August 28, 2008

The Candy

This was our house at the beginning of this week:

This was Tuesday night:

We arrived last night at our house to find that many things had been delivered. I felt like a kid at Christmas. My jacuzzi tub was sitting in my garage along with my staircases.

My windows and doors are just waiting to be installed, skylights too. My front door, with the satin nickel sidelights (picture above), looks so cool. The box containing the soffit pieces and the boxes with my window heads are all there. Even some of the door levers have been delivered.

Inside, we found we were under a roof. While Mr. BBM and I checked that everything was straight and as it should be, the girls stood in the dining room window area and serenaded the neighborhood. I think Lil C is starting to get it, that this will really become our home soon.

The framing crew worked hard today to finish building the roof. Tar paper is installed on a third of the house and it won’t be long before our shingles are being delivered. It’s exciting. It’s like the jewelry of the house, the candy for the new homeowners; and I am getting more and more excited every day.

On an unrelated note, I have remained in the top 12 for the Hot Blogger Calendar contest and I want to thank all of you so much for all of your votes. Voting continues until August 31st, so if you haven’t yet voted, please go throw another one in my direction, because every calendar needs a picture of a girl in a gi.

Posted by Black Belt Mama on August 28, 2008 in Building the BBM House | 4 Comments

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4 Comments on The Candy

karrie on Thu, 28th Aug 2008 2:16 pm

Wow!!! That’s one fast job! Either those workers are on a lot of coke or they’re just that good. Happy day! Very exciting….and girls in a gi really should be in a calendar!

Eric san on Thu, 28th Aug 2008 2:34 pm

I hope that when you designed your new house that you made sure there was plenty of space for maneuvering furniture between rooms and up the stairs. When we move you into your home in October we will have to get some type of contract drafted up for you to sign, which won’t hold us responsible for any damage that may be caused to the house during the moving process. Now that your knee is a lot better, I don’t want to scratch a wall with a cabinet and have to worry about you draging me out back and kicking the living daylights out of me as punishment.

delemr on Thu, 28th Aug 2008 3:46 pm