..Carmen San Diego? {Sing it with me…}
But, back to being an adult.. Seriously, I’m sure all our
friends and family have been wondering the same thing this month. Where in the
world is Carmen San Diego are the Gibsons?
Well, my dear friends, for the entire month of November {shy
Thanksgiving week} we have been splitting our time equally between our lovely
home in Rossville, and our one-day-we-promise-it-will-be-lovely home in
Hammondville. Yes, that’s right!
But wait—you might be shouting at your computer screen {or
maybe not at all}—how can you be –living- at a construction site half-time?
Good question! Move your bee up! {sorry, it just comes
naturally to incorporate positive reinforcement using a color-coded
bee-hive-ior chart. Get it? Bee-hive-ior/Bee-havior!}
Last summer, when Wyatt was still just a tiny little man,
the hubster and I purchased an RV. We had many ideas for what we would use it
for. We love going to bluegrass festivals. We enjoy camping with friends. We
also like the idea of having our own traveling-hotel-room-on-wheels. And we
absolutely LOVE the idea of working well into the night, knowing that our
little guy is safe and sound and warm in our little home away from home. So we bought a 28 ft RV-camper that gives us
all of the above mentioned things.
So, back to the point, we’ve been staying in our little
camper for days at a time {one week we actually stayed the ENTIRE week!
Woohoo!} And we’ve gotten a lot accomplished. Sadly, I was so busy running
around like a chicken with my head cut off chasing Wyatt or playing gopher
for Colt that I completely tanked remembering to snap photos along the way. So,
without further ado, here are the latest and greatest pictures of the
Hammondville House {I need to think of a better name…}
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| The doors don't actually go where they are standing. We've just got them leaned against the framing (and secured in place) to keep them from blowing over. Gotta jump on a deal when you see it! I bought both doors for a combined price of $600 from Southeastern Salvage! |
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| Kenny (bro-in-law/super-duper-important-Chatt-inspector) and Colt (super-duper-handsome-hubster-and-builder-extraordinaire) work on framing in my many windows. |
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| Both the guys stop working {a lot! jk!} to snap a photo for Papa Steve in Florida. They're crabbin'! Hah! Family joke! |
Over all, I think we got a LOT accomplished for the month of November. Thinking back, I wish I had made a running list of things I needed to get accomplished. I know it seems like all the framing was probably completed in a few days, and it COULD be done that quickly, if you hired an actual framing crew. But when you have a scale-technician, a teacher, two cosmetologists, and a city inspector running the show, it sometimes takes longer. A lot longer. ;-)
Better
late than never, I guess-- Here's our new list of things we are working on {or
have finished!}:
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* Pour utility room concrete pad
* Install last two roofing sheets
* Frame restroom
* Frame utility room
* House wrap!
* Plywood time
* Insert/secure windows and doors (completing dry-in!)
* Build roof over porch
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think this list can be dubbed Phase 1 of building, since our goal this fall has
been to get the house dried-in before winter hits full force. So far, we’ve
gotten pretty lucky and there hasn’t been much freezing. Hopefully we’ll get it
completely dried-in soon, so we’ll be able to work on things like plumbing and
electrical within the confines of the actual house—thereby being able to heat
while we work!
MrsG
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