The Brick is On!

The brick guys came yesterday and started mixing cement at about 7 am. I met the painter at the house about 7:40 and they were just getting started applying the brick to the front of the house. I want to apologize to all the neighbors who were disturbed by the noise of the saw and cement mixer. I promise that it will all come to an end in a couple weeks, at least with our house.

Anyway, I met with the painter to go through the colors of the rooms. Good thing I did, the color that Tina and I picked out for the boys' rooms totally looked purple in the natural light! As per the contract, we get two colors, and if we decide to have the painter do anymore, there is a charge. Since I like to paint and really don't know what colors I want anywhere, we are sticking with Kilm Beige for all the interior and now Regale Blue for the boys' rooms. The front door and sidelights will be Kilm Beige inside and white on the outside to match the soffits and trim on the windows. I thought about coming in and painting a room or two on my own, which the builder said would be ok, but the window to get it done is very small (Monday night) and I would be kind of in the way of the guys putting up trim. So I'll just wait and see what colors the rooms tell me they want to be painted. We don't have cathedral ceilings so I can easily do it on my own whenever I want to.

After I met with the painter, I said hi to the brick guys and then headed over to Gagnon's to pick out our address stone. That actually is another little splurge, because we didn't have that included originally but we thought it would look really nice, and then we wouldn't have to drill into our siding right away.

Later, Jeff went in to town when the boys were napping and installed his antennae for the HAM radio setup. It involved climbing up into the rafters of the attic and running a cord from one end of the house to the other and then down through some PVC tube that he had the plumbers add inside our walls. He came back just as I had packed the kids into the van to go rescue him. I got worried that he got stuck up there! He stayed home to recover while we went to play on the splashpad in the park to and get a look at the brick.

Holy cow! The brick looks awesome!!! I took the boys inside to show them their bedrooms and Spencer promptly jumped onto the "yellow blanket". Hopefully that second on the insulation won't have any lasting effects. I think I scared the pants off him when I panicked and screamed, "Get off there now!!!" After we both recovered, the boys had fun running from one end of the house to the other and marching, and stomping, etc. etc. I can't wait either kids!

As I am looking around this condo which we will be moving out of next weekend (and then traveling, and then into our camper until the house is done), here's a list of other things that I can't wait for, beyond getting all our stuff back from the 3 storage units we have rented.
1. knives that cut
2. water that is not softened and doesn't taste disgusting (well water)
3. internet that stays working and isn't so slow that you could read a picture book in between pages loading
4. kitchen utensils that are made for the purpose you need them for.
5. a yard (ok we'll have to wait a bit yet for this one)
6. Carson sleeping in his own room in a real bed-not a pack and play in our room that is too small for him.
7. Places to put all the stuff (toys, backpacks, books)
8. A TV that is not tiny, and that has DVR
9. Washer and dryer inside the house (1st floor too, whoo hoo!)
10. a place that feels like home again.

Enjoy the latest video :)