Sunshine Miracles

Because of a record 14 days straight of no rain, our house is basically dry inside, which is AMAZING for this time of year in the PNW. 3 weeks ago we were talking through our "living room" drenched and dripping, splashing through inch-deep puddles. Now, it's crisp and dry, though still cold! What's really amazing, is that the 14 days of sun were during a crucial time for us: roofing time! In fact, to make things more amazing, we saw our first drops of rain the same day SAME DAY the windows went on!!

So we now have a layer of weatherproofing on the house, in addition to windows and doors. The rain held off for us, and it feels good and dry inside. As soon as we see the siding go up, we're going to begin caulking....while the de-humidifiers and heaters are going full-tilt inside to dry out the walls in preparation for sheetrock.

We also have wiring and HVAC inside, as well as plumbing!

This Week

Mostly this post is about pictures, because that is the most inspiring part about these Adair blogs. Getting to see the progress on the house is worth a thousand words!

Front view of our house from the road

 
Standing in the front door, this is the view: hallway extending to the living area in back, piano studio to the right.



My piano studio!

The "great room" Kitchen is left and back. The sink goes under that little window.

Ben, sweeping the sawdust out of his office. (4th bedroom)

Master Bedroom

This is our Lake View out our bedroom window.   :)

Our soaker tub in our master bath. (LOVE)

The view of the back of the house. Middle upstairs window is the laundry room. I am going to LOVE having the laundry on the upper floor! (With a lake view, nonetheless!!)

We Have A Wall!!

Excited to see some new activity on the house this weekend. Took pictures on Thursday, and expect there's more than one up by today. :)

Walls & Port-A-Jon

Remember I said I was holding out for the port-a-potty? There it is, in all of its plastic glory. :D

Looking at our front yard from where the driveway will be.

Foundation walls are up, now!

 Grace & me checking out the garage.

It's Happening, It's Happening!!

Guess what?! We have a foundation!

Above you can see my studio on the right-hand front. The porch is what is jutting out front.

I haven't spoken to anyone at Adair yet, since we are waiting on another excavation project before we can move onwards. Monday should be the day.....then everything starts moving UPWARDS.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) Can you tell how happy I am?

Progress!

We have a temporary electric pole set up, as of today, YAY! Also, more exciting was to see all the dirt moved yesterday. Yep, we officially broke ground!

Here are some pictures.

It is like Christmas, seriously, to see actual movement on the property after so much dreaming, scheming, and waiting. So far, all the people we've worked with have been amazing, too. No horror stories of 4-month-waits here. Our people have been fast....and very patient with us, as we're learning all the ins and outs of this home-building stuff!

For instance, we thought we were still waiting on the water meter.....emailed our water company......and the reply was, "We believe it was installed Sept 15." Uuuhhh.....*blush* Thanks! We'll go check on that!! :D :D :D

Yeah, we're noobs. But we're learning!!! And Adair has been great at coaching.

It Happened!

We have a building permit! After feeling a little "lost-at-sea" in the wonderment of paperwork for so many months......WE FINALLY HAVE A PERMIT!!!

Whew.

The way I understand it is......we can pretty much start digging this weekend. Things are filtering in like the temp. electric, not necessarily in the best possible order, but....Terry says we are pretty much good to go for excavation.

I can't tell you how relieving this is. Seeing how quickly the fall Chill has set in, with its promise of rain, rain, rain, and more rain, I have been getting nervous. Last post about starting "this week" was a bit premature, I guess. Like I said, "lost at sea" is how we've been for a while, now. We thought we saw LAND, but then it turned out to be a mirage. ;)

Another thing to rejoice over: cabinet issues are resolved. I'm delighted beyond words at how Adair treated us to a tailor-made solution, going out of their way to get us the black-stained finish I was so dreaming about. They're going to come in raw, unfinished, and I'll be staining them myself. I'm pretty excited about getting the Dream Kitchen I've always wanted. :)