The Joy of Building

I love the fact that we are building and how it allows us to customize so many things, but all the choices definitely create a challenge all its own! We have about 7 weeks or so until we move into our new (or so says our contractor) and we still have a ton of interior choices to make - all we’ve really picked out so far in the color of the carpet. Ryan and I joke that it’s the color of dirt (it’s really a nice brown called Harvest Spice).


Anyways back to the point, we’re a little lost when it comes to mixing and matching things and that might sound dumb, but when it comes to decorating I'm at a loss and now having to pick hardwood, tile, and cabinets that complement each other... well let just say I'm getting nervous about the next few weeks. Today we went and tried to pick out light fixtures with some luck, but we still have a long way to go…Oh there is just so much.

Now please don't get me wrong I am so thankful and grateful that we are able to build our own house at this time, but I’ve been a little surprised at just how much time it takes and poor sweet Ryan gives up so much time at work to try and get every thing done that I know it adds to his already busy work schedule.


We’ve be taking a lot of pictures of the house, and there are a lot that you wouldn't care about seeing, but I did want to post a few for the family and friends who have asked to see the progress.



Ryan and I in our front room

Master bedroom

Front door
Me in the kitchen area

Front of the house

More on Mom

Mom seems to be doing better and better ever day. They think that she will be able to leave the hospital in the next day or two, but she won’t be going home quite yet. The doctors feel like she needs to spend some time at a rehabilitation center, so she can get multiple sessions of physical therapy every day to get some of her strength back. They want her to at least be able to walk on her own before she goes home.




She has one more surgery that she needs and it's for her eye. They need to removal a fungal infection from her retina. Once she is feeling a little better from this back surgery and has gotten some of her strength back they will do the eye surgery.

Update on Mom

My step-brother wrote this last night and I thought I would just copy it. Thanks Paul.
They had to clean up a leak from one of her spinal punctures, remove some fatty tissue and a cyst that was putting pressure on her spinal chord, and do a laminectomy (spread out) some of her lumbar vertebra. Hopefully this will help relieve the pain that kept her from being able to walk.