Day 47: Even More Dirt

 

 

Even more dirt! 



 

I must have the best salesman of all because he sends me pictures of the progress of my lot.

I just love it when he does, too! Totally makes my day! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today, as we drove around our house, we noticed that there are now 4 houses being built on the side street from our home. Two are further ahead than ours, by just a little, in that they have their pipes but still no concrete foundation yet. The others are all similar to ours with forms and/or dirt. I love seeing that our section will have some homes and we wont be the only family living out here by ourselves. And, hopefully they'll have children for my kids to play with.

 

 

 

Day 38: Staked

 

 

Thanksgiving is over and now the building is about to begin! I received a text message from my wonderful salesman, Chance, over the holiday letting me know that they had staked my homesite indicating where the corners of my home will be. He was nice enough to send me a picture while I was out of state. In the picture he sent (above), you can see three of the blue stakes. It's progress!

 

I drove by yesterday after dealing with a little car trouble issue and was happy to meet a nice couple walking through the neighborhood. They stopped and chatted with me for a few minutes while the kids stretched their legs and explored our lot. The couple had lived here for fours years and said they enjoyed the neighborhood. It's good to meet nice people like them. :)

Off to the right (not shown), two more houses have also begun building. They each have the forms for where their slabs will be poured. Im assuming that will be the next step for mine, too. 

 

Come back daily to see the progress as it happens!

 

 

Day 21: Thankful

Three weeks ago today was the day when Chance, my salesman, contacted me about the Bigger Is Better Sale at La Conterra. It was the day my hope began and all of the rest of the events mentioned in this blog have followed.

Today Im feeling thankful, even through all of the uncertainty and chaos. Im thankful to be here, building my dream house. With the big decisions made, and my final choices fairly certain, Im at a peaceful point in this journey. And with the peace comes the thankfulness.

Im thankful for all of the people who are helping me in this process: God for blessing me with this opportunity and experience, my mom for everything, Chance my salesman, Jennifer my designer, my kids for putting up with my neuroses, my boss for letting me take off to keep all of the necessary appointments, Jaime my mortgage rep and all of the underwriters who are working on my mortgage loan. Thank you all for your part in this!