Clean up day!!

We spent the day saturday cleaning up the mess left behind by the saws, nail guns, and workers. Our contractor and his crew have been awesome to work with so I'm not complaining about the soda cans, water bottles and mounds of saw dust and nails left behind everyday. Really I'm not!! haha

As long as they are making progress, I will gladly sweep up behind them.

Besides, they feed Luigi lunch everyday. :)

Things are taking shape

This pictures were taken today 3/24/10. We expecting the framing to be done in just a couple days.

The walls go up!!!!!!!

You have no idea how thrilled we were to see that first wall go up.  The framing is going fast and expected to take a couple weeks.  There is no rain in the forecast we are making great progress. :)

Forward progress!!!!

After weeks of rain, we were finally able to pour the foundation. We are off and running now!! :)

Rebel

This should explain the two and a half month absence from posting pictures on this blog. That's right, we had a little........set back, I guess you could say.
The truth is, I'm married to an Italian...need I say anymore.
Call it racial profiling, call it stereo typing, call it whatever you want, but they know it all, all the time.
 Mario was certain that we didn't need to get permits for this enormous project.  Why you ask, because he's Italian I told you and he knows it all!!!!!
So the first week of december the work stopped and the process to get the permits began. It was long, and ridiculously involved but I'm happy to say that it's over and the hammers are once again banging here.
As for Mario........he's still Italian but I just love that big Ragu!!!!

Christmas during a remodel

We survived Christmas!! The undecorating was easy, two candles in the bathroom and Christmas cards in the laundry room. I have to admit, I didn't miss taking down the tree but will be glad to do it next year.  The kids have been so easy and good natured through this whole ordeal, I on the other hand have my days.  I would be lying if I told you I hadn't had a melt down or two.......or 50.  They even decided to take our Christmas card picture in the midst of the destruction. One of my girlfriends asked if they were in a barn, haha, I said "No, that would be my living room."
The forward progress has begun, and things seem to be moving along well now. We need a few dry days now for the concrete. Forget the fact that we are in a three year drought, I need my house done, Sorry!

December 11, 2009

Today I woke up to an enormous crane truck, beeping as it backed up to remove large beams and the A/C unit from the house. Of course it was raining, oh yes, we must have mud!!! 

Actually the crane truck wasnt so bad, it was the Jack Hammer that arrived next that made me crazy.  Two weeks until Christmas and my house looks like this.......