Walls gone

Walls are down -

plumbing and electrical

is being roughed in.

The above picture shows you

just how small the

kitchen was.

It is still going to be small but

after walking in the house

and seeing it all open

the design of the kitchen changed.

I'm excited that it will not be closed in

and we worked with the

cabinet man to

come up with a new 

kitchen design that will allow the

kitchen to stay open.

Yippee!!!

 Soon to be dining room and

laundry room.

The temporary wall is in the doorway of 

the new family room.

Another one of the dining and laundry room

from a different angle.

Looking out into the garage.

Taking the old bathtub out of 

the master bathroom.

Another shot of the kitchen.

The guest bathroom is in the background.

 Things have changed since these pictures were 

taken.

I'll save them for another post -

Hopefully, Friday.

Until then -

Moving along

Well, I didn't get over to do a post

this weekend -

BUT

that doesn't mean I wasn't here.

Dan and I worked on getting the old laminate

flooring out of the kitchen and both 

bathrooms.

Dan uses a roofing shovel to get the corner up

and then I pull up the flooring.

To say that I am sore would be

a MAJOR

understatement!

I have used muscles I didn't even

know I had -

and we still have the rest of the house

to do -

both bedrooms,

living room, dining room,

laundry room, office,

 and two hallways!

Oh my!!!!

We have decided that we will work about an hour

every afternoon after the guys leave

and we hope to be able to get

 it all done in a week.

We shall see.

I realized that I haven't posted 

many pictures so - 

I'll show you some of the 

guys setting the

trusses

on the family room and

porch.

These are from a couple of 

weeks ago -

we are a lot further

along now.

Dan helping out - getting the

trusses attached

to the fork lift.

So much has changed since these photos, 

but I'll save them

for a later

post.

Maybe (???) tomorrow.

Moving along

Well, it's been seventeen days since I

last posted.

How can that be possible????

Well, part of the reason is we have moved out of the house

due to the remodeling process -

I mean, when you have no walls, no kitchen, 

and no bathroom it's a little hard

to live in the house.

The issue is - the house is the only place

I have internet -

so, unless I come over and have some

extra time -

no post.

This post will be short and sweet -

The walls are down -

the family room is "dryed"  in -

installing the fireplace today.

The electrician has been here the last couple of

days doing his rough in.

The plumber has done his rough in

except he has to come

back and install my shower.

Things are moving along -

I'll try and get over on the

weekend and

do a longer post with pictures -

but for now - I gotta run.

Hope you are having a great 

St. Patrick's Day!

Talk to you soon!!!!

Remodeling

Well, I didn't get pictures posted this weekend.

Then Monday I didn't have internet.

But, I do have some pictures for you today.

What will be the new family room and porch

Looking toward back yard

What will be the garage

Starting to dry in the family room

Fireplace

French doors

(and Jessie)

Tomorrow they will start to put up the trusses

(IF it isn't raining)

More pictures to follow.

An Update

Hello out there!

Yes, I've been AWOL again -

but, if you are my friend on Facebook

you know why.

For those of you that aren't - 

I've had pneumonia.

It has really knocked me on my backside

for almost a month now.

I am happy to say that I am

on the mend and am

feeling better

every day.

The doctor has said that it could

take as long a four to six

months to be back

to my "normal"

self

(whatever "normal" is).

Anyway, I am feeling better 

so I thought I would update you on 

what's going on around here.

The construction has FINALLY

started!!!!!

Yippee!!!!!

The old family room has been

torn off - the old carport

has been demolished.

The new concrete has been poured for 

the family room and the

back porch.

The front yard is a disaster as

trees and shrubbery has

been torn out of the ground

and the concrete from

the carport is gone.

So, where are the pictures you ask?

On my phone!

I don't know how to transfer pictures from

my phone to the blog, so

hopefully, this weekend 

(or sooner)

I will

get out back and take some

pictures on my DSLR camera so I 

can download them

for you to see.

Other than disconnecting the hot water heater

and putting up a false wall

(where the old family room was)

nothing has happened inside

the house yet.

Yep, we are living without hot water -

and we will probably move over to the

camper next weekend.

(We have been going to the campground

to take showers - LOL!)

I have not been able to 

pack up anything -

but since I am feeling better -

I am hoping to get that started/finished

next week.

A little at a time.

So, just wanted to check in and let you know

what is going on.

Maybe I can get some pictures up

for you to see

tomorrow.

Check back and see.

Carol

Nothing

Well, another week has come and gone and nothing has

happened here.

I had such high hopes that we would finally get to meet

with the contractor and do the final revisions

before the actual construction begins.

That just hasn't happened.

Dan said this morning that if we didn't hear from them

today

he would call tomorrow and make an 

appointment.

We shall see.

This morning the county came out and

marked there all the 

electrical and Internet lines

are.

The village is suppose to come

and dig up the two big

Sago Palms at the end of the

driveway and start

cleaning the fence row.

Maybe that will happen this week?????

We have had our coldest temperatures so far this 

winter this past week - the east coast was

hit with a major snow storm with over

two feet of snow.

My daughter, who lives in Nashville, also was

hit with some big snow - close to a foot and a half.

That's big snow for Nashville proper.

We had below freezing temperatures three nights -

but we are suppose to warm up to the 70's tomorrow

before our next cold snap hits.

Dan and I didn't have any coats for this cold weather - but while loading the boxes stored in my office closet we found a box with

some of our coats in it.

So, at least we'll have something to wear when this

next cold snap comes.

I also decided to come down with a cold last week.

Monday I had a scratchy throat and by Tuesday I was

congested and couldn't talk.  Ahhh, the joys of my

having a cold.  I am feeling somewhat better today and

think that the worst is over.

Wednesday evening we will be getting the

girls for a couple of days!

Yippee!!!!!

They should be here after dinner and

we'll have them Wednesday night,

Thursday night, and then their mom will be

back on Friday.  I'm not sure if they will stay here

Friday night or if Melissa will head back down to Lake Placid.

So, that should be an interesting couple of days.

(Of course, this will be when the contractor wants

to get started - he'll just have to wait.)

Well, that's about it.

Oops! I did it again!!!

Oh my intentions are good, but I just can't seem

to make myself walk in the office and sit down at this computer.

I don't know if it's because my office is a little on the chilly side

or if I'm just a little down that nothing is 

happening on the house yet.

I know, I keep saying that things are suppose to start - 

and we keep being told that they are - and

then NOTHING!

Well, let's see if I can get you caught up on the last couple 

of weeks.

The last time I wrote I told you that Dan had been

sick and that he had a doctor's appointment.

Well, turns out he had a cold

(or, as we call it, the man flu).

Anyway - he is all better and his cough

is almost all gone.

On Thursday, the 7th of January, Jessie Lee

had dental surgery.  She had been having some issues

before Christmas and had been on pain killers and antibiotics

since December.  So, it was time to have the surgery.

She had five teeth removed - but she is doing fine.

We took her in that morning and picked her up about 6

that afternoon.  She has gotten spoiled on the soft food

instead of her regular dry food so we are trying to transition her

back to her dry stuff - but so far, she is not having anything to do with that.

Of course, Dan is still giving her the soft stuff twice a day - but

maybe it will be a good way to start the process of stopping

her from "free feeding".

On that Friday I had my follow up appointment with the gynecologist in Gainesville.  I went down by myself, as Dan didn't want to leave Jessie all day.  It was fine and I was able to do a little shopping (looking).  He called in my prescriptions to a pharmacy that mixes them especially for me - that's great except the insurance company doesn't pay (and this stuff is not cheap) - plus I had to make another trip down to Gainesville on Tuesday the 12th to pick up the medicine.  I'm not completely sold on this yet, but I will give it a couple of months and see if it really does what the doctor says it will do.  If not - back to the patch for me.

I took mom with me on the 12th and we went to the mastectomy bra store and had her fitted - they had to order her bras and will not be in until the 22nd.  Which means I see another trip to Gainesville to pick those up - then, I have to have more blood work done the first week of February before my follow up with the gyno on the 12th of February.  Seems like doctors appointments will never end!  (This doesn't count the bone density test on the 29th)  I ready to scream ENOUGH!!!!!

(Oh, and mom had her follow ups with her surgeon, oncologist, and her bone density test on the 22nd of February.

 Whew!!!!

Okay, enough with the doctors!

A couple of things have happened around here!'

Last week we had six pine trees removed from the yard.

Three in the back yard that were leaning some toward the house.  We didn't want to build the new family room addition and then have a pine tree fall on the house.  We also had three in the front yard - one where the new drive way will go in and two that were diseased.

They would go up to the top of the tree in a 

bucket truck and start taking the

tree down.

One section at a time.

Then another truck would come in and pick

up the pieces.

While another man would get

everything in a pile.

And finally take the last of the trunk

down.

When they left there was no debris anywhere.

Now, they do need to come back, either later

this week or next, to do the stump grinding.

The stump grinder was not working - but as long

as it's done before the house construction is

finished I'm good.

The contractor also came by with the plumber, electrician, and 

dry wall guy to look at the plans and the layout of the

house.  We have been told that the drawing for the

new trusses has been sent to the engineer and when they

are approved the building permits can be drawn.

We are also waiting to meet with the general contractor and

the contractor supervisor - hopefully the end of this week.

Once that is done we should be ready to start.

Dan and I have been moving boxes out of my office area over to the storage room.  We have also rented another storage unit as we have to move EVERYTHING out of the house.  I don't think we will need another big unit, but Dan thinks we will.  Anyway, after the meeting mentioned above takes place I'll be packing up the kitchen and the rest of the house getting ready for   all the furniture to be

put away for awhile and we will be moving into the

camper.

We have had some of the coldest weather so far this winter this week - it was 29 degrees here this morning - and I have told Dan that they will want us to move into the camper when it is freezing.

We shall see!

That pretty much catches you up on the stuff going on around here.

As you can see - not much.

I might be going to Lake Placid to take care of the girls next week (or bring them here).  Lorelai has been sick and I might need to go down.

Guess I'll know later this week.

She had x-rays done this morning and we are waiting for the results.

I'll close for now -