Moving on up

I think most of the interior walls are complete, and we're now moving on up to the ceiling. I'm sure there is some technical term that for this that I just do not know.

This is taken from the door coming in from the garage looking through the kitchen to the front door.

From the kitchen door out into the garage

Looking at the house from the back. This is a new "pond" that has developed since we did the dirtwork to level our lot.

Front of the house, again.

This week's progress

Here are the new pics from this week. The garage has been framed, the front porch is taking shape, and the boards are going up on the outside. Check out Justin's website in the next few days for a walkthrough tour of the house. http://www.justiceplittle.com/

Justin and Daddy make sure the worksite stay clean and picked up.

A view from the west side of the house

Lucy looking over her new house and planning where her bed will be

Antenna and a Dog Pen

I just had to share what I found in my backyard this morning. I opened the backdoor to let Lucy out and noticed that the dog pen finally moved. The grass in it was at least 2 feet high, and I thought Justin finally noticed and decided to actually mow the whole yard. After work, I let Lucy out to play and we eventually made our way around the back of the house. The dog pen is still sitting in the middle of the yard, and I'm still feeling impressed that my dear husband finally noticed!



















Then it happened...I looked toward the dog pen and then looked again. Did I really see what I thought I saw? No, he didn't...he wouldn't....but he did. He moved the dogpen close to his antenna so that he could tie it off. Look closely in the picture. Do you see the cable running from the top down to the pen?



So how does this tie into our house building process? If I ever come home and find something this "inventive" at the new house, I'm not sure what I will do....Any suggestions?

Walls, Walls Everywhere

Look at these lovely walls. It looks like a house now, and I can honestly say it doesn't look so small anymore. In fact, it looks rather large especially if you look from one corner to another.

We have Blocks!

The team of block layers worked all day Monday and most of Tuesday laying all the block for the house. I'm shocked at how fast they were able to do it....even more shocked by how fast they wanted payment! I hope I'm ready to spend some money in the next few months.



































These pictures show what a team of mexicans can do in one day! Very impressive!


Pics from Day 2 -- Blocks are finished. Now we wait for them to set...and it rains, again.




































We spent the weekend trying to pick a brick, mortar and roof color. We'll need to know our shingle color by the end of the week and will be meeting with the designer at the lumber company where we're purchasing everything. It's going to start moving very fast now.

Building Blocks

The week of March 29-April 4 was filled with rain, rain and more rain. Construction was at a standstill again. But...there is hope. A new week starts tomorrow, and the forecast looks pretty good. A crew of Mexicans are coming tomorrow to lay the block. We're told it should take about two days. The blocks will cure for a few days and then the wood should start going up. I'm getting excited again. We just need a few weeks of not so much rain.

Hopefully, I can post pics tomorrow of the progress!