I'm still in shock and I think and haven't quite grasped the fact that I can now let my imagination have full reign. I can now start looking further ahead and start choosing materials and make decisions based on a home that may actually exist some day.
We've even met a couple of builders and may be able to lock in a date before the end of the month. It all seems rather unreal but I'm sure it will sink in soon and I'll go nuts. Stay tuned for lots of posts detailing the boring minutiae of the reno.