Brian and Shawn even came out last Saturday to build the stairs to the basement. We got a half-inch of rain that day (very unusual), so I'm sure it was a lot of fun.
Looks a little hazardous, doesn't it?
Even more unusual, we got almost an INCH of rain the next day. Needless to say, there was a lot of water in the basement. Luckily there was a squeegee floor wiper thingy laying around, so on Monday I spread around what was still left down there so it could dry out.
We were busy almost every night last week; Brett was out of town, and Jake had either baseball practice or a game most evenings. So we didn't get out to the house until pretty late each night. Tuesday night Jake and I picked up McDonald's on our way out there. And since a) I got my car detailed last week, and 2) we hadn't had a first meal out there, we waited until we got to the house to eat. We sat on a wall that had already been built but was still laying on its side. I tried to get Jake to toast me with his french fries, but he just looked at me like I was crazy. Brett would have played along.
Brett came back into town around 9pm Wednesday evening, so I met him out there. We were losing daylight quickly, but since he had been out of town for a couple of days, he was pretty excited to see the changes.
While he was gone they had gotten a couple of the walls up and poured the footings for the dining room nook (which sticks out from the main foundation) and put up the header and two posts that will hold up the nook.
Again on Thursday, we didn't get out there until late because Jake had a baseball game. They had put up more walls and laid out the top and bottom 'rungs' of each of the interior walls. However, we did find a list of things that needed to be changed. The biggest one was for the doors on either side of the nook that lead out to the deck. They are too short.
See how they're shorter than the windows straight ahead? Brett did not like that at all since it cuts off the view from the kitchen to Mission Ridge. Well it does for him but not for me since I'm a lot shorter than him. And our builder Brian is, let's stay untall. Brian said he'll frame the deck first, then pull those walls down to fix them. Now we have to decide exactly what we want in that space as far as windows and a door is concerned. There were a couple of other minor changes, mainly moving a couple of doors that had only been marked with pencil so far.
Almost all of the outside walls are up.
We went to SavMart yesterday to finalize the appliances. We picked out the rangetop, double ovens, microwave, dishwasher, washer and dryer. That's nice to have marked off the list.
We had our first "dinner party" at the house. We called the Allens and had them meet us. Brian and Craig the excavator were still there, so they joined us too. (Craig has moved to the excavation of the Allens' property.) Cheri brought some spicy asian chicken wings and jojos, and that combined with the potato chips and popcorn I brought...tada! our first dinner party.
It's really beginning to feel like a home.
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