Rain, rain go away Come again some other day… We moved to the metroplex about 6 weeks ago to live closer to our grandsons (and of course our son and daughter). Since we moved, it’s rained several days every week. This is a good thing because of the drought Texas has experienced for several years. In … Continue reading
Category Archives: Let’s Build a House
Final Decisions — Maybe
It’s Time — for me to make some final decisions about the decor for our home. We’ve tried hard to stay within our budget and not splurge on too many items. We know the price of our home goes up every time we make a change. Some of the changes are expected and some are necessary … Continue reading
Sold! – Maybe
A little over a month ago, I shared my thoughts about listing our home for sale. It surprised me that I felt a little nostalgic instead of just relieved to be moving. (I’ve been waiting to move closer to the grandies since the first one was born 7 years ago.) Before the Listing For months, we … Continue reading
13 Things I Didn’t Know I Needed To Know About Building a House
Have you ever said, “You learn something new everyday!” when you learned something that surprised you? This process of building a home has given us multitude of opportunities to learn something new. As a former librarian, I did my best to research the process because I like to be prepared. The problem is that you have … Continue reading
Almost Time – Building a House
Over the last 6 months, I’ve posted often about our decision to build a custom home and all the steps of planning involved. We’ve been at planning stage for so long that I truly wonder sometimes if we are really going to build. Update Time The construction loan has been approved, the appraisal completed and … Continue reading
Just A Few More Details — and It’s Time to Start Building
It’s really going to happen. We’re really going to build a house. We’ve been dreaming and planning this house for months. It’s taken a long time to get to here; but — we’ve signed a contract with our builder and we’ve applied for the construction loan. There’s been a soil test to determine the strength … Continue reading
More Waiting, More Planning and a Learning Curve
Waiting and Planning… We’ve been waiting for several very long weeks for the second version of the elevation drawing of our home to be. The purpose of this elevation drawing is to show us what the front and sides of our home will look like. Once we agree on the elevation drawing, the construction drawing … Continue reading
Moving – phase 1
We’re Really Going to Move We’ve been working with our builder on the design for our new home for several months now. The fact that we’re moving has not really seemed too real until today because so far all the work on the new house has been on paper only. True, we’ve been packing … Continue reading
The Next Step – Building a House
The Budget Meeting The meeting with our builder went better than I expected. It was a long meeting with lots of discussion about possibilities for reducing costs. It was obvious that he had given a lot of thought to what could be done to stay in our budget. You can read about our budget concerns … Continue reading
Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget
or A CEO’s Taste on a Teacher’s Budget Let’s build a House I’m Starting to Blush This is kind of an embarrassing post. So, why write it? Truthfully, I’m writing this potentially embarrassing post because I believe others may find themselves in the same situation. Now. that I have your attention … Continue reading
Rainy Day Reflections 