Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Pictures!
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Wow Time Flies
So in the meantime the house has been coming along and we've just been watching the progress and getting more and more excited. It's been hard to find time to post between starting my first year as a 1st grade teacher and being pregnant, and then all the house stuff. So, this post won't have any pictures but I hope to get some on soon.
As far as the house goes we are in the final stages. It's painted, the carpet is in, all the cabinets, toilets, sinks etc. In fact it looks SO liveable but all we are able to do is lay on the carpet after work and then go back to the trailer at night time. Monday the outlets and all the lighting should go in, along with the stove and then I will be REALLY anxious because, well I COULD BE LIVING IN IT! Thursday the finish guy is coming out to do floor trim and all the other small odds and ends and Friday is our walkthrough with Adair. The only thing that will keep us from moving in is when the county inspectors come out. They have been good about getting here quickly to inspect so let's hope they don't start a new habit. I'm guessing we'll be able to start moving in by the week of the 5th so keep your fingers crossed. If it's not that week you might find me in a sleeping bag on my bedroom floor! It's just so close!
My mom is planning on throwing us a house warming party the last Sat. in November so anyone that is local is more than welcome to come! Well even if your not local if you want to drive all this way that would be great too! Ok hopefully I will be back with pictures but don't hold your breathe, you can see how well I kept up with this blog over the past 6 months!
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Finally an update!
Pouring the footings.
Floor joists in.
Pouring the cement for the garage.
Garage and sub-flooring done.
First floor view from the back.
Woo Hoo second story almost framed!
A view of our front wrap around porch, it's coming along!
Ok so there you have it, those are all the pictures of the house up until now. I have pictures of the chicken coop my dad built and the play structure we built (from a kit) but those are for another day. The framing should be done next week and the plumbing as well, then Ron and I will be caulking the windows and gaps and painting. So look for some more pictures. I'm not so behind now so I should be able to post more often!
Monday, May 28, 2007
I know I know.....
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Ready for inspection
As promised a picture of my father in law on a steep hill, he was moving too fast and I didn't get him at the highest point but it was pretty steep!
My brother in law Matt hauling a tree to the burn pile.
Our friend Matt using his level, one of numerous measuring attempts. I think we finally got it right ;)
You can see Ron at the top of the property clearing trees and brush, but we also made a tier so that there is not such a steep drop off. And there's dad working on burning brush.
I think it's time for some before and after pictures now :)
Here's before the house pad and after. Use the shed in the background for reference. Lots of work got done!
Here's how much of the hillside we had to cut out for our house pad. It was kind of sad to cut all those trees down but we are going to replant some in other places and we saved a lot for our wood stove.
This is a shot from one of the tiers above the house pad.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
The Septic
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Here We Go
The above picture is similiar to the one I have at the top of the blog, it was taken after one of the many rainstorms we have had lately. It's just so darn pretty up here!
Here's a view from where our future house will sit. The following pictures are just some different views from different parts of the property.
Here's Bayley and I mowing the front yard, it was just a little bit fun on our riding lawn mower. Probably won't be as fun in the heat of the summer but at least I can work on my tan!
Below is a view of the old shed that Nick and Ron demolished. We saved some of the good wood for the chicken coop my dad is going to help er......I'm going to help him build :) The old shed was right in the way of where we needed to dig for the house pad, so it had to go, plus it was ugly!
Here is where the house will be............
Here it is burning, alond with some trees Ron cut down...........
Here's Ron the mountain man cutting trees with his new chainsaw.......there sure are a lot of things we need to build the house and they all seem to be man toys! All I've gotten are some rubber boots and a promise from Ron for some work gloves :(
We now interrupt the progress of this house to stop and admire all the wildflowers growing. I had to stop and pick some the other day. Nothing like fresh flowers in a vase that you didn't pay anything for and that you did nothing to grow, well I guess if you think about it I paid quite a bit for them.......it's called a mortgage............oh well I still like them. Ok back to the house.
After a lot of cutting, getting ready for the heavy machinery.........
Are you sure this is hard work?...........
There's a lot of work to be done here, that whole hillside needs to be cleared and dug out.
Ripping out tree stumps like it's nothing..................
Making some progress on Saturday.........
My dad helping with the fires.........
My new sister in law Amanda, helping with the fire...................
Bayley knew she needed warm clothes and boots to come outside, this is what she came up with...
Digging with Uncle Matt...............
Digging with daddy................
Lots of progress
So that finishes one of the longest blogs I've ever created but we are all caught up now so only small posts with pictures from now on. Hopefully I'll have some more progress to report in the next couple days.................stay tuned!