For the week of July 8 - 14
This past week has been a big one is many ways in terms of the building of our new house - and in other areas, too. Here are seven important events from last week:
(1) July 12th was RT’s 60th birthday. We celebrated with a dinner at our house for our two children, their spouses, and the two grandgirls. We had a wonderful time together. Sweet Stuff wrote a card for RT, and during dinner Sunshine got up and walked over to RT and just hugged him. No prompting - just a spontaneous show of affection.
(2) The cabinets are almost finished in the house - may very well be finished before today (Saturday) is over.
(3) I THINK we have finally found a satisfactory painter for our house - which means that our move-in date is getting closer.
(4) The flooring folks completely finished the hardwood floors two days ago. RT and I have tentatively picked out the carpeting and tile for the rooms that won’t have hardwood floors.
(5) The paving company framed out the patio, sidewalks, parking area and driveway this past week. They will pour the concrete on the patio and sidewalks on Monday.
(6) The landscaping will be done next week. Once the landscaping is done, the driveway will be poured. Our son’s landscaping company will do the landscaping - and he has some great plans for our yard.
(7) On Tuesday I went to my new school with Sweet Stuff to give her a reading assessment so a new teacher could learn how to do the assessment. Afterwards Sweet Stuff and I had lunch together. It was so much fun. Then on Wednesday I had lunch with Sunshine.
All in all - it was a very good week.
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July 15th, 2007 at 7:32 am
Happy Birthday to RT! I know you all had a wonderful celebration.
Thanks for coming by my Sunday Seven. We were in Maggie Valley but W had to go to Lake Junaluska for meetings! It was very lovely.
I can’t wait to see your finished house. It is gorgeous.
July 15th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Hey Carol so glad to see you back. Sounds like a wonderful birthday. So glad that the house is coming together. Blessing.. Daisy
July 15th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Sounds like a great bday for RT; spontaneous hugs from grandchildren rank right up there with academy awards and million dollar contracts!
July 15th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Sounds like a great week! I’m anxious to see your house!
July 15th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Building a new home can be so exciting,and yet anxious-filled time. I’ve not built a new home, but was involved with the building of our new church building. You’ll be in your new home before you know it!
July 15th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Happy Birthday to your husband. My husband’s birthday was the 11th.
I know you are excited about moving into your new home. It would be fun to have everything clean and fresh.
July 16th, 2007 at 9:26 am
O/T - You’ve received an award - come by my place to pick it up.
http://bluestarchronicles.com/2007/07/16/im-a-rockin-girl-blogger/
TMS: Okay, I had to think a few minutes to figure out what O/T meant. I actually saw that you had given me the Rocking Girl Blogger award at BSC before I read about it here in comments. Thanks. I think I like the fact that it has “girl” in more than “rocking”. It’s nice to be considered a girl again. LOL!
July 16th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
What color is your brick? The house is beautiful!
TMS: Thank you! We love the house. The brick is “Jefferson Wade Tudor” by General Shale. We spent weeks deciding what brick and mortar to use. One afternoon, we drove past a house in a new development near us and we both said, “That’s the brick we want!”