Hurricane Irma and the Whirlwind that Followed
Hurricane Irma swept through our area on Monday September 11th and Tuesday September 12th. They had originally predicted 60+ mph winds and 7-8inches of rain. Yikes! Thankfully, we didn’t get anything close to that. We had 30-40 mph winds and 1-2 inches of rain. Actually, at our house it didn’t seem bad at all. We […]
Plumbing Progress
Saturday morning came and we were waiting for our plumber, Doug, and also Home Depot to bring us the correct sink base cabinet and take the wrong one back. Nope. Actually, we weren’t waiting for Doug at all. He was waiting for Jim when he got there! Such a nice surprise! Something is going right […]
The Trusses, Roof and Hurricanes
On the Tuesday after Labor Day, we had plans for the builder and the crane guy to finally put the trusses on the house. Finally!! It was supposed to start at 8:00 am. We had planned to go watch for a few hours before coming back home and starting schoolwork. Well, my usual, crazy, emotional […]
Waiting…Again…
Since we were back to waiting another week to have the chance to put the trusses on, we tried to get ahead again. We went back to Home Depot and bought all the bathroom stuff we would need. Jim had scheduled a plumbing friend of his to help him with all the plumbing work. Jim […]
The Trusses Arrive!!
The day we had been waiting for finally arrived. FINALLY! The trusses finally came the following week! I was soooo excited! And nervous! Really nervous. Tropical storm Harvey had just made landfall in Texas and the mositure was headed our way later in the week. Jim and Scott really wanted to push to get the […]
Still Waiting on the Trusses
We waited for 2 weeks on those silly, but much needed trusses. We couldn’t very well build the house with out them now could we? I mean, we really needed a roof! So, we had no choice but to wait on them. So we waited….and waited….And the day finally arrived!!! On Wednesday morning, Jim met […]
Waiting on the Trusses
2 weeks. 2 whole weeks. 2. WHOLE! WEEKS!! That’s how long we had to wait before the trusses would arrive. That’s a L-O-N-G Time! But we had to wait. So, we tried to get a step ahead by going shopping for the house. I despise shopping. Have a already mentioned that? Well, if I’ve said […]
August Adventures
August is always, ALWAYS, a crazy, busy month for us. We have birthdays, anniversaries, school starting, the never ending therapy and doctor appointments, just to name a few. Whew, I’m tired just talking about it already! However, this August was even a little crazier than normal. We were building a house, selling our land, we […]
Finishing the Framing
The week after Scott got started, he quickly framed for the windows and doors. Whoo-hoo! He was making some kind of progress. And I even managed to stay out of their way and let them work. Boy, was that hard! We all wanted to be out there watching them all the time! However, we realized […]
The Dog Days of Summer
The summer of 2017 was a crazy summer for us. Jim is not normally terribly busy this time of year, but this summer he has been quite steady with work. The kids have had activities and I have not had time to stop and think! Rather I have not had time to stop, regroup and […]
