Bite!

Cricket doesn't often like to play with Parker, but once in a while the mood will strike her and she chases him around. He has the perfect sized limbs, fingers and toes for her to attack. A few days ago Parker came running through the house being crazy, and Cricket took off after him. They played great for a few minutes then Cricket bit his foot (totally playing). He cried and let me cuddle him for about a minute. He got off my lap, stomped off and got a piece of paper & a pencil. He sat back down, and in a ticked off voice said, "Mom how do you spell 'dumb'?" It has been hanging on the fridge since.

Week 5 Recap

This week quite a bit got done, but not a lot that you can actually see. They did finish getting the roof on, most of it before the snow hit. The cabinet guy came and marked up the floor to give us a final estimate on our cabinets, the plumber was there running lines, the HVAC guy was there and got the furnaces in and ran duct work, the sheetrock guy and insulation guy came to measure and the electrician was there to mark where the lights will go. Oh, and my favorite, the fireplace was put in. Monday our "four way inspection" is scheduled to be done. I'll admit I have no idea what that is but apparently it is a really big deal. If I figure out what it is, I'll let you all know. ;-)

This was the last day of sunshine before the storms hit. The framers worked until it was pitch dark to get the roof on before everything got wet.

We have been itching to get upstairs and check it out but the stairs are not in yet. We found some boards that we could climb in the laundry room & squeeze through an opening to get up there. Travis and Parker got up no problem (Parker is part-monkey.) Preston got up but it scared the crap out of him and he would not come down. I just stuck my head though. I was convinced my fat arse would get stuck in the hole! So as of yet, I've not seen the upstairs.

Parker was thrilled to get upstairs and see his room! His exact words, "it was so awesome!"


Yea! I really missed having a fireplace at our last house. I can't wait to curl up by it with a good book.

Everything in the house is soaking wet.

This is where the stairs will be to the upstairs. I guess if they never build them we can just keep shoving Preston up through the hole and listen to him scream!

Stop!

I woke up during the night last night and realized how bright it was outside. It was the brightness that either hits you with panic because you think you've slept in, or you hope it's Christmas morning and it is going to be a white Christmas. It was white all right, but it's October 27th! For the love of Pete STOP! FINISH! QUIT! NO MORE! HALT! STAND DOWN! END! CEASE! LAYOFF! FREEZE! NO! TERMINATE! REST! BE OVER! COOL IT! DEPART! EXIT! GO AWAY! VACATE! LEAVE! PARADA! ARRET! ANSCHLAG! FERMATA! REMORA! OCTAHOBKA! (Yes, I did use a thesaurus and Google to translate.) Snow, you may return when our driveway is poured, our stucco is up, our shingles are on and our windows are in.

I'm dreaming of a white Halloween!

Shiner!

I got a call Thursday at lunchtime from a friend whose husband was at the school on lunchroom duty. He'd called her because Preston had a fresh shiner on his right eye. He was not exactly sure what had happened, but they wanted to let me know about it and tell me he was fine. The school called a few hours later (yea, old news!) to tell me another kid had crashed into him on the playground at recess. The school said that the other kid didn't have a scratch on him. This is the second time my 82# son has gone down when a smaller kid ran into him. This summer he and his 44# cousin ran into each other and Preston went down. He received a severe ankle sprain and spent weeks in a brace. His cousin walked away like nothing happened.


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Week 4 Recap

Slow week until yesterday. Because the framers got ahead of schedule last week, the trusses were not ready until Tuesday. Wednesday we had a crew of eight guys, and once again they cruised. Preston was really excited to see the upstairs bedrooms being put in, and spent time looking up at them trying to decide which one he is going to pick. We've told him since he's the oldest it's his call, but I keep dropping hints that the front one is much nicer. They are exactly the same, but that is the one I want him in. :-)

This week we ordered the windows, doors, and the HVAC stuff. We are way over budget on the HVAC and I am not liking that at all! We also need to order the cabinets by the end of the week - ahh! I fell in love with some pretty cabinets and countertops that are $4,000.00 over our budget - OUCH! There are some other ones that we'd be on budget but I just don't love them. I think that the HVAC being so high that is going to push me in the cheaper direction, but, oh, the others ones are so pretty!

I hope today they will get the upstairs fully framed. I feel we are racing the weather for the weekend. I've heard snow in the valley by Monday. (No, my BFSW, I am not doing my rain dance!)

Front view of the house. The bedroom, ok wood, you see over the two car garage is the front bedroom.
This is the trusses being lifted on the back bedroom. The guys made me nervous standing up there like they were.
This view is from the master bedroom looking into the living room. Can't you tell?
It is always fun bringing the boys home in my car with the black interior when they are covered head-to-toe in light colored dust!

Pumpkins!

Yesterday we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. Parker had a blast, running around and picking up every small pumpkin that he passed. I couldn't decide if Preston was bored to death, or if he was just not feeling well. He has a cold & he's not himself. I hope he's not outgrown the pumpkin patch. At my age I've still not outgrown it!

Decor

Fall is my favorite time of year, and normally I have the house and porch all decorated up for Halloween. Obviously this year I can't decorate, but we did get a pumpkin.