Today, is we are out of the house day!
I have to meet the builder at the granite place to pick our slabs. Then, head over to the stone place to pick the hearth stones.
Lunch with Dad
Then I need to stop by the library and Joanns on my way back since we tend to bunch errands when going into town. If you are going to drive an hour to get somewhere, you better stop at all the places you can.
Right now with the house:
1. The masons are continuing their work. The brick is almost done, but there is a considerable amount of stone work to be done on the outside of the house as well as inside. Stone is going on the fireplace and the island, the outdoor kitchen and around each cedar post on the patio.
2. The Tiler has finished putting tile in the kids' bathroom showers, and is working on ours right now. He is about 1/2 way done. We picked grout colors yesterday.
3. The Garage/Shop is slated to go in starting on Thursday. We had to move our RV last night - that was fun. The fridge had been left on and the battery ran out, but that was nothing compared to the mosquitoes! They are crazy bad - I had deep woods off on and they still were attacking me. They attacked the truck as it pulled in! 2 things I am looking forward to - 1) a pond to collect the excess water with fish to eat the mosquitoes. 2) Chickens to eat the bugs as well.
That is about all that can be done right now! We are waiting for the cabinets to get in before we can do anything else.
I cannot wait until we can start moving forward with this - I know we are, but we have been in tile and brick land for weeks. I am ready to start seeing it take shape. It still looks like a bomb went off inside.
I am trying to think of something for dinner. We did not set a menu this week and we are hurting for ideas. I have plenty of food so I will think of something.
Hope you all have a great day!
one husband......four kids......debt......sewing...... saving......cooking......yoga......sweet......chaos......life......
I think it does a person good to get out of the house from time to time. Good luck with the mosquitos. We live in a thickly wooded area and often joke that they are our state bird. Thankfully since the cooler temps have arrived, we are seeing a lot less of them.
ReplyDeleteI am out everyday and I wish I could stay home sometimes. It is exhausting being out every single day! It will settle down once we get in our home, but homeschool keeps us hopping most days. Cooler temps don't kill them here - they are voracious! Which is why we are getting a screen porch! :)
DeleteJust curious, do you think any of it would have gone faster (or less stress) if you had decided on some of these things you wanted in your home earlier in the process? DH was just saying he he'd like us to pick out all that we can over these next months so that we're not standing in a showroom, subcontractors waiting on us to make a decision, before it can get done and then we're not stressed trying to make a whole bunch of decisions at the same time or feel like we are being rushed.
ReplyDeleteWe did pick everything out early. Most everything, but you cannot order too much ahead of time because of storage issues. There is a problem here with stealing building materials. Our barn was supposed to go up early, but it did not so affected a lot of this. As for picking out the slabs, around here, slabs are not held long, so when you pick them, they have to picked up fairly quickly. I already knew which colors I wanted, I literally had to pick the slabs. Same thing with the stone - I knew, but I had to pick the actual pieces. I never stood in a showroom either - I was in a granite yard. I hate showrooms. That kind of looking takes months and months though of looking on-line, going to different places. Vendors do not advertise (at least here), except with builders. So, it took us driving up and down roads just looking. Honestly, the biggest issue was a lack of space to put things. If the barn/shed had gone up when expected, then I would have had 1/2 of this stuff a LONG time ago.
DeleteThat makes total sense. Thanks for the explanation. We plan to have our shop built first, so maybe that will help allow us to buy and store the stuff as the house is being built.
DeleteSmear on Vicks Vaporub. Mosquitoes don't come near. I don't cover all my skin, but you probably will being outdoors with so many mosquitoes. After a while, you begin to love the smell. Plus, it is less toxic than mosquito repellant. You can also sit the open bottle out or stick the open bottle in a pocket.
ReplyDeleteI love the smell of Vicks - like that idea SOOOOO much better! I walked around spraying peppermint in the air as well! LOL
DeleteI'll have to remember that for next year. Wonder if it works to keep black flies away. Their bites are even worse than the mosquitoes.
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