One Month Later
It’s hard to believe that one month has already gone
by! We have slowly been working on the house and trying to get back into the
“normal” routine of things. There have been a few adventures along the way, but
it actually hasn’t been too bad living in a house that is about ½ way done. Some
adventures of the last month…..
·
Learning how to
use as few dishes as possible when you have no kitchen sink on hand
·
You don’t leave a
trash bag with the paper wrappings of insulation on the back porch overnight.
By morning the wind has picked it up and each and every piece is lose and
floating on the pond.
·
The loud and
unusual noises of water running through “uncovered” pipes
·
When you only
have one bathroom, you have to take a number on Sunday mornings
·
The electrical
circuit your working on, can at any moment be turned off for “improvements to
the line”
·
Leaving a wall
open is perfect for throwing laundry through to the washer
·
When staying in
someone else’s home the thought runs through your head “so this is what living
in a finished home is like”
·
Making homemade
laundry detergent and then realizing you have to take it to the hydrant to fill
it with water
·
Your room looks
like shipping and receiving in a warehouse and it takes two days to find a book
you want to read
·
You don’t put a 4
foot ladder on top of a two foot standing platform and then climb to the top.
Climbing down the ladder will slip and you will be left swinging from the floor
joists
·
Every time you
see a single light bulb you think “boy it’s dark’ and it reminds you of stories
when electric first came to rural Oklahoma
·
Realizing that
you can’t have a confidential conversation in any bedroom in the house; not one
of them is completely closed off yet
·
Finding out what
happens when you forget to put the washer’s drain pipe in the drain and then
start the washer
·
Hearing the hot
water heater’s strange creepy noises at night. Sounds like an airplane taking
off, wind whistling through a crack, and a bomb being dropped all at the same
time
·
It is not normal
to feel water drip on your head in a house; we had another “dipping” leak, just
a connection that had to be tightened
·
You can stand on
the back porch and think your having a private phone conversation but everyone
upstairs can hear every word
·
Not having siding
on the house means being kept awake over dogs barking and house wrap flapping
·
You can sit in
the dining room and hear a cell phone vibrate on a bed above you.
There have been the usual trials that come with living
in a house your building but we’ve been enjoying it; it hasn’t been as bad as
some of us thought. I for one have actually not missed our “old” house and
those that really know me know that’s very unusual for several reasons :) But I
know this is only for a short time and that we are in a better situation here;
even though it doesn’t look like it right now :) Here are some pictures of our
work over the last month....
In preparation for installing the siding Andrew
finished enclosing the front and back porches.
We decided to stain the tops of the stairs dark and
paint the fronts white; the rails and banister match the stairs. I actually did
the stairs before we moved in, since after sealing them we couldn’t walk on
them for three days. I finished some touch up this past week and finished the
spindles right before I left for AR. It wasn’t as hard as I thought just
tedious work that seemed to take forever :) Next time I would definitely
paint/stain everything before putting it up.
A few weeks ago Caleigh and I finished all the inside insulation that we could do, so Andrew was able to sheet-rock a few more rooms.
Getting our pantry in
After three weeks of one single light bulb in each the
kitchen and dining room, and only lamps in the living room we decided it was
time for some more lights. Andrew installed the lights that are going above our
island, and some of the recessed lighting in the kitchen/dining room.
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