Taping and floating

When I drove by today, I noticed the guys out there... and I also noticed that inside there were spackle lines, so I'm assuming it's taping and floating time!! We got the dishwasher today, rented a truck, and picked it up. The boys loved playing in the truck all afternoon, and the dishwasher is really really cool!! Now if we could think of anything else we needed to do with that truck before it goes back tomorrow morning!!

Next step must be texturing (which we'll have to approve after they do a test wall) and then painting!! I hope our Ikea kitchen gets here soon!! We'll install after the paint goes up!!

LG appliances

We got lucky with craigslist and are getting two LG appliances (dishwasher and fridge) for the price of one. We already had the fridge delivered and are going to get the dishwasher today. They have both been used... the fridge for a year (and it seems perfect) and the dishwasher only twice (they decided the color wasn't right for them). I hope it's right for us!! We're driving down to Circle C (or thereabouts) today to pick it up.

Better Sheet Rock Pics

Here are some more pics of the house. Here is the news of the day from Builder Dad: Builder called, they're taping and floating like crazy right now, electricians headed out there to meet with Builder, and HVAC is out there working on ventilating the utility closet.

Sheet Rock Is Going In!!!

Take a look at my stalker photo. If you look carefully, you can see there are actually walls now! Tomorrow it gets inspected, if it passes, the next day (or maybe later tomorrow) they tape and float. Once that's all dry, they get to paint all the walls the awesome color of --- get this--- are you ready for it?--- WHITE!

Measurements today

Builder Dad and Little Builder #1 went to measure the bathrooms today so we could figure out our bathroom plans now. Luckily, they met with Builder and got to discuss a few things. There was a lot more sheet rock there. The sheetrock contractors had been there but didn't want to start until all the sheetrock showed up. It all got there while Builder Dad was there, so Builder called sheetrockers and told them to come back. So, they may have started the process this afternoon, maybe tomorrow. Either way, we should be ready for paint in a week or so!!

Awesome!!

Ordered 1/2 the kitchen today

So, we ordered 1/2 the Ikea kitchen today. It isn't in stock, so it takes 2-3 weeks for delivery. We also have all the other parts itemized so that when we go pick up our ordered stuff, we can order the other 1/2 (that's in stock) then. We'll definitely rent a big box truck!!

Our virtual kitchen

Thanks Ikea!