MORE PICTURES

Let there be dirt!!!!

The plumbers did their thing last Friday (the 13th) but we only had good luck!!!!!

This will be my sunporch!!!!!!!!!

Interior footings. Almost ready to pour the slab.

Weekend Happenings

Well, Ashley and I are safely back from a weekend trip to Atlanta. And I think Atlanta should be recovering soon from our visit. Someone asked if we shopped til we dropped and I told them we shopped til I dropped. Ashely could have covered much more ground. I keep telling her she will understand one day when she is old like me!!!!

Anyhoo...we went to Scott Antique Market at the Atlanta Expo Center and it was fabulous. I think Ashley had her doubts but once we got there she said it was "the real deal". Of course most of it was out of my price range and just to elegent for my humble abode, but it was still incredible. I did pick two chairs, which I will be posting pictures of soon. They are soooo cute.

Progress on the house continues. The plumbers got their rough in done Friday and the foundation guy was there when I left this morning preparing for the slab to be poured.

On a more serious note, my good friend Bonnie starts chemo treatments today. I ask that anyone who reads this will send up a prayer for her. I know she and her family would appreciate it. Thanks.

Have a great Monday!!!

HOUSE PROGRESS

There was alot of activity yesterday around the old home place. I think about 18 loads of dirt of delivered, but don't quote me on that - you know how I get confused. All the dirt got spread and packed. And the water meter finally got installed. Yeah!!!!! I met with my plumber this morning and ironed out some details. He plans on doing his part tomorrow. Hopefully by this time next week there will be a completed slab. Stay Tuned.

P.S.

After posting that last comment, I looked at my blog for the first time this morning. Did you see the verse of the day? Talk about a personal word from the Lord (fellow Sunday Schoolers will know what I'm talking about). I'm going to chill out now and try to let my mind "be still".

DAY 24

Well Day 24 looks mysteriously like day 19. You know, the rain delays I've come to grips with, 5 days of no work for no apparent reason I'm struggling with. Patience, they say, is a virtue. Obviously not one I posess.

I'm praying right now that Mike is not reading this. Mike is my good friend, stand-in husband, and "GC" (a very high paying position, I might add). Mike's mantra is "patience, Lane, patience". As a matter of fact he started saying that long before the building process even started - you would think maybe he knew me or something.

Anyway, back to the house, they have told me today is the day - the dirt work will get done and the water meter will be set. Tomorrow it should be ready for the plumber and electrician (that's Mike too, by the way) to come in. Then comes the slab. Hopefully I will have a full progress report tonight and more pictures by the end of the week. I hope everyone has a great day!!!

Pictures, pictures, pictures

I have been promising pictures of the progress on the house. I have those pictures, how to actually get them on here is a whole other issue. This 21st century thing is harder than it looks.

Ok, this is the "before" shot of my little house plot.

And these are some pictures showing the footings as they dug them and poured the concrete.

And next comes the cement blocks.

Ok, there is just a few to give you an idea of what is going on. Hopefully I'll get the hang of this and post some more later.

DAY 19

Well, officially this is Day 19 of the construction process. But any of you who have spent much time around me in the last few years know it's really more like Day 1019. Building this house has been a dream (sometimes, nightmare) I have agonized over for close to five years. And the last two years have been intense. I now own enough house plan books and decorating magazines and books on constructing your own home to start a library. Just ask any of my friends: I have poured over books, torn pages out of magazines, spent hours in Lowes and in general driven everyone around me crazy.

Well the process has actually started now and I'm sure everyone is eternally grateful. Although, I have heard rumors that friends and family are setting up some kind of schedule. They call it "Lane Duty". It seems they think I need to be under some kind of 24 hour watch to prevent what I like to call my "melt-downs". (Thanks Reed and Ashley)

Anyway, after this weekend I hope to have picture posted of progress to date and give you a run down of how these first 19 days have been.

If you check out the blog, please leave a comment. I would really like to hear from you.

Welcome Me to the 21st Century!

Within a 24 hour period I had two people tell me I need to join the 21st century (my sweet brother and even sweeter friend Stephanie - and, yes, I use the term "sweet" loosely). However I have taken their advice to heart. I now have a blog spot. Do I know what a blog spot is? No, not really, but from the outside it appeared to be more appropriate for me (being the old lady that I am) than My Space or Facebook. The My Space and Facebook scene all seemed a little young and hip for me, the one who still uses a camera that actually takes film and doesn't require memory sticks, or whatever you call them. Come to think of it, I also got called on that recently, I was questioned by a co-worker who wondered why in the world I would use such a camera.

So I guess that is where we get to the root of it. I don't like change. I like to eat at the same resturants, do the same things, hang out with the same people. I barely understand text messaging and definately haven't picked up on the whole slang/short hand that people use. I mean, CU L8R, come on, the first time somene "said" that to me I thought they were just a really bad typer.

But for someone so resistant to change, there happens to be alot of it going on. I have been at my new job for about 8 months now. Being the new kid on the block took some getting used to. I'm building a house, only a few weeks in to it, but it's coming along. And now, lo and behold, I'm an official resident of the 21st century - I have a blog. So here we go, I guess I'm inviting you to come along on my adventure.

P.S. No, no that's not me in the picture, it's my neice (officially the cutest child in the whole world). Don't you think she looks just like her aunt?