Drywall!

 

We are actually having tile installed right now today, but I'm sure you want to see what we've already done. This is right after we had the drywall put up. It is textured "Santa Fe" about 90% smooth. Here is the kitchen and living room. I'm standing in the dining room:

Here I'm standing in the kitchen looking towards the living room:

Looking into the hallway from the living areas:

The extra bedroom:

The bathroom:

The master room looking towards the closets:

It will look more finished once we get the new doors and windows installed.

Ha Ha Tee Hee!

"When Grandma says, “I’m gonna shoot,” do you duck or say ”cheese”?!"

That saying got a bit of a chuckle out of me! It came from Leif Swanson's blog:  http://uglyhousephotos.com/wordpress/?p=31153

The Hoard

We will be moving soon. I have packed about 95% of our stuff. It is all right here in the picture. This is basically all we own. I feel like a hoarder.

Our kitchen table, bed frame/mattress, desk, coffee table and about 4 boxes worth of stuff are not in the picture...

All this for 2 adults and a dog. I guess we do live in the land of plenty and are definitely not lacking.

 

We have been busy busy busy with our new house. I will be posting pictures eventually but right now it's a bit crazy. We have had all the drywall finished, the kitchen cabinets installed, and have bought our tile. The new roof is water tight and we have had a couple of good storms blow through to test it. We had a huge flood in the state of Arizona recently and many people were stranded by high creeks and rivers as well as newly formed lakes and ponds. The nice thing about living here in Arizona is the flooding recedes almost right away and in a couple days, most of the water is completely gone.

Here is a link to the news about 1 part of Arizona:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/residents-motorists-stranded-by-raging-floods-in-arizona/

The monsoons have brought moist muggy air, and mud. Monsoons create the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes and they have been multiplying here rapidly lately. Most people wouldn't expect a desert to have mosquitoes, but they live here. I'm hoping that the monsoons will continue to dump and pull us out of the drought.

Busy Busy

It seems like it's been forever since I've been on here! We have been so crazy busy working on the new house. We have had the roof done, the AC ducts put in, the plumbing, and electrical finished, and the inspection was on Friday. WE PASSED!

 

Life's great when everything goes right! We have been cleaning the wood studs getting ready for drywall to go in, and putting insulation boards in between the studs. Our house is brick exterior, with 1x2 framing on the inside. We were able to get foam insulation sprayed in the bricks, and with the insulation board plus the exterior stucco when we get it done, our walls should be well insulated!

 Both these pictures are of the same spot in the living room, just one directed at the floor, and the other at the walls. Almost finished!

After the insulating boards are in, the drywall can go on, then we're going to have insulation sprayed into the attic! Then it's on to paint, cabinets, windows, counters, appliances, and all the billion fixtures and other things that make it a home!