October 2011

Wow, this is zipping right along!  It seems to be flying up, but the builder warns us that these are the days when we can see the most changes each time we come out.  Honestly, this is my favorite part of construction and I love going through houses that are being built, imagining what rooms are what.  This time I know exactly what room are what because it's ours!  Thank you, Lord!

Up go the walls! - September 2011

Well, this is still fun.  So far, very few disagreements between my spouse and me, although I know they are inevitable.  People say if you can get through building a house together, you can do anything.  I say after this many years together (25+), we better be able to do it!

They are framing and we can almost walk room to room.  Very cool . . .

Laying the foundation - August 2011

We came back from a family vacation to see our house going up!  The concrete pillars are providing the foundation and will incorporate the garage.  We are starting to have to make lots of decisions now - scary!  I am praying and trying to leave a lot of them up to the Lord!  Still,

SEW blessed

July 2011

Now they have laid out where the house will be on the lot.  So far, we haven't had to make many decisions.  However, the review board in our new neighborhood did not like our middle window in the front, so $900 worth of plan changes later, we have a totally different facade.  On the positive side, the new window gives us a lot more light in the foyer.  Wow, still loving that view!

Clearing the lot

Down go the trees!  The next step is to get the lot ready to bring in dirt and lay the foundation.  This is so exciting!  The lot is just beautiful and the view is the reason it was all worth waiting for.  I remain,

SEW blessed

It's official!

Once I saw this on the lot, I knew it was official!  We are definitely ready to build!

July 2011

We are ready to clear the lot!  All of the trees that needed to be removed were marked with pink ribbons.  When I told the builder (known hereafter as B) that I had been to the lot and not seen the ribbons, he said that was strange.  It was a total mystery (and a problem for the guys who were supposed to clear the lot) until B searched the lot and found a pile of pink ribbons in the bushes near the water!  Welcome to the neighborhood, huh?  After that, B spray-painted X's on the trees to be removed.