House

Progress!!

I came home from my trip to Virginia to something that is starting to look like a REAL house!! It's really starting to come together! I loved the look of the trusses...they look so sculptural....so much like art!

At our "Front Door" again.....

I had such a GREAT time in Virginia...I really need to do a post.I"ll try to get one up soon!!

Things are Moving Along Nicely..

...on the Seven Lakes House. Floor joists have gone in and floor boards have been installed. The main floor framing has begun and is nearly finished. I'm amazed at how quickly CDR's Little Bro is getting things done. Yesterday I went over and got to help put up a few walls! Yes little ole me! Got to help build her house...granted I didn't do much...just helped lift the walls into place. But still , I'm glad I can honestly say I helped build my own house!!

CDR and Me

Posing at the "Front Door"..LOL

We've Been Framed!

Framing has begun on the Seven Lakes House! Things are moving along pretty well, so far. CDR's Little Brother is doing most of the building, and his Big Brother is helping out. BB works in the afternoon at his real job so he's been going out in the mornings to help before work...then CDR heads out after he gets off his real job to continue with the help in the afternoon. LB is a Home Builder by trade and we've hired him on to build the house...so this IS his real job! It poured rain most of the yesterday afternoon and evening , so today the ground was really mucky. I learned this AFTER stepping into it up to my ankles and losing my shoe in it!! LOL.Here I am walking precariously along the concrete walls. They're MUCH higher than they look..and I was too afraid to go much further. I used to do really well on the balance beam as a kid, but that was about 30 years ago and 100 pounds ago!

I managed to find some firmer ground to get around back and get a few pics of the framing that got started today. Tomorrow the Excavator should be coming out to backfill and then we get the basement floor poured and continue with the rest of the framing.

LB picking up after a hard days work!

Basement Walls!

Stopped off at the site yesterday to see the progress....they were pouring the Basement walls!! Yay!

And So It Begins....

We finally broke ground on the Seven Lakes Property yesterday! It's all so very exciting...I didn't think we'd ever get all the paperwork and permits together to be able to start. It's all like a dream....finally turned REAL!

Concrete is supposed to be poured today...We HOPE..we'll be heading out later this afternoon to check on things....

And now I leave you with this cute little duck swimming in our Pond.