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We Have A Lawn!

Wednesday evening at 5:30pm I received a text from one of the neighbors who lives in the development (who is moving due to military PCS season! WAAAA) that they were putting the sod down. I got Taryn to bed and told my MIL I was going to run and see the house. I got there just as they were finishing up!

The guy in the picture came over and gave me some lawn care tips.  Basically, make sure I water the bleep out of it for a while.

I grabbed my neighbor friend and in we went to the house.

Other than the wrong fridge being in our house, no GFCI outlets, and the sub-flooring never being fixed before carpet was placed…it’s looking good. They’ve started wearing booties while in the house to protect the floor, but I have to laugh because it’s still super dirty in there.

Our stair railing was taken down. I think they are either going to move the railing down a bit, or they are moving the switch. I assume that blue tape is noting where they want it, but who knows. I asked Susan and she had no idea.

They installed this piece all wrong…my friend was the one who pointed it out to me.

They are fixing above the laundry closet. It looked horrible at first, so I’m glad that was caught before I had to say anything.

They finally installed the garage stairs.

They also sanded down the basement stairs.

Sump pump area was filled in with concrete and a cover was provided.

Monday is our walk-through and Friday we close!! Susan said Friday early morning around 9-9:30 am we’ll have our FINAL walk-through before we close. I completely forgot we had a final one they day of closing.

And good news on the POA front. I had been stressing about if I was going to receive it in time, AND I DID!!! I must have thanked Jesus about 50 million times yesterday. Next update will be after walk-through on Monday!

 

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Landscaping Started!

It’s very basic landscaping, but it livens up the place so much just by adding some greenery.

As you can see they’ve cleaned up the yard and they did a final grading in the back.

Grass goes in today or tomorrow I believe, then the head honcho takes a walk-through and gives his seal of approval or lists things he wants changed. There’s already some items on my radar that I want fixed.

This chip definitely needs fixed.

The scratch in this closet door needs fixed.

I really hope the paint comes off our brand new carpet.

The outlets in the kitchen and bathrooms need to be changed to GFCI outlets.

And some really weird bubbling above the washer/dryer area.

The guy who does the cleanup had a list of things needed to be done going. On top there were the garage door openers. I was REALLY tempted to grab one.

Our moving company called to confirm dates for our move and will be sending someone out in a few days to look at everything we have so they can give an estimate on how long it will take to pack us all up and how big of a moving truck they will need.

I still need to contact a few utility companies to get service started at the house. We have 5 business days after closing to get them changed into our name.

Soon she’ll be ours!!! I can’t wait!

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Almost There!

Can I just say, I am so happy with how everything is looking now! Look at this beauty, she’ll be ours soon!

Today they painted the door, added the door handle and deadbolt lock. Inside they’ve been working on patching scuffs/dents/mistakes.

There are still some things I’m not incredibly happy with, that will hopefully be fixed by walk-through time.

One thing I think the electrician completely skipped was installing all the GFCI outlets in the kitchen and bathrooms. Hopefully that’s already on their list, but if not I’ll be bringing it up at walk-through.

Another thing they need to finish is the sump pump area. All the rocks/dirt need to be cleared away and cement needs to be poured around it.

The deck and porch were also done May 25th.

We plan on doing something a little bit….better, eventually. For now this will do.

They put the carpet in on May 30th. It looks good in there now!!! This carpet is in the great room along with all the rooms upstairs.

Most of the lights are working. There were a few lights that weren’t on, so I’m sure that’s in the list of things to fix as well.

They also installed all the shelves for the pantry and the closets.

The master shower glass door was installed. It looks SO BEAUTIFUL! (Yes, the photo is blurry, sorry!)

And the last big thing to be installed were the kitchen appliances! I may have scared a worker when I walked in, seen them, and squealed.

I cannot wait to see everything all cleaned up and looking nice!!!

Landscaping is scheduled for Tuesday. We received a call yesterday from the landscape contractor asking if we wanted to completely sod our back yard. I wanted to, but Jesse was on the fence and decided he didn’t want to, so we’ll have to deal with seed after 5 feet in our backyard. Hopefully grass will fill in quickly back there.

9 more days until our walk-through and 13 more days until closing!!! It’s getting REAL!

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Last Day of Preschool!

Today was Rylie’s last day of preschool.

I can’t believe how big she’s getting. For comparison I’ve included her beginning of the year picture (where she’s super angry at me). See how much she’s grown?!

I always thought I would be that mom that cries and is a huge mess when it comes to stuff like this, but I am just beaming with pride.

We’ve had quite a challenging year with Jesse being overseas, but we’ve faced those challenges head on and we’ve come out the other side intact and stronger than ever.

My love for this little girl is never ending.

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We Have A Driveway!

Tuesday I drove to the house to get an idea of what was happening there and caught a wonderful sigh indeed…

They were smoothing out the concrete that had been poured! We officially have a driveway and sidewalk now!!! They only did the front, not the back where our patio is…that came on Wednesday (which I didn’t get a picture of).

Everything looks great! I can’t wait to use the driveway! I can’t wait to move in! Only 22 days until closing!

The only other updates to the house is that we finally have running water and the guys were there on Monday patching a bunch of things. There was blue painters tape everywhere pointing out little flaws that they wanted fixed.

I’m not super happy with the placement of that light switch, but it’s not a huge deal. It’s just….inconvenient.

The house is still a huge mess. Everything is covered in drywall dust and there are nails littering the floor and steps. It’s still a huge hazard in there as far as stepping on nails but I’ve managed not to step on another one. LOL.

Not sure when carpet will be installed. I assume that will be one of the last things to happen.