started to lose their seal, so they decided that they would replace all of the windows and doors in the house. She figured that she’d be able to get something for the 4 sets of French Doors (2 in the master bedroom, 2 in the kitchen), so she posted them to Marketplace. We were the first to get there and check them out, and we chose a set from the Master Bedroom as it had been seldom used. She only wanted $200 per set. As we chatted with Barb, she told us that the windows were being replaced, too, and I inquired as to whether she’d be willing to sell some of those, too. Bottom line, we ended up getting the doors and 6 windows PLUS California shutters for all of the windows and doors, for a total of $1000. I was thrilled with the deal. That left only one more window to acquire – that was a transom-type window for in our new walk-in closet. We found that on Marketplace, too. A family had their home damaged when a tree fell on it and were selling their windows, so we picked that one up for $50. Hopefully we won’t have any issues, and we’ll be able to make all of the reused windows and doors work well throughout the house!
Kitchen Sink
There are several bargains that I’ve acquired so far, but none were quite as much of a challenge as the kitchen sink! I really love the look of farmhouse sinks – they’re pretty much the only thing you see now on home renovation shows. Everything from beautiful hammered copper finishes to the stunning white fireclay finishes. The thing is, the budget will not allow me to go for stone countertops – and that’s what you need if you’re going to install an undermount sink. So, therefore, no farmhouse sink. Well, then I also found a few listings on Marketplace for sinks with integrated drainboards. Super cool vintage farmhouse style sinks – either in cast iron or porcelain – seemed to be stupid expensive ($600 used) or in really crappy condition. Or, perhaps required wall mounting. Not what I wanted. Then I found one about 25 minutes away in Norwich, listed for $250.00. I messaged the seller to ask for the dimensions, and tell her I’m interested. She replied that it is pending pickup. NOOOO! She did say that if she didn’t sell it, she would let me know. Well, about a week and a half or so passed by and the listing was still up, but she didn’t get in touch, so I messaged her again. This time, she told me that it hadn’t been sold BUT they’d broken off a piece of it when they removed it.
Yeah, they broke a huge chunk of the corner off of it. So she said she’d sell it for much less, if I wanted to try to fix it. Of course, I did a Google search – how to repair porcelain sink/tiles, etc. Turns out a tube of Gorilla Glue Epoxy Gel and a porcelain repair kit will do the trick, so I thought why the heck not! It’s worth a try. Well… honestly… I definitely had my work cut out for me. When I picked it up, the old plumbing was attached, as well as the faucet. I set about pulling it all apart to clean it up. Well… I haven’t seen that much disgusting filth since I bought an old, filthy pub. It looked as if whoever had owned the house prior to this young couple buying and renovating had just shoved tons of dirt down the drain and left it there. After I dug a lot of it out, I put the whole sink overtop of my current sink and just ran water into the drain holes for about 30 minutes straight – that’s how long it took it to run clear. GROSS!! I then got the epoxy gel glue out and was worried that it wasn’t going to work – it actually fell off once. I braced it up and taped it with some scotch tape and left it overnight and it seems to have held together perfectly. Then I applied the porcelain repair cream and let it set overnight. I just have to sand it with the 800 grit sandpaper that came with the repair kit and it should look great. I’m really hopeful that it will be amazing when it is done! If it does – it’ll be about a $200 total investment (plus my labour) and they’re selling for about $1500 (or more) new!!
These are just a few of the bigger bargain purchases that I’ve made so far. The list is long… and I didn’t even mention the fact that I bought beautiful hardwood flooring for the entire house from the auction place for a fraction of what I’d pay at retail! I’m worried about the budget, definitely… but so far, I’m really happy with the stuff that I have bought and the prices that I have paid have been extremely reasonable. The builder started just yesterday to frame up the walls and make the structural updates necessary. Tomorrow he’s supposed to start ripping off the roof!! It’s starting to move forward, and it is SO exciting!!
Hello! As I mentioned on my “Woodstock” page, I have purchased a 1960s bungalow in my hometown and plan to do a major renovation to it before moving in. It’s a big, huge reno on a very modest budget, so every dollar must be spent wisely.
I bought a great property in a great neighbourhood with a beautiful pool… but the reality is, the house as purchased really didn’t work well for my needs. With tiny bedrooms and an even tinier kitchen, there would be no room for storage of all my stuff, and no room to actually do the stuff that I enjoy doing in the house – baking, quilting, etc.
So I decided to pursue adding a 2nd storey.
The Plans
Step one in the planning process was finding someone to actually work with me to draw up the plans that would be needed to build a 2nd storey addition. I tried several different firms in Woodstock and surrounding area and got the same responses – “we’re too booked up”, or “we’re only doing new builds now”. Finally, in May, I stumbled across CR Group Design on Facebook. I reached out to Ryan, and he was able to help. We met to discuss the project and share some initial thoughts. At that time, I was thinking about adding an extension off the back of the house, but after discussing and realizing that the roof would have to come off the house anyway, I decided it would be best to add a 2nd storey.
It’s now been more than 6 months since that initial meeting. We’ve gone back and forth on the plans a few times to come up with just exactly what I want the house to be. I have a pretty clear vision for what our needs are and I’m pretty definitive, so I don’t think I have been too unreasonable with change requests.
Here are the plans – starting with the initial floor plan, then moving on to what will be the main floor, and finally, the 2nd storey!
Original Main Floor
New Main Floor
New 2nd Storey
The Crew
We got the keys to the house on October 15th, and since then, the priority has been to remove anything that can be reused and sell it, and basically gut the entire first floor to get ready for the build. My brother, who has been working on house flips for the past couple of years, has been working on the demo. My “uncle” Tom, (actually my Mom’s cousin’s husband), who has been a builder and carpenter for years is my project manager and my advisor. His experience and expertise is so valuable – and I trust him completely to help me do what is right, while being very aware of budget limitations. He’s the kind but firm hand that says “you really don’t want to touch that right now!”
As for the plans, once totally finalized, they need engineer sign-off, and then we apply for a permit. That’s where we are right now… I’m expecting to head into the permit office this week and the hope/intention is that the main build (ripping off the roof and framing the 2nd storey) will take place over the Christmas break!
The great thing about working with Ryan is that his family has been in the construction business for decades, so we didn’t have to go and search for an available builder (they’re all double booked these days). We just signed up with Cochetto Solutions!
In 2018, I’d had a bunch of personal things happen – I was in a relationship that wasn’t going anywhere. I’d had several years of fertility treatments, including one final round of IVF, all of which had failed, and I needed to try something new. I sold the house in Mississauga. I quit the job I’d been doing for 8 years – the one that paid really well and enabled me to do renos and take vacations, etc. – and I bought a small town pub! That’s a whole other blog. It was quite the adventure. But for now, I’ll stick to the reason we’re here – to showcase how things ended up with the house in Applewood Heights, Mississauga.
As I wrote about previously, my friend Jimmy did the kitchen and bath renos on the main floor. My brother and I finished the basement, and just before I sold the place, I did some more work in the basement to add a coat closet and make it a separate entrance so that the new people could potentially rent it out. It was lots of work, but I think it turned out so much better than when I started. There were lots more projects that I’d have wanted to complete if I’d stayed – modernizing the front even more by opening up that closed in porch, replacing the front door entirely, and probably painting or replacing the front railing and flower beds… but I did what I could in the time that I was there and I think I build a much better functioning house!
Now, I’m on to the next project. Hope you’ll follow along!
Exterior Before
Exterior with new Garage Door, Light, Number, and Painted Door
Eat-in Kitchen Before
17′ x 11′ Kitchen After
Opened up Between Kitchen & Living Room
Living Room Before
Living Room After (open to Kitchen)
Main Bath Before
Main Bath After
Main Bath Shower with Custom Celtic Knot Tile Inset
Well hey there! Thanks for dropping by. You’re probably thinking that I have abandoned the blog, but no, I have just been out there living life and haven’t had a whole lot of time to write about it!
So, a couple of updates from last time. I FINALLY got around to changing the locks on the entry doors to the house, and adding dead bolts. I hate to say this so publicly, but the door and lock situations to this point have been pretty sad. The locks were not much better than something you would put on your bedroom door. Ok, maybe not, because they were actually keyed locks, but the upper and lower had different keys, I never did figure out which key was for the lower one, and they had no dead bolts. Bad news, right? I’d purchased new Weiser Smart Key lock sets way back in December – like, Cristmas week. I also purchased a template/guide tool and drill set that helps you know exactly were to put the holes in the doors. Honestly, the worst part was figuring out exactly where to drill the hole in the door frame for the deadbolt to bolt into. It took several tries. I also had a defective dead bolt for the floor downstairs. I tried and tried, and the screws would not screw it together. Finally I took it back to Rona and the guy figured out that the threads that the screws have to screw into, to hold it together, were damaged. Picked up a replacement and, voila, new locks, and the smart key system allowed me to rekey the new deadbolt for downstairs to the same key as upstairs. Easy!
The next and greatest update is on the progress of the kitchen. Jimmy brought help and he and his buddy Stu got my wall taken down, beam installed, etc. last week. I the got Rich, the electrician, to come back in Friday and he finished wiring up the kitchen, appliances, etc. and changed out the electrical panel. By 9pm Friday evening everything was working… and I had a disaster of a house to ready for a dinner party!!
I was up and working by about 8:30 Saturday morning, and by 5:30 when the first of my friends arrived, it felt like a home in here, for really the first time since I moved in. Here are a couple of photos.
Ok, so we’re making some good progress on the kitchen! On Friday, I took the day off work to help Jim out with the drywall. Turned out, he also borrowed a drywall hoist from a friend, and it was magic. Seriously, made life so much easier… just place the sheet of drywall on it, crank the wheel, and it held it to the ceiling while you screwed the thing to the rafters.
On Saturday, I grouted the tiles in the kitchen. Here’s the in progress shot:
The colour of the grout was a tough choice… Jim was with me when I picked it out and we discussed a grey grout, and the one that I ended up choosing was called Bahama Beige… as you can see, it was really dark, like chocolate frosting, when it was wet, but when finished, it is a great colour match.
Today, Jim did the drywall on the walls. Yay! It is finally starting to look like a proper room again!
Who knew that one day I would actually look forward to doing laundry! I never would have thought it was possible, but let me tell you… after going 2 months without having a dryer installed, the fact that I now have one working may not quite be reason to celebrate, but it is definitely exciting enough to want to do laundry! On Friday, Rich finished drilling the hole through the cinder block wall, and installing the plug, so that I could finally use my new dryer. I don’t know if I mentioned it previously, but the day after I moved in I had my new Samsung laundry pair delivered. They are High Efficiency, Super Capacity machines and this time, instead of buying the front load machines, I got the top load washer. so far, so good! Seriously though, I can not fathom a family spending all of their lives without proper laundry machines. It is so incredibly convenient to have a dryer, and to know that you can quickly get your clothes, bedding, etc. clean and dry without having them hanging all over the basement.
Anyway, aside from that, I have some progress to report on the kitchen… the tile is pretty much all in place, except where the wall will be coming down, and I think that Jim is coming tomorrow (possibly with a mutual friend, Mark, to help) to do the drywall. So exciting! Here is an in progress photo of the tiles.
By next week, the cabinets should be in place so that I can order up the counter top, seeing as they’re going to take a few weeks to come in. In the meantime, Jim can finish up the other bits – like taking out the wall and putting in the beam.
Oh… my super fun purchase this weekend was these bar stools, which will sit at the island!
Tuesday night after a long weekend, Leafs game is on – they just traded Franson and Santorelli today – and instead of giving it my attention I figured it’s time to post an update on what’s happening with the renovations.
With this past weekend being a long weekend, I was able to make some progress on a few things. On Friday night, my electrician, Rich, was still here when I got home from work, so we spent a bit of time talking about the renovation to the kitchen, the island configuration, etc. Unfortunately, the way the ceiling and rafters are configured, when I have the wall removed between the kitchen and living room, there will be a need to add 3 posts. Between the posts, I’ll position the island, but openings between the posts need to be about 36 inches to be to current building code. That pretty much dictates that the island is going to have to sit up against the two posts on the fridge side. I think that’ll be okay. Lowe’s was advertising 20% off this week, for the cabinets that I’d picked out for the island, so I ordered them. I also ordered a new exterior door for the ground (lower) floor. The door that is there now is not an entry door – it has no insulation value and really isn’t safe – so I took advantage of the $75 off sale for that, too. Those were delivered on Saturday morning.
Saturday morning was Valentine’s Day. Since I don’t officially have a Valentine, I swapped a few texts with some friends (and my crush) and then set about smashing down the wall between the kitchen and living room. Well, more specifically, opening up the wall. It was all cement/plaster over gypsum board, so lots of layers of mess and filth. I grabbed Stanley and started smashing away – including smashing one of my fingers and actuallly breaking the skin. I then had to bag up the mess and take it out to the garage. I’m really excited about how it’ll all look once it is taken down, because as of now it is already much brighter and sunnier…
I am not excited, however, by how much garbage is in my garage right now!
On Sunday morning, Rich showed up to finish up some loose ends. He also insulated the exterior wall of the kitchen – a very welcome task seeing as the temperature dropped to -40 that day with the wind chill. It was crazy cold. I actually headed over to the US (Buffalo) with my good friends Theresa and Rob for the day. Rich is going to come back another day and finish up installing a GFL plug for the washer, a new plug for my dryer (there wasn’t one) and also drilling a hole through the back of the house for the dryer vent. I can’t WAIT to have a dryer. It’s been almost 2 months since I’ve been able to do anything except hang dry my clothes! Then, he’ll have to come up for the final stage – switching over to the all new electrical panel.
Next step, hopefully tomorrow, Jim will have to put up the vapour barrier on the exterior wall and then start installing the new tile on the floors. I’m really thrilled with the tile choice… you never know for 100% sure how it’ll look when you’re just standing in a hardware store trying to imagine it with all of your other choices, but this one has lots of colour variations that will go great with my slate appliances and with the hardwood floors. It’s going to look great.
After the tile, Jim will do the drywall and then it’ll be time to actually start installing the cabinets, at which time I can take final measurements and order the countertop. Jimmy has a contact for that, so I might go to a little guy, instead of going through Home Depot. Oh, speaking of the Depot… I ordered my light for over the island and it was delivered today.
I’m planning to paint a red accent wall in the dining room, so this will coordinate well.
Ok, that’s about it for now. Leafs are already down 3-1 in the 2nd and it doesn’t look like they’re going to recover. Terrible! Time to go an fold some laundry. More in a few days!
I know you are probably anxiously awaiting updates on the kitchen. Well… here is one photo of how it looks pretty gutted.
That’s my cute little fur ball, Pippa, doing an inspection of the demo. Notice that all of the bulkhead is gone. The floor was still in place there though. The next one is after Jimmy (and Stanley) smashed their way through the floors.
What a filthy, dusty mess that left. Like a giant litter box for the cat (thank God she didn’t see it that way!)
Tomorrow, my electrician will be here to start running the new lines for lighting, for the dishwasher, etc. Afterwards, Jim will have to insulate that wall and drywall it. I can’t wait to have a beautiful kitchen. I have been using Lowe’s virtual kitchen planner to plan the layout, so I know exactly what it will look like!
Besides the kitchen, I have been working on a few little things…
I went to the Habitat for Humanity Restore on Saturday, up in Brampton, and picked up a couple drying racks. These are made to screw into your ceiling and you can raise or lower them as needed. I bought two and installed one over the dryer and one over the laundry tub. I may not have as much need of them once the dryer is running, but for only $15 each, they were totally worth it!
Yesterday, I decided to take on a task that I’d been wanting to do for a while… install a programmable thermostat. I was fortunate, a year or so ago, to pick one up for almost nothing (under $2) when Rona was going out of business near me and had 90% off the lowest price… I just needed to install it. I googled instructions, and it was easy:
1) Turn off the power at the furnace. I just flipped the switch, so I didn’t need to pull the fuse from the electrical panel.
2) Remove the face plate from the old thermostat… it even had mercury unit!
3) Remove the screws holding the thermostat into its base.
4) Remove the screws holding the wires in place, while being careful to note which wire was attached to which terminal… W, Y, RH, etc.
5) Fully remove the mounting plate from the wall and replace it with the new one. I was lucky there… I could use the same screws and holes (plugged).
6) Once the new plate was mounted, insert the wires into the new terminals and tighten the tiny screws.
7) Install the batteries.
8) Program the temperature settings.
9) Turn the furnace power back on.
That’s it. Pretty simple.
Now, I think it is time to sign off. More on the kitchen next time!
Today is a snow day. It was the first day in the new house where we’ve actually had a significant snowfall, and therefore the first where I actually had to shovel. It took me about 1.5 hours, because there was so much of it down, but I have to say, it felt like a good workout!
I’ve been meaning, for the last few days, to post the before/after shots of the bathroom, so that you can see just how much of an awesome difference it is. Take a look:
I still have a couple of bits and pieces to put into place, like a mirror and perhaps a cabinet over the toilet, and some sort of decor on the far wall. Plus, I’ll need to add a shower curtain (right now I just have a vinyl liner in place). I’m really happy with how it turned out though – it’s a classic look, with the travertine, that won’t become dated quickly, but with the neutral colour palette, the paint colour could be changed at any time to give it a totally different feel.
Thanks to Brandie for coming over this weekend and painting the trim, while I was doing some work in the kitchen!
Also wanted to update you all on the status of the fireplace. The house came with a wood burning fireplace that had an insert installed. The insert, unfortunately, was not up to code. My fireplace guy, Mr. Hartt, said that they called them “slammers” in the industry, because back in the day (probably the 80s) when this was installed, they’d slam them into the fireplace without any proper chimney liner, etc. This created, over time, a very dangerous situation because they creosote would build up inside the chimney and create such heat and potential for massive chimney fires – some even got so bad that they’d explode and blow the chimney or the insert right out. Well, I had the thing removed, and when he pulled it out (a bill that was over $400) he uncovered the fact that in order to install it originally they’d smashed the firebox out. In order to restore it, that has to be rebuilt, or I could choose to have a different insert installed with a proper liner, or convert to an electric insert, or a gas insert. He said that would run in the $3800 and up range. I chose to go with the $2200 rebuild the firebox and replace the damper option… he’ll come back in March to complete the work. The problem is, the Insurance Company is pretty hard nosed about this – they want to make sure that they’re not insuring a home that has a huge potential of burning down (if I were stupid enough to use the fire as it was).
The fireplace is just one example that I’ve found, in so many examples in this house, where things were done in half measures… not done properly. I’m fixing that, but it’ll take a while! Oh well… lots more content to write about.
