What a difference one day makes . . .

Since they were going to be installing the insulation yesterday I wanted to get some pics before the drywall went up today. So after James left for work I realized he took the flashlight. On the way to the house I stopped at Target and got a flashlight. Then on my way over to the house I again realized James had the hard hats in the car. I figured no one would be there anyway so I just continued. When I got there though, not one piece of insulation was up. :( And to add insult to injury the house next door had stucco!

So today armed with my hard hat this time I went back over and much to my surprise the insulation was up AND most of the drywall too!!! It really looks like a house now. It was so cool to be able to see it with walls. Hopefully tomorrow they will finish it off. Enjoy the pictures below, more to come.

just the insulation


looking into the dining room and kitchen from the family room

from the kitchen thru the dining room into the family room

garage

tunes for the workers LOL (held up by wire)

Stamp of approval

So today we had our pre-drywall walkthru. It went great, everything is where it is supposed to be. We did find out that our close date may be pushed back to Feb 6th, instead of Jan. 15th. Bob the builder, no seriously that is his name LOL!!! Anyway Bob had no idea about the change, so maybe we are on schedule after all we should know before Thanksgiving. Tomorrow will be the frame inspection, then Mon insulation will be installed followed by drywall on Tues and Wed. By next week we should have stucco.

On the loan front, we locked into a 90 day lock. The rates came back down after Halloween when they had gone up. We locked today at 6.25% YEAH!!! By Thanksgiving we should have all the final numbers.

We are going to try and get pictures with insulation and drywall. We just have to be sure and get there on time to get them or we'll miss it.

I hope all of you are doing well, and have a great Thanksgiving!!

all ready for stucco

electrical box in garage

plumbing!

Been a long time

Ok it's been a long time since my last post and a lot has happened since then. First we went to Las Vegas. We had a lot of fun and only lost $50. The machine ate it within 20 min so we decided it wasn't worth it. We went and saw 2 shows there. We saw Zoomanity and V the variety show. It is amazing all the people standing on the sidewalks passing out hooker cards. It's ridiculous!!!But while walking the strip we found the water show at the Bellagio. AMAZING!! We stood there forever watching. We stayed at the Stratosphere which was very cool, but it is all the way at the end of the strip so you have to drive to get to the main part. All in all it was a great birthday trip.

In front of the Bellagio


When we got back we found that lots of progress had been made on the new house. When we left we just had a first story and part of a 2nd. When we came back we had a full second and part was being covered in plywood. The dates on the pictures are accurate so you can see the progress that is being made in such a short time. We have our predrywall walk through on the 20th so we should know if we are still on target for Jan 15th. We walked through by ourselves today and they have plumping, duct work, and electrical in.

Well I better get going James is starving. LOL surprise surprise!!

when we left for Vegas

a few days after we got back

a few days later