House all sheeted!

So very sorry for the huge span of time without blogging....geez..I didn't realize that it had been that long!!! Our Uncle Dave emailed us and asked if our camera was broke!!!

Nope...we have certainly taken a bunch of pics for sure!! Amazing to see the progression happen somewhat quickly!! The home had trusses put on and the roof is sheeted entirely!

So I will post a few pics below..so make sure to take a look!! I really need to change this format of the blog...but that won't be happening anytime soon since I can't even take the time to make an entry!!

Where I left off was on the 12th...the next day was Friday the 13th ....trusses arrived that day and I went out to take the guys some yummy burritos from Roberto's Taco Shop and my friend Daisy came out to take a look at the digs. Richard's wife Janelle was there as well! We all ate and had fun visiting!!

Tom said that day was kind of frustrating once they started to mark out the truss layout because the prints weren't matching something or something....lingo???

Anyhow...come Monday the 16th...the guys start to roll the trusses!! It was a brutal day of very intense wind....and they still walked on those walls to roll those trusses....I couldn't have done it, that's for sure!! Both Monday and Tues were horribly windy days and those were the two days of rolling trusses.... man those guys are so good!! Thanks Richard and Will for helping Tom, he couldn't have done it without you guys for sure!!

Now Wed the 18th the sheeting begins at the back of the house!! Sheeting is done by Friday..or maybe Monday, two days ago! Now begins the work of inside arches, trayed ceiling, soaker tub decking, framing in door, etc., etc.

The plumbers came in today....Wed to start the 'rough in'...they should be done tomorrow!! Thank you to Precision Plumbing and Sean Doncaster who had patiently worked with the lady of the house to figure out what she wants!! WOWSA!!! Too many decisions for this little brain!! Sean is a cool fellow who Mel has known for a few years!! Thanks Sean, for being so patient and understanding of my mini dilemas about tubs, and fixtures!!

Thank God for people with experience and lots of ideas...I'm still stuck on what door to get and we've been thumbing through the book for the last couple of weeks, and driving by many a house to see what on earth we would want, all while staying in the budget!! That's a joke... because of course all the cool stuff is the most expensive stuff!!!

I gave Grandma Forrest a call this morning to get some door advice so we can get the windows ordered, which should've been ordered a couple weeks ago, but I have been mulling over whether to get a door system or just a single door with vinyl windows for sidelites (which usually looks pretty darn cheesy unless it's done with careful, tasteful detail of the finish trimwork). So we will certainly be getting fiberglass door for sure, but I haven't made the final decision as of yet! Tomorrow I will hopefully get a few more prices of some things and from that I will make a decision!!

Visitors this past week included Papa & Grandma Forrest on Sunday the 15th, Grandma Rodriguez on Thursday the 19th, my friend Meagan Santos on Friday the 20th, and Grandpa & Nana Clark on Saturday the 21st! Thank you everyone for coming to see what's going on out there!! It's fun to share!!

Thank you to everyone too who looks in on the blog to see what's up!! Although it would help if I made some entries!! Just email me to remind me!!! That'll be good accountability to stay up and blog!

So as well as deciding most recently as of yesterday and the day before, we decided on fixtures, tubs, and still working on the sink and that blessed front door!! We will be meeting the cabinet guy on Friday and the electrician on Monday to hash out some stuff!!

I'm honestly feeling like I need more time to do some much needed homework on some things!! But it's a little late for that and we seem to be needing to make lots of decisions all of a sudden.

Today's scenarios included Tom talking with the plumbers about where to put the fixtures for the soaker tub because it's a tight master bath and the tub is a corner one without much room for installing the fixtures together so they are trying to figure out the best placement....he was also having to stand in the framed in master shower to try to decide where he wanted the shower head to go, and where to place the control valves for the shower...we are putting a wonderful rainhead shower in the ceiling of the master bath!! So excited....we have two water tanks so we can have plenty of indoor rain shower showers!! So exciting....I had the pleasure of experiencing a rainshower head in January while visiting our Wilson family in Eatonville at our Uncle Dave's house.....it was such a great feeling to have all that warm water falling all over you!! I loved it!!

So you all will be glad to know that we WILL be putting a sink in the laundry room!! Woo Hoo!! Now we just have to find it at a cheap price!!

The internal blinds are probably a no go!! Just worried about the maintenance of the blinds like that!! I'll have to get creative about how to cover the master bedroom patio door! Grandma Forrest suggested a solid door, but I'm thinking I would like to be able to look out onto the patio!

So we changed up the second bathroom and took Richard's idea of placing the tub and toilet in their current spots!! It was a great idea Richard!! So very glad we opened up the space in there like that!!

Ok so very late and I still need to post a few pics....take care all...God Bless you!!