Good night

Now that Guy and I have decided to do the flooring ourselves we have to find the flooring we want to use. I’ve been working with some guys on some countertops and it turns out they also sell flooring. So we went tonight to have a look at the flooring and also so [...]

Curves

I stopped at the house yesterday just to see what’s been going on with my own eyes.
The drywall guys were still there so I didn’t stay long. I don’t like being there when people are working. I’m not afraid, I’m just not comfortable either. It’s weird, it’s like it’s my house, but [...]

Are you sure?

For anyone reading this who may be thinking about building a house, I just have to ask, are you sure you want to?
The following excerpts are from an email Guy sent me this morning at 6am after returning from spending the whole night at the house. I can’t say it any better than his [...]

First supper

Mom and Dad drove down yesterday to see the progress on the house.  They brought our favorite chicken and a bottle of wine to celebrate our first dinner in the house, which technically it was.  Shirley came over and we hauled the picnic table into the living room in front of the fireplace and enjoyed [...]

Sonic drywall

I’m running out of title ideas…
So today I had my first Sonic experience… Sonic Drive-in, that is. They’ve been torturing us with their commercials for years but there haven’t been any around, until now. Now there’s one that I pass to and from work every day, and today was the day I decided [...]

Rewind

Ok, maybe permanent flooring decisions weren’t so permanent afterall.
We got the flooring guy’s bid yesterday and it was outrageous. He’s trying to rip us off on materials and installation and we’re not going for it. He’s trying to charge us installation labor on the the standard material overages (you generally order 10% extra [...]

Flooring

All sorts of very permanent decisions have been made the past few days, mostly involving flooring.
Guy and I measured the house and decided where we wanted the light and dark colors of cork and placed that order. They said they can have it to us the last week of January which may be earlier [...]

Warm fuzzies

Yup, I’ve got them. I’ve got them because I scored another great deal for the house today, and scoring great deals gives me major warm fuzzies.
We have these great decks, you know? And decks require patio furniture, you know? But patio furniture is really expensive, which I didn’t know before I started [...]

Drywall

I stopped out at the house yesterday after work because I couldn’t stay away knowing drywall was happening.  I wasn’t as shocked when I walked in as I thought I would be because they’re only doing the ceilings now, so the place doesn’t really look that different.

They seem to be doing a good [...]

Gate

Guy emailed the builder pictures of our gate and spoke with them yesterday. They assured us the gate would be taken care of. They are trying to determine who caused the damage but told us that whether they figure it out or not, they’ll take care of it. It’s the news we [...]