Roger and I woke up this morning and took a walk to the new house to see what activity was going on. The bricklayer was there working and boy has that chimney came along since last Wednesday. I did get emotional when telling them I really wanted my dad to brick the fireplace. I was okay until Roger said now don't start crying I know you wanted your dad to brick it. Well the waterfall hit then so I had to compose myself.

Banjo, our oldest daschund came over to the house today with us. She was definitely putting a show on and keeping the bricklayers with something to look at as she barked and kept their attention on her. She likes to have all the attention and is ready to move as much as we are.

I took plenty of pictures this morning and will go over to my sister-in-law's tomorrow to get the site updated. So keep looking hopefully by tomorrow evening you'll see some new photoes.

Well vacation was gone and done before I realized it. I went to Las Vegas to visit family and my nephew got married while I was there. Boy that makes me feel much older that I believe I am because I remember when that kid was born. Whoa how times goes. My sister-in-law, Becky - niece, Celesse - and nephew, Dillard came with me. It was nice to have them along and it really gave mom and dad the chance to see the grandkids that are back here in Missouri since they live all the way out in Nevada now. We miss them so.

The house as come along quite well since I last posted. I will get new photos online soon; but will have to get Becky's help to load them on. Our windows have been in for quite some time now. They are floor to ceiling and crank out at vertically. Roger picked them out without me and I think he did a totally awesome job. There was a lot of things though especially colors that I picked out without him. It was better that way since he is color blind. The bricklayer arrived on Wednesday June 25 starting on the fireplace. After Roger and him talked they decided it really wasn't going to be that much more to go ahead an brick the house so we are going to do just that. Roger is so excited and so am I because all along that is exactly what we wanted to do.

The heating and cooling duct work was done while I was gone on vacation but still have the furnace, hot water heater, air condition, and outside furnace to install. The outside furnace will be our main source of heat. It is a central boiler from Buchheit's. It will allow us to still burn wood to save on heating cost but not to have the mess in the house like we have had for years now. The furnace in the house will only act as back up in case we are out of town in the winter or in case the furnace outside gets the house below a certain temperature then it would kick on.

On Wednesday the builder showed up to form up the concrete slab in front of the garage and patio area on the other side of the house. We also had the insulator come and start on his work as well. The house is definitely starting to take on a lot more dimension than a few months ago when we started construction on April 14. Boy 10 weeks later has showed a lot of changes.

Well take care and keep an eye out for pictures. Hopefully by mid week I'll have them on the site.

Well no updates really since I last wrote on May 31. We are still waiting on our plumber to finish. I just pray that some progress starts soon. The house went up so fast early on that it is hard to just watch it sit. We have been ready for the bricklayer now for over a month to do the fireplace but the hole for it still remains vacant. He is really busy but as is expected. Most construction in our area didn't get started till mid April due to the horrible winter.

I will soon get a break away from everything when I leave Sunday June 15 for a visit with family to Las Vegas, Nevada. I'll return on June 24. It will be nice to get away and relax. Maybe with the time lapse I'll come back to major changes at the house.

Roger and I were over at the house this morning. He was trying to figure out how the outside furnace was going to be hooked into the house. It flusters him and in turn flusters me; but we are determined to not let it tear us apart. Everyone tells us that if we can make it through this house construction we can overcome everything. So we are determined to overcome this hurdle and spit at it in right in the face. Does it sound sound like we are ready for it to be over or what, because I am ready.