So, Saturday morning, we started sanding the front door to put a finishing stain on it. In talking with the builder, we would just have enough time. While we were at the house, the builder actually came - WOW! We had to walk through the Saltillo tile since the irregularity of it is affecting the amount that we can worth with. Then, we spoke about a few other things. DH had to leave to take DD to rehearsals, so I continued to speak with the builder, then got to work staining the door, then left.
It was taking a VERY long time to dry, so we decided to call it - there is no way with this heat and humidity that it can dry, so we gave up for now. The door needs to be installed and is supposed to be today, so I hope it is, so I can see it with the stained glass installed!
Anyway, on Sunday, we needed to get some things from Lowe's. We used our points to get gift cards, so the majority of our purchase was covered! We bought toilet paper holders and towel racks. Also, we decided to purchase the flooring for the loft since we are installing it to save a bit. We decided on a laminate that looks like wood and we are going to float it - which should make for easy installation. We also invested in a table saw to use for cutting the flooring, but also for upcoming projects - the tree house, the garden - as we can cut tile and stone with this table saw.
Then we picked out a couple of colors and got samples for the exterior of the house.
After that, we headed back to the house to pick out grout for the saltillo tiles, see what exterior color we wanted, check on the door to see if had dried at all and were met with a big surprise!
Our mailbox was done!
It is unconventional, but we love it - it is the brick and stone that is on the house in an arch shape that is represented throughout. The mailbox itself it very large, but we tend to get quite a few packages, so this helps the mailman not have to hike back to the house for every little thing. Plus, it keeps the packages out of the rain!
So, realizations:
1. The door cannot be done before we move in, we have to wait for cooler weather. Bummer, but not the end of the world.
2. We only have 2 weekends left at the rental. CRAP!!!! Time to start sort of packing again - for sure the homeschool. Most everything else is what we use, just a little more of it than we had on the RV.
3. A major festival is going that will affect the work on the house, our ability to get there in a timely fashion, and for us to have guest - who knew?
4. There is a good chance we are going to have to move back into the RV before this is all said and done. The house can be completed, but we cannot move in until the bank says we can, well, or until they stop visiting - which is after the appraiser.
All good things. This all points to an end time, so there you go!
Gratitude: I am grateful for a nice warm shower. It felt great, yet again, to be able to get into a nice, big shower with ample room, ample water pressure and the ability to walk around naked while getting dressed. Its the little things you take for granted that you miss so much when they are gone.
Mailboxes like that are very common here. Once they are knocked down by a car, they are not replaced. It is very pretty. It's too bad you cannot move in. Will you be in the rv on your property? Can you stay in the shed? Walking around naked is highly underrated!
ReplyDeleteLOL - I am very prudish, but it is nice to dry off before putting on clothes on. In the RV, we had to get dressed in the humidity - just little, very spoiled things.
DeleteMailboxes are common like that here, but since we are in a neighborhood, it will likely not be knocked down. There is always a chance, but I have had one like that for more than 15 years and never knocked down once.
Yes, we will be in the on our property and yes, we can stay in the shed and the loft above the garage. I will also cook and we can shower in there - just not stay or bring furniture in the house. Sorry, I am going to live there, just not sleep there! LOL
I hate to have to get dressed in the bathroom since it is always so steamy. I did not mean walk around the house naked. lol At least you won't be so confined. Would a lawn chair in the shed count as furniture? And, you just happened to sit there a while.
DeleteOh honey, I am tricking out the patio area! We may even sleep there - it will be screened and have ceiling fans. I am moving furniture there and just saying the furniture company would not wait. I will also have the hot tub at that time too! Yes, the shed is not financed, so we can do whatever we want in the shed.
DeleteNice mailbox! Our future neighbors have this gorgeous log home, nicely landscaped, etc and then have this big ugly gray mailbox sitting out on a post as you come into our "lane" for our neighborhood. Not sure what we will put, but obviously something on the nicer looking side........and then I can hear them now "oh great - now we need a nicer mailbox!" LOL
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