I'm Floored

Its getting closer by the day, but progress has been slow this past week.  The weather prevented much progress on the exterior of the house and not much happen on the interior, but we have seen a few things move along.  The exterior doors have been finished and the flooring in the kitchen, dining, entry way and both baths has been completed, and most of the light fixtures had been installed.

I think the contractor was hoping to have the exterior completed before the end of the week, but the entire week through Thursday had rain in the forecast.  As a result they were only able to complete the initial coat for the stucco and stone.

While it is only 2 weeks before the planned completion date and their is still much to do, we have the utmost confidence in our builder, and feel that things will come together before the completion date.  This next week we should see the cabinets be installed, the exterior reach completion, maybe even the driveways and walk ways being put in place.

While there are still some big things to be completed (deck and stairs at the back of the house, master shower, and the remaining floor covering to name a few) most of the remaining work can occur in parallel with each other.  This includes things like the remaining light fixtures, hanging the doors, rain gutters, sewer hookup, plumbing fixtures, electrical outlets, etc.

David is also planning to return this next week to finish the HVAC installation.  He will need to install the condensing unit for the A/C, the unit heater for the garage and the registers and return air vents and a few other minor finishing touches.  Then there will be the paint touch-up and minor damage repairs that will need to be completed before the next two weeks come to an end.

Once we have possession of the house, we will need a little time to install shelves in the basement for storage and then there is the 3 day job of painting the garage floor.  For the most part this is a case of hurry up and wait for the epoxy to dry before the next step.  I want to get this all done before we attempt to move in so that we do not have to deal with the paint fumes once we are moved in.

For the first time we also attended out new ward for church today.  That was exciting.  As many may know it was in December when we had came across the lot and builder for our home and Thomas was dating a beautiful little gal that he works with and I happened to ask Thomas if he was coming ice fishing with us. Well Megan (the little gal that Thomas had been dating) was there and she said that both her dad and her Bishop loved to ice fish, so I invited them to come along, and so they did.  We have a great time.  Then about a month and a half  latter we were talking about where our new home was going to be located and Megan says that she thinks we will be living in the same ward.   We it is true, we will be in the same ward.  To make a long story short,  Thomas and Megan are officially engaged as of yesterday and so we went to her ward today.  We were only guests there today, but it will be our home ward in less than a month.

Congratulation Megan and Thomas.

We look forward to having Megan as a part of our family.  Thomas and Megan will be renting our existing home in Kearns.

And so the excitement of another week builds. The excitement of a new home is being followed by the excitement of having another beautiful daughter-in-law in our family.  When, you ask will she be our daughter-in-law.  Well I will let Thomas and Megan share that, but just suffice it to say that the big day is less than 3 months away.