Santa can come now! No, I didn't say our house would be done by Christmas, but Santa can come NOW if he wishes, because we now have a chimney -- not totally finished, but a chimney nonetheless! So I want Santa to come early and bring wonderful gifts for the workers who are working hard on our future home -- gifts like...cool weather, plenty of cold Gator Ade, soft recliners for napping, and a million dollars! They deserve it!! We didn't go out there all week, and it was so much fun to go Friday evening (with grands Ashton and Adalynn) and see all the progress. Spaces are "filled in" that weren't filled in before and the wood has been pressure washed! At first I thought our future home had just had its own little rain storm; but then Terry pointed out how clean the wood looked and reminded me that they were going to pressure wash last week--both inside and out. It's really looking beautiful, and I love it more every time we go out there, even though I hadn't thought it possible. Just don't pinch me because I might realize it's all a dream, and I don't want to wake up! I am the chief photographer, and we go through the same routine every time we go out there...I just walk around very slowly with the camera around my neck, looking around and taking it all in for about 15 minutes. Terry walks around very analytically with his tape measure and calculator. Then he's ready to go and I tell him to wait, that I have to take pictures. And he says, "You mean you still haven't taken any pictures?" and finds a stack of boards to sit on. Yep! That's the routine. We're comfortable that way...so here's the pics!
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| We took this picture a week ago, Sunday evening. Photo above we took Friday afternoon. |
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| Happiness is...realizing that we still love the shingles we chose 10 months ago!! |
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Freshly washed wood--standing in kitchen looking at breakfast room
Terry and Adalynn looking at view below (at their right) from master bedroom window. They are looking to see if any birds are coming to the bird feeder they just filled at tree below. And Terry is always looking for deer...
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View from dining room window
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| Library/piano room, which will have exposed beams |
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| My precious loved ones standing at breakfast window |
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| Now they are standing in the great room. Apologies for Ashton's Carolina shirt, but she's still beautiful... |
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| I told them one last pic and they had to make a face! :-) |
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| basement bedroom on left, storage in center, and jigsaw puzzle table to right of storage. My kids make fun of me for that, but I bet they will sit right there and look for pieces too, while awaiting their turn at ping pong! |
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| basement shower/changing at left, kitchenette in center, corner of bedroom at right |
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| Terry said this is a wolf! Beautiful, in any case |
