Our lot number!
Our address marker
Trenches and "footers?"
Pipes!
Friday, April 18, 2008
HERE WE GO!!!! Looks like we are house number 6 in the development!
Our lot number!
And... it is starting to take shape!
Our ID tags! The Security Guard said he could not let us on our property without these. We just got them.
We have some dimension!!!!! This is what they call an "open floorplan"!!
Not sure, think that is the laundry room.
This is a pic taken in our front yard looking at our neighbor's house. No fair... there walls are bigger than ours!!
Monday, March 31, 2008
A walk in the park, some visitors, and PROGRESS!
First there were holes. Then there were trenches. Now there are "footers" (I think)!
On Saturday Jeff and I had another appointment with Judy to finalize our selections. We took out a couple of nonessential upgrades but still went over our what we thought we'd spend. The builder gave us $35K and we ended up spending $37K. But, I think we made good choices. Dr. Olowude (my supervisor last year) said that if he had it to do all over again (meaning building a house), he would have had chosen more upgrades. He never led me wrong before!
So, we signed our final stuff. Judy told us our "lumber" has already been ordered and that she will be ordering our cabinets and other items Tuesday. She is working on a "board" for us. It will have samples of our flooring/wood/tiles/paint/etc. She estimated it would be ready in about 2 weeks.
Jamie and Rob came to check out our model and lot on Sunday. Jamie noted that the house seems to be much more "like a home" than the previous homes we thought we were getting. Rob was kind of quiet, but he did mention being "tired from all the walking" ( I think that was supposed to be in reference to the square footage).
Sunday afternoon we decided to take a ride/walk along the trail to the park. Leo rode his scooter, Ben rode his bike, while Jeff and I walked. Actually, Jeff rode the bike and scooter on several occasions too! We had fun playing on the playground equipment and tossing the gooey ball around. It was a very nice afternoon.
On Saturday Jeff and I had another appointment with Judy to finalize our selections. We took out a couple of nonessential upgrades but still went over our what we thought we'd spend. The builder gave us $35K and we ended up spending $37K. But, I think we made good choices. Dr. Olowude (my supervisor last year) said that if he had it to do all over again (meaning building a house), he would have had chosen more upgrades. He never led me wrong before!
So, we signed our final stuff. Judy told us our "lumber" has already been ordered and that she will be ordering our cabinets and other items Tuesday. She is working on a "board" for us. It will have samples of our flooring/wood/tiles/paint/etc. She estimated it would be ready in about 2 weeks.
Jamie and Rob came to check out our model and lot on Sunday. Jamie noted that the house seems to be much more "like a home" than the previous homes we thought we were getting. Rob was kind of quiet, but he did mention being "tired from all the walking" ( I think that was supposed to be in reference to the square footage).
Sunday afternoon we decided to take a ride/walk along the trail to the park. Leo rode his scooter, Ben rode his bike, while Jeff and I walked. Actually, Jeff rode the bike and scooter on several occasions too! We had fun playing on the playground equipment and tossing the gooey ball around. It was a very nice afternoon.
Progress!
Our Sunday outing, a walk along our trail to the park!
Leo pouting because no one wants to play on the slides with him at the moment!
Jamie and Rob come to check out our lot and model. They are in Ben's room!
House number one.
House number 3. This is the Verona model (the biggest floorplan).
House number 2 (I think).
Ben and Leo playing in our trenches! Awww... they actually look like they like each other!
The boys playing on the trenched lot accross the street.
Trench, up close and personal.
Yes, that is Dave and, hmmmm... who's car is that?? I guess this is the step right before they pour the cement!! Yipeee!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Cookies, Holes, and Family!
Well, the only action on our lot this week was the holes previously posted about. But, McCaffrey (the builder) caused some inadvertant action... The manager, Shelly, decided to send us a Cookie basket as an "Escrow is officially open" gift. Well, for some reason she decided to send it to my work. For any of you who have ever thought about sending me something at work, DON'T!!! To make a long and kind of embarrassing story short, the bomb squad was called in to investigate! There was some concern that it was sent by an inmate. The basket came in a large brown box.
After finally reaching me, we enjoyed the cookies. Then, 2 days later we got yet another cookie basket (almost identical) sent to our house. We have yet to dig in to that one.
Dave came up for Easter. We showed him around our lot and model. I asked him several times what he thought and he just kept saying; "It is big"! He did some donuts (in my mom's Prius) on our street. Leo challenged him to a race (Dave won). It was a nice (but short) visit.
Oh, and we used some purple hair color (temporary) to color Bo! He is so cute. He is our "Easter Bo-ny". Hopefully next week we will have some pictures of some construction action! Keep your fingers crossed!
After finally reaching me, we enjoyed the cookies. Then, 2 days later we got yet another cookie basket (almost identical) sent to our house. We have yet to dig in to that one.
Dave came up for Easter. We showed him around our lot and model. I asked him several times what he thought and he just kept saying; "It is big"! He did some donuts (in my mom's Prius) on our street. Leo challenged him to a race (Dave won). It was a nice (but short) visit.
Oh, and we used some purple hair color (temporary) to color Bo! He is so cute. He is our "Easter Bo-ny". Hopefully next week we will have some pictures of some construction action! Keep your fingers crossed!
The holes and Dave comes for a visit
Talking to Grandma in my Library!
It is hard to see, but Bo is lavendar. He is standig next to Cookie basket #2!
Jeff in front of our model.
The "Easter Bo-ny" again, in front of cookie basket #2.
Mom and Dave on our lot.
Mom, Dave, and Ben on our lot.
Leo and Dave race from our lot to the lot accross the street.
Dave, Leo, Ben, and Mom at our model's breakfast bar.
Leo enjoying one of the cookies from basket #1 (along with some hot chocolate).
One of our holes!! This week we should see CHALK!!
Cookie basket #1.
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