OK…I know we moved to the country but OH MY GOD the mud that happens 9 months out of the year…combined with the dogs…at least my floors are good at hiding it. Anyways, shortly after moving in, it became evident that we needed more outside non-mud space. And a place to BBQ, of course. Originally,Continue reading
Category: Planning
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All decked out!
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I want to make so many things!
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But apparently the garage is full so we can’t make all the things…just yet. But here’s a sneak peak of something that needs to be ready in the next month! Any guesses what it’s gonna no to be? And here’s the laundry list of all the other things to do after we move in: ShiplapContinue reading
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More Decisions Decisions…
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We’ve done a lot of remodeling over the years. In our condo, we started small by tiling the entryway as well as building in a china cabinet for extra storage space. The house we basically remodeled everything over the years…a little at a time. But never have we started from scratch. This is an entirelyContinue reading
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I can see it now!
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I really can’t believe what we’ve accomplished in the last 7 or so months. And, the best news yet? The builders think we should be ready to move in by the middle of July! Which is perfect! Then we can get the boys situated in their new schools (for the final time) and even haveContinue reading
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Breaking New Ground
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Finally! So after waiting for someone to move the mobile home for a month, we couldn’t wait anymore and told the builder just to demolish it. We had to wait a few weeks to get the permits through, but the new year happened and we were ready to roll! On the 2nd, they did theContinue reading
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A Whirlwind of Things
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There was so much to get done in September that I’m just now able to sit down and write about it. Finish selling the house Find a rental in Washington Book a trip (moving truck, rental car, hotel, flight, storage unit, oh my) Take a long weekend trip Find a job Find movers and setContinue reading
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Open for Business!
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After weeks of hard work, we finally listed the house last Tuesday! We had a few showings during the week and then a solid weekend of open houses where there were about 40 groups of people…a few originally came on Saturday and then came back on Sunday to measure things. A great sign! We haveContinue reading
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House plans finalized!
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And we love them! The builders did a great job adjusting the plans we purchased to what we wanted. First, they plotted out where everything is going to go on our property – the county needs this plan when submitting for permits. See all of that extra space…everywhere? Front View We pushed the house outContinue reading
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Purge all the things!
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Fifteen years of things, that is… Woah, we have a lot of stuff. So much stuff. The boys have a crazy amount of toys they don’t play with anymore. Books they don’t read anymore. Clothes they don’t fit into anymore. The list goes on and on. So let’s purge all the things! And try toContinue reading
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Small town…Big community
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Another Road Trip We spent our Fourth of July vacation taking another road trip up to Washington. We’ve got the two day drive down now with enough time for a family visit pit stop and an overnight stay in Ashland, OR – the perfect half way point. But this time we took an extra travelerContinue reading
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Progress!
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Holy moly, this is hard! Who would have thought that building our dream house would be so hard to do? We’ve spent the last few months scouring affordable plans that we’d be able to build within our budget. We finally put four plans into a “we agree” board on Pinterest. Then we printed them allContinue reading
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The Plan
0The greatest part of the trip we just had was that we wound up with a pretty solid plan. 2016 Plan Decide on a builder Pick a plan that we can afford to build Buy plan Get bank financing in place Save all the monies Sign contract with the builder Get all permits filed withContinue reading