Mom Is Back In The House
It took 7 months but now Mom is finally back in her house. She moved back in last Monday and has been busy ever since. We’ve all spent some time over there helping her go through boxes and finish various things in the house. The place is looking amazing on the inside! We can all tell that she is happy to be home and the sheer amount of work she has in front of her has kept her mind busy as well. Aunt Jean is staying with her for awhile so she’s been happy to have company.
Basically, they are living upstairs right now. Darren continues to do more work on the house but is getting very close to having the inside of the house completely finished. Pretty much everything upstairs is complete and he is wrapping up various things downstairs. She has phone service, internet service, TV etc already hooked up. She lost her previous phone number due to a mistake at Qwest but Kathy sent a note to the president of the company (She has worked for Qwest for many years) and mom got a call from the President’s assistant and is talking to their other customer to see if they will give the number back to Mom. While we doubt that will happen, Kathy is also working them over to compensate mom. It pays to have family in high places…… :)
While mom is in the house, there is still plenty of work still happening. Here’s what still needs to be done:
- Shop needs to have a framing inspection and then insulation and sheet rock
- Basement needs to be cleaned and painted (below kitchen)
- Outside of the house needs to be pressure washed and painted
- New gutters need to be installed
- Lights and outlets need to be installed (although electrical is signed off)
- And various other things still need to be done (like sprinklers hooked back up etc)
Needless to say, we are all very happy she is back in!
On another note, we had power hooked up to our cabin so we can now have lights etc inside. It’s nice not to have to pull power in from the temp pole anymore! Next up is getting the framing/mechanical inspection and then we’ll be ready for insulation and sheetrock. I’ve just about finished painting the outside of the cabin (still need to finish trim) but the weather hasn’t exactly cooperated the last few days.
Sorry, no pics this time. I forgot to take pictures at both the cabin and at mom’s house. I’ll snap some next time I’m there.