Back of house bottom framing only completed 11-29-05 

Future Living Arrangements

I have been a very poor blogger. But a friend of mine encouraged me to post pics of my soon to be new living domicle on here so here it goes. After months of delays 3 to be exact, my house i well under way. I can hardly believe . People ask me everday if I am excited and to be honest I am scared spitless. Petrfied would be more like it. Buying a used car has always been a huge decison for me and now I am buying a new HOUSE! Am I crazy?? I do not know but ask me in 2 months and I will let you know.

My SIL told me the other day I have gotten forgetfull ever since I stared building this new house and she is right! It all seems a blur. I went through many frustrating discussions with the VP of marketing and sales for my builder. After so many delays and being told so many different things why it was being delayed, I did manage to get the full sprinkler system thrown in for free. The one upgrade splurge I wanted but could not afford. So I guess the delays were well worth it. But geez louise the frustration alone was worth the $3000 sprinkler system.

So I am taking photos of my house in progress.
It is a small home but it will be all mine and I can hardly wait!

11-25-05 House before Foundation with plumbing 

Oh where has the Summer Gone?

It is September and I realized today I have not posted since July. I am going to be more faithful to post here this month. I enjoy reading all of my friends Blog sites so I guess I should try to keep mine updated just the same. Now if I could figure out how to post pics like they do all would be right for me. The few I posted were by shear luck and took lots of clicking. How can I possibly do it the again? Especially after all of these months away?

I am going to start tracking the building of my home on here. I am told they should start the foundation next week some time if things go well. I have been driving by on Fridays after work to get the updates on the retaining walls. I never knew how exciting it is to see walls go up? Let alone I never knew how excited I would be to see walls go up. I need to go take some pictures of this neighborhood before all the homes go up. Lots of empty lots with these beautiful stone walls going up. No walls on my sight yet. From what I can tell they are doing the longest and hardest ones first, and from what I see my lot will have very small walls on either side. But the realtor called me last week and she said they are to be finished with the walls sometime this week and since I have all the upgrades and selections picked out on my new home my builder will be good to go as soon as the walls are done.

What else have I been up to? Hmmm. Not much. Window shopping and end of season sales shopping for the new house. Just small items as I find them at great prices. I purchased more silverware. I never thought buying silverware would be fun, but since I have never gotten married I have to do this on my own. I found a beautiful Oneida flatware set. Well lucky me got three for the price of one a few weeks ago. So yesterday I decide to go to an outlet mall to check out the prices at the Oneida factory outlet. Well low and behind they are going out of business and they were selling my set for 50% off of their discounted price. Woohoo! I splurges and bought 5 more sets for less than what I would have paid for 2 sets. I was so doing the happy dance! I now have 8 - 5 piece place settings! And I got them all on supper deal sales! Ok so mo more shopping for antigen for the house until after I close. I have to save up for a fridge. Anyone else out their love the bottom freezer French door styles? That is what I want more than anything! Ok so I am off to scrap. Forget trying to organize that is a lost cause.

Ok I will have pics to post of my lot and walls soon!

Soon to be New home owner!
Valita

My Life July 2005

Ok so I have been bad and I have not updated this in a while. So what has happened since June. Well I am buying a new home in the same community I loved that I thought I could not afford. My builder is Coleman homes and the community is www.bozmanfarms.com and my realtor Kristina Bell rocks! She is just the greatest and has helped me out so much so far and they have not even started building my new home yet. Right now I am waiting for retaining walls to be built on my street. I am not sure if my house gets one or not but if the stakes I saw were any indication one side of my lot will need a retaining. Not a big one, but before the city will release any building permits the walls must go up.
It was pretty cool to go out there this past week and see a sold sign on my lot. Gotta love that. I was by myself so no pics, but the next time I go out I will make sure I get some sort of picture one way or another of me standing next to the sign. Now it is all a waiting game. I am also waiting to hear back from the underwriters to see if I get on this first time home owners special program that few people fit into. My mortgage rep does not think it will be an issue at all. But who knows we shall see. All of the approval papers are filled out and I am waiting to hear back the good news!

I am now going throug boxes to clean out and declutter before I move. I spent all day yesterday going through every inch of one closet. It still appears I have saved to much but I will go through the boxes again in a month or so. My scrap booking room is next on my list. That as well as taking pictures of all of my Mary Engelbreit kitchen ware to sell on Ebay. I have tons to sell. I want a whole new look for my kitchen when I move into my new home. I need to earn teh maximum amount from everything I have to buy the new dishes. I picked out a set my Mikasa called italian country side. It is all white and I just love it. I can mix an any other color I want to make it all pop. And lucky me there is a Mikasa outlet less than a mile away from my apartment.

I have also decided on the type of fridge I want. I want a botton pull out tilt freezer drawer with double top doors. I will say black for now but I flip flop in the stainless look right now that is so popular. Will I hate the stainless in a year after constantly having to wipe it down to get the finger prints off of it? I am going gas on the stove. I have never cooked on a gas stove but I think it will be cool.

My life has been all about my home lately. No time for anything else between work and that. I do need to get a life and start going out again, but now who has the money? LOL.

Ok I am off to take a break. I wil post a picture tomorrow of my lot.