Slacking Much?

I will just blame it on the fast pace of life and the kids.  LOL!!! We have completed quite a bit since we moved in 11 months ago.  The kids all have very nice rooms w/ new wood floors, there is a tv room w/ new beautiful wood floors and the bathroom is done on that side of the house. Also all the rooms are painted. Other than hanging a few things on the walls, its nice.  Rob has also enclosed the dining room but it still needs texturing, paint and flooring.  We also now have a half completed office and the forming of the front foyer w/ a new door.  So excited about that!!! I will figure out how to pull the poster from my new phone onto here and try to get pics of the kids finished rooms, as well as the tv room and bathroom here soon.  We are fortunate and I am trying very hard to start focusing on what we don't have and count all our blessings.  If you see this post and are still visiting my house blog inspite of my lack of update please leave me a message.

We've made some progress, I have just been slacking on the photo progress.  Currently all 3 of the kids room walls/ceilings are textured and painted.  Rob is also in the process of adding a 2nd bathroom to the house by the kids room.  Also have the walls up for what will be a tv area for the kids.  In the bathroom we need to plumb the toilet and shower, texture the walls and ceilings, add a mirror and light strip, put in the toilet, put in shower stall currently in our bathroom, and add the flooring.  The tv room needs texture of walls and ceiling and flooring and the kids room needs flooring.  And baseboards through out all of these spaces.  Not sure how long it will take us to do this as we have had a turn in Rob's business and money is just not there. 

Well still eyeball high in boxes, but a little progress

This is what the ceiling texture is going to be in the rooms

This is the wall texture.

Overview of Ethan's ceiling, you can see the middle is still wet.

Picture of Ethan's room wall as they started.

William knocking down the splatter

Rob applying the mudd

that I can actually document.  We are texturing the walls, what I love about this is it is feeling homey.  By the end of the day Ethan and Megan's walls will be textured and Ethan's ceiling should be done in a cool swirley pattern.

New skirting w/ better lighting

Well... Was going to upload some new pics with skirting and the 2 new temporary landings... but apparently the server doesn't want to cooperate... Will try again later.

The house has a skirt...

And it just looks so fancy... LOL!!! The skirting got done and I think it looks quite good.  I took pics towards the darkness, but will take some more tomorrow.  I will leave you with some pictures because my back request that I rest it.  ;o) Oh and the kids today asked me to start calling the modular home... Because its our home now.  Sweet huh.

My Dad working on the skirting

The skirting a little more done

All done, the left hand side looking towards the back.

Looking the front from the left side.

When you walk in the left handside glass door you walk into our mud room then walk through Laundry room

Excuse the dust and mess but this is looking from the master bedroom towards the kids "wing" of the house

Between me and the laundry room/playroom (and future bathroom) will be a kitchen and I am standing in the living room.

Inspection Update

Well yesterday we had our Temp Power Inspection and we PASSED!!!! Yah!!! I also called the electric company which said it would 3-4 days from today before we would see power.  So today Rob and I after going to his Orthopaedic appt went and picked up some stuff for the a/c to finish it up.  He found out when he started cutting into the line that he had a live wire (zap).  They jumped our 6 foot fence (locked) and installed the meter and turned the power on.... CRAZY!!!  Also yesterday with the help of a new friend we finished the drywall.  We also had help from my girlfriend Teresa and her son over the weekend and also a couple we have friended here.  We are very blessed with all the help we have received.  Tommorrow or thursday I will run by and take some photos.  I need to finish screwing in all the drywall, start mudding and finish laying the floor in the temporary kitchen.  YAH!!! Getting closer.  We have also lengthened our lease by 2 weeks so we can get in with out stressing out.  So, whats left to do:

Kitchen:
*Install cabinets, sink, remainder of floor and applainces (including bleaching my very nasty fridge)
Bathroom:
*Install enclosure around tub and finish plumbing
Master Bedroom:
* Patch Ceiling
** Finishing Screwing in Drywall, then mud and paint.
Outside:
* Install skirting, finish grading, add small deck w/ steps at each door
A/C
* Clean Ducts, Install Filter Ducts, Install the heater strips, hook up the power and run them
* Cover Ducting on side of the house.
Water:
** Flush Water System, Cap and test for leaks.

And then we are done......

Over the weekend we have taped and mudded a TON... Instead of taping and mudding originally they put strips of wood between the drywall, so we have been pulling those off the walls and mudding them. I think it will look a ton better with that.  Also a bunch more clean up around the property happened to so that we can finish grading for the final inspection.  And today and tomorrow more drywall will be put up and LOTS more mudding... HA... Seems to be a theme these days.  Hoping to have all the electrical done before the temporary power inspection today.  Here are a few pictures of modular getting cleaned up.  Will take another photo after the drywall goes up today.... Off to do more Mudding...