Don't blink

It's been just a couple of days since I've last posted... HA!  Truth is life is crazy.  I left you at Day 35... today was Day 62!  I'm about to take you through the most intriguing parts of the last month and a half.

Master Suite

 Berkley's room

 Foyer room

 Emma Grace's room

 Reese's room :)

 The crane arrives to install the trusses.

 The girls are quite pleased. :)

 The girls' bathtub makes it's grand entrance into their bathroom.

 Back

 Front

 Reese's room

 Master suite

 Reese's room

 Tar paper... and snow flurries

 Going upstairs

 Master suite... windows

 Kitchen

 Front door

 Basement

 SHINGLES!

 Master suite

 Reese's room

 SIDING!

 Back

 CONCRETE!

 Reese's room

 Master suite

 Berk's room

 Hall foyer

 EG's room

 Going downstairs

 Bryan builds a mailbox.

 Bryan installs concrete board to begin tiling bathrooms/laundry room.

 Great room

 Breakfast nook

 Kitchen

By the end of the week the following is supposed to be done:
~Brick (Hasn't even been started!  This project is nearly a month behind schedule.  The first guy failed to show up.  The second guy was dead... not funny... but kind of funny.  The third guy showed up yesterday with no water for his mortar... seriously?)
~Pouring of the concrete for the porch and garage (Can't be finished until the brick is done on the lower part of the house.)
~Siding/Cedar Shake on the front (Can't be finished until the porch concrete is poured, which can't be finished until the brick is done... DOMINO EFFECT!)
~Drywall
~Painting should be started Friday.

We have a C/O date of December 20.  It's been the same date all along despite delays, people not showing up, weather, rock... our general contractor is awesome and has a ridiculous amount of people in there working at one time. 

We've begun packing here at the rental, which is slow moving due to the holidays.  I pulled out the bare necessities when it comes to Christmas decor, which makes me sad.  Hopefully the remainder of this project will go off without a hitch, and we'll be spending Christmas Day in our new home!

Things as of late...

Oh how I wish I was writing that we have broken ground and move in next week. :)  Neither of those things have happened.  I was hoping that we would have broken ground this week, but our permit paperwork was turned in a little later than I had hoped, so HOPEFULLY we'll be experiencing that next week.  

We have been extra busy working on projects.  We've started stripping our dining room table.  It's a production for sure, but I know it'll be beautiful.

I also found these little gems.  Three old ugly chandeliers that will find new life in the girls' bedrooms.  Can't wait to get them painted.

We've also been venturing to Bryan's parents' on the weekends to go through the barn.  I've found some really sweet things to put in my modern farmhouse.  We'll head back up possibly next weekend to get some measurements of some of the pieces I'd like to use.  Speaking of measurements... I have a new favorite website.  Urban Barn is a great site where you can type in the dimensions of a room, place structural items (doors/windows), and the dimensions of various pieces of furniture.  You can then arrange the items to see if/how they'll fit in the rooms.  To say I'm in addicted would be about accurate.  You can then print off your designs.  How easy will it be to just design the rooms, print it off, and then hang in each room so there are no questions as to what goes where?  And I know I won't be bringing in furniture that I can't use.  God I need a house. :)