Lawsie Mercy, It's a House

Duh.

But it's a real house. Best of all, it's OUR house. Mine. And maybe Bobby's a little, too. Well, not technically until we settle, but still.

You know what I mean.

There have been a LOT of changes over the past week. Mostly little things, but it's stuff that has made our house look much more complete. Really, there are only minor things left to fix/change.

Things like repairing the bottom half of the drywall in our laundry room. Yeah. Those kinds of minor things. Thankfully, Bobby has a keen eye for detail and he noticed that the laundry room door would swing in too far, thus hitting the front of the washer/dryer. After looking at the house drawings, he noticed that we were supposed to get a DOUBLE door, which would have allowed for a bigger "swing" clearance when the doors opened. So, instead of replacing the single door with double doors, the builders decided it would be easier to move COMPLETELY the plumbing and vents to another wall of the laundry room so the door swinging would not be a problem.

Moving on...

Remember the cabinet issue? Well, it's fixed now. They ordered a smaller cabinet size and put a little corner unit in so there would be plenty of space for drawers to be opened once the pulls are put on.

Next thing, they installed our appliances! They also finished installing the counters where the cabinets were replaced (due to issue above).

Be still my soul. The granite is like glass and it's simply mahvelous, dahling. I can't wait to cook on those babies.

Next, the carpet arrived yesterday and was installed today! ...And someone with severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder did the vacuuming. My Father-in-Law would be so proud!

Ahhh....and now a view of the whole kitchen. A few things are out of place, but you get the idea. Right? Right. Whenever you visit, you will sit right at our (now, imaginary) bar stools while I bake some chocolate chip cookies on the other side of the bar. I can see it now. (Heelllloooo floors! I love them).

And the view from the back of the house looking towards the front of the house.

Oh yes, concrete was also poured this week: end of driveway and sidewalks. AND the stairs up to our front porch.

Oh yeah, and they painted our front door. It's not finished yet... and no, it's not black, it's dark brown. It just looks really dark here.

Lastly, this is for my sister-in-law, Amanda, who told me this bugged her as much as it bugged me. Problem solved, the lonesome blue section in our house is finally being covered up with siding!

Bobby and I sat in the middle of the kitchen for an hour tonight, discussing all the things we had planned for our new house. Our wish-list/to do-list tripled in size in those precious 60 minutes, but it was fun to imagine what our future home is going to be like together.

We still have not received a firm closing date, but they are still estimating mid-October.

So, for all you readers out there who want to know where we are in the schedule, here's a rough, updated estimate. It's hard to tell what happens on what day, exactly. We haven't been able to get into the house on most days anymore.

Schedule Update (Starting with Day #80):

Day#80 - Thursday, September 3, 2009: Siding finished.
Day#81 - Friday, September 4, 2009: Granite counter tops delivered and installed. Plumbing and electrical finishing work completed (sinks, faucets, recessed lighting, electrical outlets, etc).
Day#86 - Wednesday, September 9, 2009: Electricity turned on! Day#88 - Friday, September 11, 2009: Appliances arrived, installed. Day#93 - Wednesday, September 16, 2009: Water pipes connected to city water; carpet arrived; granite totally installed; front door painted. Day#94 - Thursday, September 17, 2009: Carpet installed; house was cleaned and vacuumed.

Wow. Well, lots of progress! I am so anxious to move in, I can hardly contain myself. We have started packing, but there are some things we just can't pack up seeing as we use them on a daily basis. I'm being very organized about it and I'm very proud of myself for doing so. Disorganization brings chaos into my world. It's true.

Hopefully we will have more updates next week, but things are starting to slow down now.

Have a delightful weekend, everyone! Now, off to have a glass of red and a slice of peanut butter pie with my birthday boy!