What's Up With Us???
OK - So I just need to admit that I am lousy at keeping up with blogging!! Yikes!!
So first news first... everyone keeps asking about the status of the house now. Well... here it is:
Yep, it's STILL sitting on the side of the road. It's painful to say, but there has been no progress on the basement in several weeks! As a matter of fact, we are actually going backwards.... sigh.
After packing in the fill dirt and waiting for weeks for the inspection, the inspector saw two cracks in the block and decided we needed to remove all fill dirt and use a special size gravel instead of the gravel we have sitting there waiting to be spread. Before that can happen, the walls and piers have to be filled with concrete to be sure the walls remain stable while they are removing the fill dirt. THEN the special gravel will be spread, the floor poured, and the fourth wall can be finished. After that, the subfloor will be done and the logs can be moved down and stacked. I CANNOT WAIT until the logs are off the side of the road, and I'm sure my new neighbors will concur!
So, there's that. Better homestead news soon I hope.
Moving on to happier things.... we've been shopping! :o) We had quite a collection of gift cards and birthday money that has been burning a hole in our pockets, so we've finally started using them. We intended to wait until just before we moved in, but with the house moving so slowly, we were anxious to move forward in some way... so shopping was the logical direction, right? ;o)
Here are a few items we've purchased (and received as gifts) recently:
And best of all, EVERYTHING we've purchased we found on sale! WOO HOO!
We are using the following themes in the house: kitchen - chili peppers, great room - southwestern, dining room - americana, boys bed and bath - western, and stars everywhere upstairs. We haven't decided on a theme for the master bedroom yet, but we did get a wonderful quilt and we will use those colors - warm tones like burgundy, tan, hunter green, navy blue. We will use our current palm tree decor in the basement guest bedroom and a fun Florida beach theme for the basement bath. It's so exciting to plan it out!
I have so many more photos to share from things that have been keeping us busy lately - but I'd better get this one posted since I'm so far behind.
More soon... I hope... I have the best intentions, anyway!
So first news first... everyone keeps asking about the status of the house now. Well... here it is:
Yep, it's STILL sitting on the side of the road. It's painful to say, but there has been no progress on the basement in several weeks! As a matter of fact, we are actually going backwards.... sigh.
After packing in the fill dirt and waiting for weeks for the inspection, the inspector saw two cracks in the block and decided we needed to remove all fill dirt and use a special size gravel instead of the gravel we have sitting there waiting to be spread. Before that can happen, the walls and piers have to be filled with concrete to be sure the walls remain stable while they are removing the fill dirt. THEN the special gravel will be spread, the floor poured, and the fourth wall can be finished. After that, the subfloor will be done and the logs can be moved down and stacked. I CANNOT WAIT until the logs are off the side of the road, and I'm sure my new neighbors will concur!
So, there's that. Better homestead news soon I hope.
Moving on to happier things.... we've been shopping! :o) We had quite a collection of gift cards and birthday money that has been burning a hole in our pockets, so we've finally started using them. We intended to wait until just before we moved in, but with the house moving so slowly, we were anxious to move forward in some way... so shopping was the logical direction, right? ;o)
Here are a few items we've purchased (and received as gifts) recently:
And best of all, EVERYTHING we've purchased we found on sale! WOO HOO!
We are using the following themes in the house: kitchen - chili peppers, great room - southwestern, dining room - americana, boys bed and bath - western, and stars everywhere upstairs. We haven't decided on a theme for the master bedroom yet, but we did get a wonderful quilt and we will use those colors - warm tones like burgundy, tan, hunter green, navy blue. We will use our current palm tree decor in the basement guest bedroom and a fun Florida beach theme for the basement bath. It's so exciting to plan it out!
I have so many more photos to share from things that have been keeping us busy lately - but I'd better get this one posted since I'm so far behind.
More soon... I hope... I have the best intentions, anyway!
posted by Angela at 5:21 PM
2 Comments:
Living vicariously through you guys. LOVE the decorating ideas!!!
So good to hear from you - and an update too! Sorry about the 'progress' blues - but hey, shopping cures that all the time for me! hehe.
Love the decor ideas, and the colors sound great ... can't wait to see some of the finished projects!
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