Excitement is growing in the Loveless household! We have a new closing date of...drum roll please................................................................................................................................
FEBRUARY 22nd! Yes that is correct, 3 weeks from now!
Interior walls are being put up as I type. Siding is being put up as I type. The driveway and garage are being poured next week. The siding is being painted in the next couple days. After that, all that will be left will be trim work in the house, which may be done sooner and I just don't know it...carpets and flooring's cabinets and counters, toilets and of course sinks and faucets, and painting the interior, and of course all the finishing touches like fixtures. Its really coming along, its amazing. Every time we go is a huge change.
I have to admit, I was a little worried the second we submitted the plans, even after spending hour after hour analyzing the plans until we came up with what we thought was the best possible plan for us. There were still things that worried me. But now seeing it all come together, every time I go I love it more! Its nice and bright, which was a HUGE deal for me. I HAVE to have natural light. That's one thing I loved about our last house was all the natural light. And that is very important for me, especially in the winter months when I tend to get dragged down by the short, gray, dreary days.
In the new house, our plans called for basically our living/dining area to be a wall of windows, but its facing the west. Getting to go there in the middle of winter and see how it is, and there's lots of light coming in, even in the winter.
Another thing that I am really loving is the HUGE hallway! Not long, but very wide! Its so wide because the original plan was, as I think I mentioned a daylight basement plan, so the hallway was where the stairs were to be, so we took out the stairs and put in a huge storage closet area instead, but the hallway is really wide, and it is really great! Several people can walk through there at a time. The kids will be able to run around and play.....
We are really loving our builder as well. He has been great. He's not just out to make a fast buck, even though the house is going up fast. If he were out to make a fast buck, we would not been able to build, it would have been too expensive for us. He's a family man with 6 young kids, the youngest still an infant.
We are leaving some projects for the future for us to do in an effort to save some money. For example, the back patio/porch, we are just having a small 3x3 pad- which is what he is required to do- put in for now, and then we are going to build a deck, and i'd like to put a post up on the end of the over hang on the back patio as it looks funny hanging over with nothing supporting it... IMO. We plan to someday put some stonework on house as well, but not for a long while i'm guessing.... like on this house: Dovetail with bricks That is actually the color we are painting the exterior as well. (I loooooove the color of the doors on that house too, but those doors were much too spendy for our budget, so we had to go with white doors.)
So there you have it! We're in the process of picking out our lighting, which will be minimal. And then we will be picking our faucets, and after that I think most everything has been picked! Phew! What a whirlwind ride this has been! Its still hard to imagine us living in the house.
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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
It's Official!
We're buying a house! And there it is in the picture below!
No no no, not the back of that yellow house on the left of the picture. That's someone else's house.
Do you not see the house?????? You don't????? Oh, well you will in April when we move in! For now you just have to envision a house there, because that's where our house will be! You are looking at our lot, and this Friday they will begin excavating!
We couldn't be more excited with how things have worked out! :)
So our lot is .39 acres, its mostly flat, and its on a culdesac which will be PERFECT for the kids to ride their bikes in! Our house will be a single story, with 3 bedrooms and an office, and INDOOR laundry!!!! Something we didn't have at our old house, and we don't have in the rental now either, so i'm sooooooo excited! No more freezing my tush off every time I need to throw in some laundry! The main living area, dining, kitchen will be a nice, big open room!
And best of all, the kids will have a TON of room to run around and play outside in the backyard!
We can hardly wait! April can't come fast enough! Usually I want time to slow down, but not so right now! Derek's going to continue to be super busy with work as they move closer to his "go live" at the hospital, and now that we are "settled" here, I've got the kids signed up for lessons again, so hopefully that will help time to go faster!
I'll be posting pictures of the progress along the way, as I can hardly contain my excitement! :)
No no no, not the back of that yellow house on the left of the picture. That's someone else's house.
Do you not see the house?????? You don't????? Oh, well you will in April when we move in! For now you just have to envision a house there, because that's where our house will be! You are looking at our lot, and this Friday they will begin excavating!
We couldn't be more excited with how things have worked out! :)
So our lot is .39 acres, its mostly flat, and its on a culdesac which will be PERFECT for the kids to ride their bikes in! Our house will be a single story, with 3 bedrooms and an office, and INDOOR laundry!!!! Something we didn't have at our old house, and we don't have in the rental now either, so i'm sooooooo excited! No more freezing my tush off every time I need to throw in some laundry! The main living area, dining, kitchen will be a nice, big open room!
And best of all, the kids will have a TON of room to run around and play outside in the backyard!
We can hardly wait! April can't come fast enough! Usually I want time to slow down, but not so right now! Derek's going to continue to be super busy with work as they move closer to his "go live" at the hospital, and now that we are "settled" here, I've got the kids signed up for lessons again, so hopefully that will help time to go faster!
I'll be posting pictures of the progress along the way, as I can hardly contain my excitement! :)
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Be still and wait
I realize I haven't been a very good blogger this year at all! In fact, in comparison to other years where I've had over 100 posts every year, this will be my 50th post for this year and its almost over! Sorry Grandma!!!
Not much happening here, just trying to pass the time and stay sane! I'll admit its been hard for me leaving my house to come to a tiny, stinky rental. As I look back over the last month and a half, I feel a little pity for myself in those first couple weeks when I felt like life was just a terrible tornado. Boxes everywhere, bugs everywhere, no order whatsoever in my mind where I like to have everything perfectly in order. On top of that, I was dealing with sadness over leaving our house....yes, its just a house, and i'm sure everyone thinks i'm nuts for holding on to it so dearly, but it was our first house, and we made it into a home, brought our babies home there, and made irreplaceable memories there. And since i'm a sentimental schmuck, leaving my house that I loved dearly to come to a drab, dreary, dark, ant infested, teeny, tiny, smelly rental house across town, was difficult.
I had a couple days of heart palpitations again a couple weeks after being here, as well as some sleepless nights. Luckily I got that intense stress level under control and the heart palps stopped after a couple days, and the sleepless nights after a week or so, although every once in awhile I still have several nights where I don't sleep well.
I've done my share of whining and complaining, which I really hate. I certainly don't like complaining, and I don't like for my kids to witness it. That's a super example to set!! Even though I was complaining, deep down i'm so grateful. Grateful to have had our house to love, grateful for a roof over our heads now, grateful that its temporary ;). Grateful for what the future holds! I know living here will only make me even that much more grateful for our new house, wherever that may be!
In the midst of my turmoil, I came across a bible verse that made me just STOP. I've had it posted on my computer desktop ever since and I see it every time i'm on my computer, and it's a perfect reminder for me when i'm feeling pressed.
"Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act." Psalm 37:7
When we moved, I felt like nothing was going as planned, there were no houses for sale that we were interested in, and I felt impatient and irritable, after all, I don't want to be in this rental any longer than we have to be! And when I came across this verse I realized I needed to just stop, as I mentioned before. And instead of trying to make things happen on MY time, let things happen on HIS time, because His timing is perfect. And sure enough, when I did that, things started to happen........... :)
So now i'm taking each day as it comes. I try to dress nicer a couple days a week rather than just throwing on my most comfortable clothes, which are also the least inspiring. I'm back to grocery shopping at winco, something that I had put off doing because I just didn't want to, it too much effort, and instead we just went to nearby grocery stores which were also more expensive.
I try to keep up on the housework, which is pretty easy when the house is 900+ sq ft. The kitchen HAS to be kept clean almost constantly or its not usable, and i'm not just exaggerating.
Unfortunately, our vacuum is completely disgusting and we will be buying a new one for our new house. There's just no way we are going to use this vacuum on a new house! The carpet in this place is filthy, even after 2 shampoos. I'm convinced the previous tenants did not vacuum once in the 2 years they were here.... especially considering there were 20 places of chewed gum embedded in the carpet! I'll put it this way, I vacuum here 2 times a week at least, sometimes more. The canister is filled with dirt and dust, and the filter is completely disgusting as well. The whole thing has a layer of dust caked onto it. Imagine what it will be like by the time we move, if this is how its like and its only been a month and a half!
The kids are doing good. Jadon's two front top teeth are loose, and have been for awhile, but he does not wiggle his teeth, so it takes forever for him to lose teeth. So, because of this, the same thing that happened with his bottom teeth is now happening to his top teeth- the adult tooth is growing in in front of the baby tooth. For some reason, he is not excited about losing his teeth, it causes him anxiety. Never met a kid that wasn't excited to lose teeth! He's the first! So last night it caused him some anxiety, which always causes him to have sleeping problems. So 4am rolled around and he was up and in our room telling us that he couldn't sleep, he wasn't tired, he was hot, every excuse in the book, yada yada yada....
So i've decided that its time the kids have some chores. Its something I probably should have implemented a while ago, but this whole year has been sortof a whirlwind of crazy so that didn't even cross my mind. But tomorrow we will be starting chores. Without allowance. Thankfully Derek and I agree on that. Neither of us was raised with an allowance, and we don't think its necessary. We are a family, and a team, and each member of the team needs to contribute to make the team run smoothly. They don't need to be paid for this. Kids these days are so overindulged! They have enough toys to have their own toy store, they get paid for everything, and the tooth fairy apparently gives out twenties to some kids!!!!
Not much happening here, just trying to pass the time and stay sane! I'll admit its been hard for me leaving my house to come to a tiny, stinky rental. As I look back over the last month and a half, I feel a little pity for myself in those first couple weeks when I felt like life was just a terrible tornado. Boxes everywhere, bugs everywhere, no order whatsoever in my mind where I like to have everything perfectly in order. On top of that, I was dealing with sadness over leaving our house....yes, its just a house, and i'm sure everyone thinks i'm nuts for holding on to it so dearly, but it was our first house, and we made it into a home, brought our babies home there, and made irreplaceable memories there. And since i'm a sentimental schmuck, leaving my house that I loved dearly to come to a drab, dreary, dark, ant infested, teeny, tiny, smelly rental house across town, was difficult.
I had a couple days of heart palpitations again a couple weeks after being here, as well as some sleepless nights. Luckily I got that intense stress level under control and the heart palps stopped after a couple days, and the sleepless nights after a week or so, although every once in awhile I still have several nights where I don't sleep well.
I've done my share of whining and complaining, which I really hate. I certainly don't like complaining, and I don't like for my kids to witness it. That's a super example to set!! Even though I was complaining, deep down i'm so grateful. Grateful to have had our house to love, grateful for a roof over our heads now, grateful that its temporary ;). Grateful for what the future holds! I know living here will only make me even that much more grateful for our new house, wherever that may be!
In the midst of my turmoil, I came across a bible verse that made me just STOP. I've had it posted on my computer desktop ever since and I see it every time i'm on my computer, and it's a perfect reminder for me when i'm feeling pressed.
"Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act." Psalm 37:7
When we moved, I felt like nothing was going as planned, there were no houses for sale that we were interested in, and I felt impatient and irritable, after all, I don't want to be in this rental any longer than we have to be! And when I came across this verse I realized I needed to just stop, as I mentioned before. And instead of trying to make things happen on MY time, let things happen on HIS time, because His timing is perfect. And sure enough, when I did that, things started to happen........... :)
So now i'm taking each day as it comes. I try to dress nicer a couple days a week rather than just throwing on my most comfortable clothes, which are also the least inspiring. I'm back to grocery shopping at winco, something that I had put off doing because I just didn't want to, it too much effort, and instead we just went to nearby grocery stores which were also more expensive.
I try to keep up on the housework, which is pretty easy when the house is 900+ sq ft. The kitchen HAS to be kept clean almost constantly or its not usable, and i'm not just exaggerating.
Unfortunately, our vacuum is completely disgusting and we will be buying a new one for our new house. There's just no way we are going to use this vacuum on a new house! The carpet in this place is filthy, even after 2 shampoos. I'm convinced the previous tenants did not vacuum once in the 2 years they were here.... especially considering there were 20 places of chewed gum embedded in the carpet! I'll put it this way, I vacuum here 2 times a week at least, sometimes more. The canister is filled with dirt and dust, and the filter is completely disgusting as well. The whole thing has a layer of dust caked onto it. Imagine what it will be like by the time we move, if this is how its like and its only been a month and a half!
The kids are doing good. Jadon's two front top teeth are loose, and have been for awhile, but he does not wiggle his teeth, so it takes forever for him to lose teeth. So, because of this, the same thing that happened with his bottom teeth is now happening to his top teeth- the adult tooth is growing in in front of the baby tooth. For some reason, he is not excited about losing his teeth, it causes him anxiety. Never met a kid that wasn't excited to lose teeth! He's the first! So last night it caused him some anxiety, which always causes him to have sleeping problems. So 4am rolled around and he was up and in our room telling us that he couldn't sleep, he wasn't tired, he was hot, every excuse in the book, yada yada yada....
So i've decided that its time the kids have some chores. Its something I probably should have implemented a while ago, but this whole year has been sortof a whirlwind of crazy so that didn't even cross my mind. But tomorrow we will be starting chores. Without allowance. Thankfully Derek and I agree on that. Neither of us was raised with an allowance, and we don't think its necessary. We are a family, and a team, and each member of the team needs to contribute to make the team run smoothly. They don't need to be paid for this. Kids these days are so overindulged! They have enough toys to have their own toy store, they get paid for everything, and the tooth fairy apparently gives out twenties to some kids!!!!
Monday, October 29, 2012
Well here we are
We are all moved and the house is no longer our house. We closed thursday the 25th. The last couple weeks have been incredibly stressful and rough for me, emotionally. Apparently I was quite emotionally attached to my first house, and I knew I was, but I didn't realize just how much until it came time to actually start moving.
So our realtor has a rental house, and she's been working tirelessly most of the summer to try to get it back up to par after the previous tenants destroyed it. She said we could move in there. Even though it is small (998sqft), only has 1 bathroom, Avery's room is about 7x7ft, and the kitchen is much smaller than what I had before! Unfortunately, we've had a lot of things go wrong since being here. Things like the faucet in the bathroom leaking and draining slowly, and the toilet suddenly started leaking out the bottom at the floor, a lot. Luckily, Brenda gets it taken care of pronto, and we ended up with a brand new faucet and a brand new toilet! My dryer wont hook up to the outlet in the garage either, so Derek had to buy a special cable, and I should have my dryer hooked up tonight.
I'll admit that I felt really depressed last week. It was a hard pill to swallow, plus I was at the old house every day cleaning and getting the last of our things out, and rounding up the cats to bring over, so it didn't make it any easier seeing the house every day, and then leaving it to come here to the rental. In fact, typically whenever I was at the old house I was sobbing. The kids were always asking me "mommy, why are you sad?" Jadon would sometimes say "i'm going to miss this house" and I'd wonder what the heck we were doing selling our beloved house! But then we'd come back to the rental (which has a fenced big backyard) and the kids would immediately go outside and play and play and play, and I know we made the right decision to sell. After all, our biggest motivation for selling was to find a house with a bigger yard for the kids.
So now that I haven't been back to the house anymore, things are getting better. We are adjusting to life here, although I have no desire to cook anything or be in this kitchen at all! This town smells to high heaven, and I miss N. Albany and cant wait to get back!
The kids had no problem at all adjusting. A little surprising to me, I expected some minor problems at least. The cats? Well, Our black kitty had no problem adjusting. She seemed to figure it out right away, even had no problem with being in the carrier and in the car, and almost seemed to like it!
The other 2 disappeared for several days and I thought for sure they were gone, but then they showed up last night and were back again this morning for breakfast! I'm not sure where they went or what they were doing?
Now if we could only find a new house to buy!
So our realtor has a rental house, and she's been working tirelessly most of the summer to try to get it back up to par after the previous tenants destroyed it. She said we could move in there. Even though it is small (998sqft), only has 1 bathroom, Avery's room is about 7x7ft, and the kitchen is much smaller than what I had before! Unfortunately, we've had a lot of things go wrong since being here. Things like the faucet in the bathroom leaking and draining slowly, and the toilet suddenly started leaking out the bottom at the floor, a lot. Luckily, Brenda gets it taken care of pronto, and we ended up with a brand new faucet and a brand new toilet! My dryer wont hook up to the outlet in the garage either, so Derek had to buy a special cable, and I should have my dryer hooked up tonight.
I'll admit that I felt really depressed last week. It was a hard pill to swallow, plus I was at the old house every day cleaning and getting the last of our things out, and rounding up the cats to bring over, so it didn't make it any easier seeing the house every day, and then leaving it to come here to the rental. In fact, typically whenever I was at the old house I was sobbing. The kids were always asking me "mommy, why are you sad?" Jadon would sometimes say "i'm going to miss this house" and I'd wonder what the heck we were doing selling our beloved house! But then we'd come back to the rental (which has a fenced big backyard) and the kids would immediately go outside and play and play and play, and I know we made the right decision to sell. After all, our biggest motivation for selling was to find a house with a bigger yard for the kids.
So now that I haven't been back to the house anymore, things are getting better. We are adjusting to life here, although I have no desire to cook anything or be in this kitchen at all! This town smells to high heaven, and I miss N. Albany and cant wait to get back!
The kids had no problem at all adjusting. A little surprising to me, I expected some minor problems at least. The cats? Well, Our black kitty had no problem adjusting. She seemed to figure it out right away, even had no problem with being in the carrier and in the car, and almost seemed to like it!
The other 2 disappeared for several days and I thought for sure they were gone, but then they showed up last night and were back again this morning for breakfast! I'm not sure where they went or what they were doing?
Now if we could only find a new house to buy!
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