Back to the drawing board

The house on Smith Road project got KO'd by Monroe County, in all its planning and slope-use wisdom. Plan B, which was to buy a new house, fell through as well. Plan C (or is it Plan D?) is to renovate in a big way the house we're living in now. In terms of design and decision-making, the project is pretty similar to building a new house from the ground up. So.... back to the drawing board.