Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!

Last post before VACAY!

Well, initially we believed we'd be in our new house by now, but as we should have expected, we aren't. I talked to our new foreman last week and he is "guess-timating" Mid to Late December. But, oh well... nothing we can do about it, but make the best of it!

So... we are headed to Orlando Florida for Thanksgiving Week and I can't WAIT! We stopped up at the house yesterday to check in one last time before we leave. I was very pleasantly surprised to actually see some work had been done. It seemed like we were sitting for WEEKS with nothing. Here are some pictures. You'll see the ceiling texture, the wood work in the garage, the doors and some more junk in the garage AND the fireplace brick (and some other random enjoyable things)! YAY!!!!!

Flock of wild turkeys in the neighbor's yard (there were more than 20!)

The ceiling texture... same through out house Ummm.... initiation?
Fire place brick close up
Fireplace!
Anyone out there know what this green board is for? If so, please inform me (email me).
Got Wood? We do!
Inside doors and our steel door for the bilco
Windows were stained since last time I had been there

An awesome shot of the front of the house... the last one had Curtis's big ole truck in the way!!

Mickey Mouse... HERE WE COME!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Updates inspired by Dawn

No not me... my name twin that referred us to the builder this project! Its been sometime and a lot of drama later, but here is you update!

We are working on the inside... we have our furnace running because the drywall stage is completed. Painting is next, and then the cabinets and such. We were held up for quite some time because they wanted us to put in temporary heat and we refused. The permanent electric was in and so was the gas line, but they hadn't ordered the furnace... so we said we'd wait! They weren't happy about it at all cause it threw off their "goals", but I can't say I care too much... it saved us money.

We were also informed on Friday that we have a new construction manager. The company did tons of layoffs and rearranging, and our guy was forced into customer service. So our new guy Ivan, who takes over this week is now off until WEDNESDAY! Glad we have concerns with no one to address them! Enjoy the pics of this stage of our fun!

This is a picture of our woodwork... it showed up early cause no one told them we were delayed... nice communication in this company, huh? But I got a pic anyway... the top piece is the fireplace mantle.

Drywall pics - from the kitchen to the family room and downstairs steps

The family room with fireplace and screen room (on left)
Dining room and steps to upstairs
The furnace and water tank (for our well)... you should see how they have the furnace ghetto rigged to run for the time being

The fixtures... all piled in the garage. Hot water tank is there too

The garage
Upstairs from right at top of steps, looking to your right

Another shot of the upstairs hall way from outside the kids rooms