Week 2

Well, today is day 1 of week 2.  Spent a little time at the site on Saturday showing some friends the foundation and enjoying Stoli playing in the little bit of snow we had.  I have posted a few of  the snow pics.  This week, they are supposed to start framing.  I hope to get there this afternoon & take some pics, if not, will go tomorrow morning.

Day 5 - Friday November 13

Well, the pics below are from this morning.  We are expecting snow today, so hopefully the crew can get the walls finished & poured this morning so they dont get postponed til monday.  I talked to the contractor yesterday and the thought was to have them done today so they could cure over the weekend, so framing could begin on Monday.

Also signed the papers on Wed and rec'd a call yesterday from the title company saying that everything posted & closed.   FINALLY! 

 

Day 1.....done....on to day 2!

Wow....yesterday came & went so fast!  Found out that the excavator would be at the property at 10am and digging would commence at 10:30.  So, I arrived at 9:45 to document the experience, Day 1.  I wandered the property for a few hours watching the backhoe dig the foundation, helping as I could.  Took lots of pictures.  Had to head home for lunch & to work for a few hours, but planned on being back at the site before 3.

Picked up my friend Chad at about 2:30 and headed back to the property.  The foundation was complete dug out and the backhoe guy (I cant remember his name), was plucking trees out of the ground to make way for the cement trucks.  We walked through the driveway changes and he proceeded to cut in the new driveway.  A few more, larger, trees had to be plucked out for the new driveway.

What an experience....I still have a smile on my face & was quite giddy while there yesterday.  On to day 2....today they are restaking within the hole dug, so they can put in the foundation forms.  Not sure if concrete comes today or tomorrow, but its moving along.....

Today is the day!!!!!

Finally....good news!  After a week of not feeling good.....mentally & physically....My loan guy called & my construction loan is approved!!!!  Good news is what I needed. 

More to come....

Loss of words

As I sit here & wait to hear from USBank, other parts of my life are in turmoil.  Nothing life threatening, but just changes I wasnt anticipating.  Over the past few months, good friends have moved away, new people have come into my life unexpectedly and I've rekindled some old feelings, only to find that as always...things change.  I know I am rambling & being vague...but, because this is where it is, I will be vague.

At 41, in the prime of my life, I sit here, waiting to build a house, waiting to find a partner in life, waiting, waiting, waiting...as the world goes by.  I dont get it.  I have worked my ass off for years to get to where I am....only letting in a few that I connected with.  Some of those have maintained a position in my life, some have left on their own accord and others have been banished (LOL - sorry, I needed the laugh). 

Sometimes I hate who I am & how I am.  I am a picky bitch.  I have to have a connection with the person I am going to be with and cant seem to budge on that.  So many people just take what they can get, get used to it and move on.  Im not like that.  I want to be IN LOVE.  How hard is it?  When I think I have found the right person, something happens.  So many complications...  My heart loves so easily that it gets hurt just as easily.

Just me ranting & raving....hurting & learning.....nothing new, just painful as always....

Hopefully will have good news to post tomorrow....check back.  Will update on my mental status too  =)

Whirlwind

Well, its been a while since I have written anything.  I've been kind of depressed by the lack of progress on the house loan.  I spent the majority of last week in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada for work.  While there, I received an email from my loan guy saying that I had two options now...cancel the loan or come up with more money.  So...I picked up the phone & cashed in some investments, so I can invest in this new house.  All of a sudden, this home because more of an investment than it was already.  Today, the checks came from those investments and all the paperwork has been forwarded on to the processor & the underwriter.  So...hopefully....god willing...friday we will know how long before the paperwork can be signed and how much I have to bring to the table to close.

I will update as I know more...as always..... 

Live, Love, Laugh....sometimes that's how I get through the day. 

Soon? We'll see.....

Another week of nice weather lost to processors, underwriters & hair pulling....mine that is.  The weather here in Spokane has been perfect for building a house and hopefully it will stay that way for a while.  This week has been another waiting week.  Hopefully I hear something soon.  I have been on the edge of giving up so many times, but know that with what I have invested, financially & emotionally, I cant.  I just keep imagining sitting on the back patio, listening to the water feature, drinking my coffee, watching Stoli play.  Hopefully that dream comes true sooner that later.  I know it will...just be patient. 

Last weekend, while in the Seattle area, I went to IKEA with friends to look at bathroom fixtures for the new house.  I found bathroom fixtures for both of the smaller bathrooms in the new house.  Not sure what Im going to do in the master bath, but will cross that bridge later.  Cant wait to venture back over to IKEA (probably Portland due to no sales tax) to make the big purchases. 

So.....hopefully my next post will be about the loan closing.  Keep your fingers crossed, I know mine are!