Sunday, November 24, 2013

Overwhelmed? Nope.

It's time to post an update to our renovations. I was hoping to have some more pictures to share, however I haven't been out to the house in a couple of weeks. I do have some pictures to share of the digging! The builder and his crew started digging for the addition on November 9th.
Since then, the foundation has been poured, and the block has been put in place for the new crawl space. This week the framing will go up. Our builder has also told us to start picking out bathroom fixtures, vanities, and sinks. Did I mention that we are going to get a farm sink with an apron front? Oh yes. Oh yes we are. There are so many options out there, and I'm not particularly good at picking what goes with what. If you show me a picture of something already put together, I can say, "Oh, that vanity, with that vanity top and that sink, and faucet. Yep. That's what I want!" Having to pick out individual pieces is something I have never done before, and I'm trying to enjoy the excitement of it rather than get crazy about it. Because I do that sometimes, you know. I get crazy. My therapist says that I need to give my "crazy" a name. You know, like an alter ego. I've decided to name her Nina. So, when I start to get a little overwhelmed or agitated or...crazy...I can just say, "Nina. Settle down girl. I've got this." Even my therapist has an alter ego named Edna. Seems to work for her.
We met with our realtor yesterday. We are blessed because we have worked with her twice before. She gave us some projects to do to get our home, "show ready". We were ready for that. I think that it really stinks that we have put things off. You know...like updating the kitchen. Why the heck didn't we do that a year ago, when we could have a little time to enjoy it? Oh yeah....we had other things going on. That's how life is, isn't it? Things happen, you get sidetracked and/or priorities get shifted, and then those that are way down on the list suddenly become immensely important and you suddenly "find" the money to get them done, basically because you have to. I want to say that I'm not complaining, but....I kinda am. We have to get our home "show ready". Oh, and we have to get our new home ready to move in to. And then we have holidays, and family visiting. Gotta squeeze in the homeschooling too. As Shaggy once said to Scooby..."ZOINKS!!!" But...I'm not overwhelmed. Simmer down, Nina. Simmer down.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Permits Part 2

Good news! The county issued our permits! We got news from our builder that we have them. Our builder hopes to begin digging at the end of next week. We're excited, but I think that the real excitement will come when we see that backhoe start movin' some dirt! Chad's dad owns a backhoe. Cool huh?
Our fall has been busy, with Chad working at the farm and me just trying to keep up with the kiddos. But, we have taken some time to do some of our usual fall activities, like heading to Russell Farms Pumpkin Patch.
Trick-O-Treating was fun with our Ghost, Transformer, and Dragon!
Being that this blog is entitled, "Farmtastic" I find it necessary to include pictures of our recent adventure at the farm. During our visit, Chad and the farm crew were harvesting corn. The boys love the combine. Our Little Man would not ride in it because he said it was "scary" but he will get plenty of opportunity to take a ride next year!
Finally, a family picture from our trick-o-treating evening!