Sunday, June 1, 2008

Shazam!

This is what Bettie saw when we arrived the next day (May 23, 2008):


Four walls, and a roof! Maybe that's a normal day's effort for the builders, but for us it's incredible. They have the front porch framed, and the plywood on some of the walls.


Steve standing at the front edge of the porch. The picture window and front door open onto the porch. To the right of the porch are the hall bathroom, the spare bedroom, and the computer room (window covered over by plywood).



Steve and Bettie in their new house (and future home). Yes, I did carry Bettie across the threshold the first time.



Silliness: Steve is showering in the master bath. Good thing there's some plywood for privacy!!



The view out our picture window. The builder patiently explained to us that the dirt piles and diagonal boards are not permanent (yes, more silliness).



What is it with this silliness? Now Steve is pretending to be sitting reading in the "throne room" of the master bath.



It's our house, not public property, so this is not graffiti. This is inside a window frame of the master bedroom.



This is the other end of the house. There will be sliding glass doors in the big opening. Steve is checking out the acoustics of the new basement. Long reverb time - about five seconds.



And no wonder - there's nothing down there except for hard, flat walls.



Look out - that first step is a long one.


This is the carport end of the house. The yellow stuff is to help water drain down the outside of the foundation walls, instead of trying to go inside.

And that's it for today!

1 comment:

Dan said...

When we built our house in Tucson, we (including family and friends) went in and wrote blessings and praises from Scripture and songs on the framing of the house, before the sheetrock went up. In places, we were literally "standing on the promises"!