Almost done!

There are only a few weeks left before we get to close on the house. Everything is coming together! Aaron and I (& lots of family) have been busy painting the whole house for the past 3 weekends. The weekend of the 12th my aunt, uncle, and mom came to help out. Last weekend (19th) Aaron's mom and my sister & mom came up to help us. This holiday weekend my dad finally got to come up to see the house and he helped Aaron tile the laundry room. Today Aaron tiled the guest bathroom all by himself. He was VERY proud that he could get it finished without my Uncle Andy's help. I lucked out and got to spend most of the afternoon painting in the garage since it was SO warm outside. I couldn't believe we are less than a week away from December and it was 70 degrees out today! Tomorrow Aaron's dad (and possibly uncle) are coming up to help wrap up some of the last minute chores - pipe insulation, vapor barrier, grout 3 rooms of tile, and finishing up the last bit of painting. The end is in sight!!

BIG thanks to everyone who have helped us out over the past couple of weeks!!!

Guest Bathroom Tile - Aaron did an AWESOME job!

Master Bathroom Shower.... almost complete!

Laundry room....the tiling was finished on Thanksgiving day by Aaron, my dad, and uncle Andy - just the grout left to go!

We have a driveway! It has been very exciting to be able to park in our own driveway and not have all of our cars lined up on the street! 

November 11 - time is flying by!

The house is almost finished! The last we heard, the superintendent was expecting the house to be complete during the first week of December.... which is just right around the corner. Since Aaron and I are in charge of painting the entire house & trim as well as finishing tile projects in 3 rooms, we have our work cut out for us. All of this work could not have hit at a worse time - we were supposed to go home this weekend to visit with family and I am already in the busiest time of year at school with finals coming up.  The superintendent called Aaron yesterday to give him the basic plan for the next 2 weeks and we realized there was no way that we would have time to finish the work if we went home. We will be lucky if we get it all done with this extra 2 days.

Our plan for the weekend is to get the first coat on the entire house and Aaron might tile the shower in the master bath. Last weekend he, Andy (my uncle), and I spent Saturday prepping for the tile. I had no idea it would take around 7 hours of work to just get the shower ready for tile. I can't wait to see what the finished product looks like! Aaron and Andy also put down a floor in the attic above the garage Wednesday night.

Master Bath Shower - ready for tile!

Front door

House Updates -Nov. 3

The brick is now complete! It looks great. Insulation was installed today and we are hoping for both siding and dry wall tomorrow. However.... since weather has been pretty rainy here today we aren't expecting anything for sure. Aaron and my uncle wired up the whole house Wednesday night so we can have televisions everywhere (yay?). haha! Aaron is dead set on getting a massive 55in. television for the livingroom. Between all the 1080P, LED, LCD, HDTV, 3D, etc..options, I get so confused - it must just be a man thing. I still can't believe that we will be painting soon! so so exciting.