HAPPY

Complicated

Overwhelming

yikes.

Sigh!

Whirlwind

Creative Chaos

Friends

Fire.

Better

Tranquil

lisa160

Sorry for your loss. Hope 2017 will bring you good things.

Never-ending!

Sunny (in my new sunroom!).

unproductive

Need ideas for home office in kitchen

Tired

"Change is good"...REALLY????

Projects

Wallpaper

Hairy!

adventurous

Eventful

Evolving - BTW Happy New Year to all Houzzers! And Merry Christmas of course ; )

Nest

musical

One word - best I could do to be truthful - stressful, erratic.

Progressive.

Finally finalizing a messy and long divorce. Starting new, reunited with an amazing man and bought a house together to renovate, met the families, new friends, lots of traveling and all new (to us) furniture. All in all 2016 has been a year of ups and downs but looking back I wouldn't trade any part of it for the life I have now.

Futuristic.....

Stressful, yet full of hope and new beginnings - ok it's not one word but oh well :)

I get what you mean...

DH says "Chaotic". I say "Amazing"!

Tough

hopeful

Sloooowwww


Working two jobs so getting the money together for everything I want to do but don't have any time to start doing my projects!

Decluttered & Downsized!

Death. Lost 5 family members.

I'm so sorry...

Whoa clotat, so very sorry. I've been there... please reach out wherever you can, and move forward while still living your memories, no matter what others may say... they don't know, they're mostly just trying to help.

Neglected

Moved!

Shocking.

Chaos.
Ambitious projects (moisture barrier under house, new flooring throughout house and exterior repainting) were stopped mid-project due to a series of medical problems by family members.
Stepdaughter had appendix removed while pregnant then later emergency C-section and a 7-week early preemie.
Before C section 83 YO MIL had a brain infection that ultimately required two separate surgeries (still in hospital).
During much of this time wife could not drive due to locked toes that required orthotic inserts and special shoes.
Infections from the C section required three additional surgeries for stepdaughter, who has been released to home health at her nearby house for about a week.
Since mid-September, vast majority of the time we have had three family members (MIL, stepdaughter, newborn) in three separate facilities with the most distant about 40 miles away. Vast majority of that time wife was staying 24/7 with her mother or with the baby.

Plan had been to have floor finished before baby due date in late December. Didn't happen. Most days I did a 90-mile round trip taking clothes and doing laundry (wife and her sister, who flew in from Middle East, were 24/7 in UCU waiting room
much of the time).
When baby was released from NICU, we took care of him and his seven year old sister since stepdaughter was unable to take care of them.
Could not finish floor before baby came home and not going to do anything while he was at our house. So work has been on hold for roughly four months.
Baby doing fine and survived a bottle feeding from me around 2 a.m. before I had coffee.
Wife's special back ordered shoes finally arrived so she can drive.
Stepdaughter at her home recuperating for 2-3 months. Meanwhile will be transporting 7 year old back and forth from school.
MIL is still in long term acute care hospital but we try to visit at least 1-2 times a day.
With no baby at our house and wife able to drive hopefully can finish floor and trim before March, when stepdaughter returns to work and we resume babysitting.

Blessings for you and your family.

Healthy

Renewal! June 2015 to Nov 2016

Getting better because of houzz

@Hal I'm so sorry to hear about everything but I hope it all works out soon. Congratulations on the new one and best wishes to your wife with her feet and MIL in the hospital.

@Kathleen, that looks incredible. I love what you did with the shake.

I would just say from my experience,even with superior downdrafts you fight a losing battle with physics;hot air rises…..