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Well, I realize I’ve disappeared from the blog world for awhile.
[Insert unnecessary apology here]
The progress on the house continues, although we are still living at our Spring Lake house. (Otherwise known as the “Spring Lake Estate” …and when you say it, you must do your best impression of Thurston Howell III.)
When asked, “When will you be moving?” our automatic response is: “Two weeks.” We wanted to move before school started, but the first day of school photos took place on the front stoop here for the last time.
I’m going to cover updates a room or two at a time. We’ve made so much progress! Here’s C and J’s room, walls and insulation torn out:
Somehow, I haven’t snapped a photo of the completed sheetrock in the room. Seams are even coated twice. A quick touch up coat and some sanding, and it will be ready for paint and carpet.
The next shot is from the last day of roof replacement. Going up the stairs, I could see right out the roof…
Making pictures of our house is going to be decidedly more boring when all the walls are up.
I’m a couple weeks behind posting photos. It’s a good indication that I’ve been too busy working to work on blog posts!
More to come from this past weekend! Windows are going in…
More bits and pieces as we speed toward moving day. I was looking at the calendar and realizing that we only have a month until our goal date.
I’ve had the inkling for awhile that we aren’t going to make that August 1 goal. But it’s okay. I would prefer to be living in the new place when school starts, but even if we don’t make that goal, it will be okay.
We can stay in our current house through December for sure, and it’s looking like that deadline may be extended to March 2010.
The header has been reinforced…
With Howard’s permission, the kids got to play in the large machinery. Howard fashioned us a driveway!
Eventually, the garage will be built attached to the house, with bedrooms above it, we hope. Doesn’t look like our initial budget will include enough to get it built this year. So we’re looking into getting remote car starters for the winter instead…
The next photo shows the path through the yard to the electrical pole. We are having the lines buried along with our upgrade in service.
Work on the roof has officially started, one section at a time. We are tearing off down to the roof boards–covered by layers of asphalt shingles and wood shakes–and putting all new plywood down.
To the left is my faithful and brave cousin Brian. He’s up for anything. I wonder if he knows how much we appreciate that. And behind him, yes, that’s Sean on the roof. (He hasn’t been cleared by the surgeon to go back to work yet.) Our crazy friend Andy is taking a break and watching here, but don’t let it fool you. He’s an animal when it comes to destruction.
I forgot to grab the camera the day that my cousin Neal joined the roofing crew. After he took a tour of our place and came up from the basement, he made a comment that I loved.
He said that our house was just like all the cars he’s ever owned. Crappy on the outside but totally rebuilt from within.
It made me smile, because it’s so true. And it felt nice to hear the genuine acknowledgment of all the hard work we’ve done on the house’s systems. So thank you for that Neal.
Little by little, we make progress in the bathroom as well. Here’s the framing for the dropped ceiling above the shower. It will make room for installing a vent and light as well as the dryer vent duct work:
Yes, it’s a toilet. It even flushes. Yes, it’s a door. It opens and closes. The simple pleasures.
Yes, that’s a container of screws sitting on the toilet tank.
Chad returned and worked his magic over the stairs: No more heads bonking! Woo hoo!
Is is a secret passageway into the bedroom? Or just a neat little slide?
