Movin Up

Second floor is coming along. The weather these days has been so 'on again, off again'. It pours buckets of rain, and then we have magnificent sunshine. I started to not even swing past the house today, since the day started out so very rainy. But on the off chance some work got done once the sun made an appearance, I figured I'd check it out. And yes.....there was progress.

I took these pics from the car, and with my cell, so certainly not the greatest.

In other, more 'non-exciting' news, I'm starting my NVR approval process. As a recap - I did a short sale, and my initial loan approval was through an outside lender. Now I'm going through the NVR underwriting process. Let's all stop and have a moment of prayer for that one! I am glad to get started now....maybe I have a shot to actually close in August. :)

Happy Building and Blogging, my friends.

First Floor, Anyone?

My visit today was later in the evening, and there were no workers around. I was able to get a little closer to inspect all the happenings. First floor is framed and it looks great! I didn't actually walk on it, since I was unsure of how structurally sound it was, and I had my baby girl with me. But we looked in all the windows, and oooooo'd and ahhhhhh'd accordingly.

Pic in random blogger order :)

Front of the house

Standing where the entry door is from the garage - looking through the kitchen and towards the morning room. My only pet peeve about the Savoy - NO mud room! 

Fireplace going on the back wall of the house

Right side of the house - first window is the Study, last two windows are in the Family Room

Left side of the house - entry door into the kitchen from the garage, and back windows are the Morning Room

Morning room.....getting evening sun!

Back of the house

Basement 

Men at Work

Framing week has come, and my stalking is in overdrive. I plan to try and make it to the house every day...I don't want to miss a thing. I mean, when am I going to have another home of my very own framed?

<Dear Lord>
When I meet you face to face, please have my final abode framed, dry walled and decorated. Asking as humbly as I know how...your child, Me.
</Amen>

So yeah, this is the LAST time I plan to see any home of mine being framed; therefore I'm going to see all I can see.

I arrived about 5pm today, and let me tell you...for all those who told me not to worry about wet wood....you were right! There is nothing wet in the DMV today, as we are in the midst of a scorcher. So imagine my surprise when I showed up at 5pm and the men were hard at work! Say WHAT! I looked at the temperature reading on my little car gadget, and it said it was 90 degrees.  I suppose writing code in my air-conditioned cubicle in jeans and flip flops has gotten me a bit spoiled. How can anyone even concentrate in this kind of heat?

I took a few quick pics from a distance, as to not get in the way of progress. And then I helped the only way I knew how....by running up to 7 11 and getting some bottles of cold Gatorade. I dropped the bottles off, and the guys were VERY appreciative. I let them know that I thank God for them, and that I am truly grateful for their labor.  And then, I was off. But never fear, I plan on going back tomorrow. I hope they realize I'm a stalker. :-)

Wood in the Hood

There's WOOD!

Today was the big delivery!!!  I made my way over to the house to see if the wood had actually arrived, and to my delight, it had!  Of course, as I sit here typing this....it's raining. Sigh. I know....it should all be ok. Plenty of my blogging e-family friends had wet wood, and it all worked out, right???? Rain always seems to arrive at the most inconvenient times. But no need to fret over things for which I have zero control....that's what I always say. :)

Also, the garage and basement floors have been poured. So there is more progress, and for this I am grateful.

Time to Pour

Made a quick stop by the lot today...looks like they are preparing to pour the floors for the basement and the garage. It's progress, so I'll take it!!

Garage Floor

Basement Floor

Sump Pump

Lots of pipes

Anybody know what this is????

Camping Out

going for a hike!

I've had a successful weekend camping with Girl Scout Daisy Troop #5228...Whoooooo Hoooooo! And I'm glad to be back to indoor plumbing....which had me thinking all weekend.....If we were going to sleep outside and play in dirt for two days, we could have done this ALL at my new house!! :-)






But before I headed to the woods to teach the girls the art of working together, and the importance of community, caring and sharing, and how to properly make s'mores....I had to see if any progress had been made on the lot.  And yes.....we have some progress. I've been back-filled! YaY!!

I'm usually at the lot later in the afternoons or early evening, but since I was heading out of town, I stopped by early on Friday, and while I was standing in the midst of the lot, my PM pulled up. This was my first time speaking to him since we've broken ground. We got a chance to chat, and he informed my that my wood is expected to be delivered on the 28th, and he hopes to have the entire house framed by June 6. Apparently the framers are behind schedule by a couple of days. I'm ok with slow progress - so long as there is progress. So very exciting!!

Waterproofed

Since construction started, the lot has been fairly muddy....but not today!! It was good to be able to venture a little closer and take a better look without fear of a mudslide. Looks like we've been waterproofed, and things are moving right along. Can't wait to see what's up next. :)

 

Garage

Right side of the house - it's a walk out!

Appears to be LOTS of plumbing.

Back of house - sliding glass door and morning room

Baby girl enjoying climbing dirt mounds - in what used to be a clean uniform.