They're Working...

It has been a week since the framing started and there has been very little activity on our house. Finally today, we saw the crew working on it. We found out two reasons why nothing has been done for the past week. 1.) They didn't have all the supplies they needed. 2.) They didn't have the supplies because the roads were too bad for the trucks to make any deliveries.

So, if the roads could only get done...

Today they did finally start the second floor. When were there, they had the ceiling/floor layed down.. The crews were getting ready to start the framing. The pieces for the roof are there too. Maybe by Monday it will all be framed?... That is if it doesn't rain tomorrow... which it might. Ugh!!! I know Emma says we need the rain and that I should be patient, but I want my new house and I want it NOW! :-)

A Good Talking To

They (Arbor Homes) say it takes three days to frame a house. So, by now ours should be framed, right? Well, it would be if it the rain wouldn't get in the way. So far our house still looks like it did last Thursday. It rained on Friday. It poured on Saturday - which made for really muddy roads! Nothing was done yesterday even though it didn't rain. I am guessing the roads were still too muddy. There were a bunch of "mini lakes" visible from the bypass. I heard rain was in the forecast for today. Hmmm.....

We were driving in the car on Sunday and had an interesting conversation with Emma. Actually, it was more of a "talking to" form her. It went something like this...

E: (pretty much out of the blue), "Would you rather have rain or the house?"
I was thinking... "What are you talking about?!"
Dave: "What do you mean, Emma?"
E: "Well, would you rather have the water we need to live or have the new house?"
D: "Do you mean we could live with the rain, but be dead in the new house?"
E: "Yeah. We need the rain to live. We don't need the house to live."
E: "We need to be patient with the new house. I know it is hard. Sometimes, I don't like to be patient. But we need to try. This rain is a good thing. The house will still be built. We just have to wait."

How is that for a lecture from a 6 1/2 year old?

What a Difference a Day Makes

Yesterday we had concrete, today we have the first floor framed!

The front: the garage is on the left. The window on the right is the office window. The front door is hidden between the garage wall and the office wall.

Anna and me in front of the office window.

Anna looking out the living room window into the backyard.

A Little Progress

Here is what we saw today. Yipee!!!! If you look closely you will see an inset in the cement. This is the stoop for the front door. It faces west which will always remind us of our family and friends to the west of Indiana. :-)

This second picture shows all the 2 x 4's and materials needed to frame the house. Many of the pieces are pre-cut so as to save time.

Here's a picture Dave took standing atop a pile of gravel. (The gravel is used as a base for the concrete slab. ) You can clearly see both the materials and the slab.

This last photo shows our "Sunrise patio" (it faces east). We plan to one day have it covered and screened in... but that come later... much later! :-)

So, that's our house as of 4:30PM today. Once the slab dries, they can start framing. I have noticed from the other 6 houses going up, that things move quickly once the framing starts.