new house

One week later and the house is closed in.
Roof deck is on, exterior sheathing in place,
all but one window and the doors.

We stopped by today to mark the studs so the electrician will know where to place the cable and phone outlets.

It's coming true,

"our house".

We have been of the attitude that we can and will hire others to maintain our existing home.
But thanks to a the sewer problem and bailing Sed out of jail, (mom has been gone 6 years now and thanks to the equity in her house, she's reaching from beyond the grave to help out her children) we are down to half of the cash we had in place for repairs...
Sed's company does interior repairs. He's offered to have his guys work for a straight fee to do the remodel.
Maybe now that he's into us for more, he might help by working it off.

Anyway, I should get off my lazy butt,
buy the proper equipment,
and make repairs to the outside and paint it myself...

Working in stages,
Z and I could do Some of the stuff on the inside as well...
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We met our new neighbor to the west today.
He's building a two story, 3000 sf home.
Five bed rooms.
He's in his twentys, maybe his early thirties, single, and can afford such a big house...
He told us he's planning for a family and Lord willing, he'll meet his wife in good time.

A man with a plan!