No one said this would provide unlimited leisure time!

It’s funny how this is working out…the more progress that is being made on the house the less I have been reporting! Let me just say, that even though it was anticipated with great relish, the actual beginning of decisions that involve me makes me busy.

So let me bring you up to date. The basement concrete work is done. Done done. Concrete left to do includes the garage floor and whatever wall stuff has to go on there (I don’t know that part!), porches, and back patio. All of which will be delightful. I actually believe the garage floor should happen soon if we can get the backfill completed enough. (A LOT of gravel has to go into a BIG hole. This takes some time to do if you don’t have heavy duty equipment to do it with. Which we don’t.)

Carpentry-wise, things are moving fast – we’re talking probably twice as fast as I thought it would. (Not that I have a super informed opinion on this time of thing.) The walkout wall in the basement is framed (window holes! And a door! It’s fabulous.) and the floor joists were completed in a day. Yesterday, the subfloor was put down.

Which means – I have a floor! I got to walk on it. It was great.

We also have a hole for the stairs, which thrills me. We went out last night because all the lines were chalked out for wall-building and we had to confirm the correctness. Would I know if it was wrong? Probably not. But it’s nice to feel needed. It is starting to REALLY look like a house now. I know I’ve said that before, but now it REALLY does. Awesomeness.

Also, windows have been lined out, confirmed by the carpenter and were supposed to be ordered today. I think I will absolutely flip out when they get here. I’m so excited to see them!

On the horizon – in the next 2 to 3 weeks or so, we need to finalize our siding and shingles choices. And probably the rock we will be adding to the front jutted-out section. It’s harder than it sounds to coordinate all of this. We also need to get a more final idea of the doors – I’m sure they won’t follow too far behind the windows. It’s so fun! I love it.