Our construction is drawing to a close!

I never would have dreamed that this process would be so quick. It has been fun-most days. The work crews have been so great that we joke we will miss having them here each day. Once we have the decorating underway we will post more pictures. For now you can catch up with the new pictures I posted on the blog devoted to the addition here.

May we ask God to continue to pour His blessings on our great country!

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!

Construction on our addition is coming to an end and we are getting anxious. It has actually been a very positive experience but no matter how positive the experience, there is only so much one can take! We spend most of our days at home as there are crews here working. The only places we can move about freely, or should I say the only places with accessible furniture, are two bedrooms and the kitchen, oh and the deck. It is too hot to enjoy the deck right now. Even the cars have had to sit in the driveway as the garage is packed!

I was told that I can't move furniture in yet- there is still electrical, HVAC, plumbing and touch up work to be done. This morning I decided to be defiant. I moved ladders, trim, and doors so I could reach the one sofa that remained in the living room. I uncovered it and since I could not find my handy sliders, put dust rags under each leg and started shoving. I shoved it to the window where mom and I sat and ate our lunch of yogurt. Ah, heaven! What a change from the kitchen table! As we sat and looked out the windows I asked mom what she was seeing and she said that she was looking for a bear to come out of the woods! I kept looking for "the others." You see, we have been watching LOST on DVD and are on season 3. I had heard about it but never watched it. I am hooked!

Celebrate our Flag Today

New Blog for our addition...

I decided to create a new blog to document the house addition. You can see it here.

Pretty in Pink!

Pink insulation that is...the insulation has been added. Soon the drywall, then paint, flooring, and we are IN



Planning landscaping for this area. Found a variety of lilac that will grow here. Think we will put one at the left corner so mom can smell it from her window. They are adding a third airconditioning unit at the right so some shrubs in that area to hide them all.
Trey ceiling in mom's bedroom.


Patio to go outside these doors from basement family room extension.
Mom and I are planning our craft area for this space.

You can scroll down to earlier posts to see more pictures on our addition.

First sunflower bouquet of the season!

Many more to follow. It is a sunflower jungle out there!

45 days after signing the contract and.....

we are amazed!

The addition is coming along quickly. This week we will have insulation and drywall. Then the fun of flooring and painting will begin!!





The brick mason will be here on Monday to add the brick up to the window. They added shakes to the peak to match the other peaks on the house.

Changes

Can't believe it has been 3 months since I last did a blog post. I have been keeping up with friends on FaceBook as that just seems a faster way to keep in touch. I am posting today but not promising that it will be with any consistency right now. Lots of things going on here. I am on a two week hiatus between the online classes I teach. I am also in the middle of chaos. Chaos for a good end, however. As I mentioned in February, mom is living with us. We are now in the midst of a construction process that includes a new suite for her as well as an enlarged living room and family room. Construction is fun to watch but not that much fun to live in the middle of. I will share a few pictures of the progress to date.

The Spring started off as usual. High hopes for a new garden. The raised beds were formed in what we thought would be a good location but having never lived through anything like this before, we soon learned that they had to go....



Even the grill had to move.

The furniture never went onto the deck or patio this Spring.

Very soon the landscape we knew was going to be gone.

And in its place bricks, blocks and boards.
We also learned that construction means dirt- lots of it. Our builder has moved some to the front as the base of an island bed we want to install.


Our basement family room is gong to be HUGE. Mom and I are dreaming of the craft area we will have!

Some outside views.

What was a guest bedroom will become a bathroom. The carpet was torn out. The door will disappear.

The shower was roughed in.

The fireplace was removed and will be relocated to the basement.

We are living in a bubble. We put furniture in the dining room before walling it in with plastic.

And so it goes. I will try to post with more frequency. I look forward to the decorating and the fun posts that will follow with that.

Still here

I say that life takes twists and turns. It has. I have spent a lot of time with my dear dad since Thanksgiving. His battle against lymphoma took a turn for the worse at Thanksgiving. I was so fortunate to be able to be there for chemo treatments, etc. Despite his determined fight he lost the battle on Super Bowl Sunday. He was 79. The heavy snow and massive power outages due to fallen trees kept all of us from reaching him in the hospital for two days. We were so blessed to all be at his bedside when he passed away. Although unable to speak, we are sure he knew we were there.

There are many decisions to be made. Unfortunately blogging is not high on my list of priorities at this time. It does look as if mom will be moving in with us. Now SHE is THE decorator so....I am hoping together we will be quite a team and will enjoy sharing our fun with Blogland in the near future!
Sue