Good news for the new year

For anyone who doesn't know, we've been planning some major renovations for the house, including tearing down the garage, extending the mudroom and putting a bedroom above it, attaching a new garage to the mudroom, and renovating the master bath. Our town is known for being strict on architectural changes and deviating from what already exists, so we had to petition both the architectural review board and the zoning committee to get approval for all this. And as you've probably already guessed, we received approval from both as of today. Yippee! It's really thanks to our architect and our neighbors on either side that it all went smoothly. Now we just have to convince the bank to lend us the money...