As the title suggests, it wasn’t our best day of news with our house. Brady DID have a great day working there. It DOES look fabulous inside. There IS still lots of progress. I AM still very happy we’re building a house. There is still lots and lots of good 🙂 Our kitchen sink came today, and its GORGEOUS!!! Exactly what I wanted and asked for. We discovered a miscommunication we had that can easily be fixed, which always feels wonderful! I was able to go pick up some drawer fronts in an effort to save on some delivery charges. I got an iced capp. I say again, there is lots of good on the build today.
We found out a few bummers along the way, though. Lots of our cabinet stuff still isn’t ready, and Brady was supposed to be done cabinets by tomorrow :/ Somehow, our information got lost in the shuffle (it has to happen sometimes, just sucks when its you) and no one had assembled our drawers for our vanities. We’re also missing a front or two, and all of the hardware. Its a bummer. Also, we discovered today just how much damage has been done to our railings already, and they cannot be stained or repaired too much, being that they’re already completely installed and surrounded by all forms of flooring, and lightly painted walls. Only so much can be done to repair those. And our garage pad. Sigh. I’m SO disappointed about that. In an effort to have the ground be as settled as possible, they plan was to pour it later on in the build. However, there is now even a chance we won’t have it before we move in, and once it is poured, whenever that is, we won’t be able to park in it for a month. A MONTH! I’m sooo disappointed about that 🙁 There were a few other things that felt like monstrous hits today, and at least speaking for myself, I feel a little bit discouraged. BUT!, not every day can be 100% happy, or awesome. Some days are just ho-hum. And really, today was NOT ho-hum AT ALL! I spent the afternoon at my moms with the kids! We ate delicious food and visited like we’ve been apart for weeks. Probably because we have been!! We talked about recent shops, baby stuff, pregnant stuff, doctor stuff, house stuff, trips, summer ideas, upcoming events, etc. My mom and I just gabbed and gabbed. We played with the kids and she read to them and snuggled with them and they all really got their fill of each other 🙂 After lunch, the kids were tuckered out and zoned a bit in front of some tv, and then we could really get a good chat in!
At the end of Brady’s work day, he came over and mom made an AMAZING supper, of which I ate THREE large helpings. Don’t judge me. It was that good. The kids ate pretty well too, and we all had a really nice time together. It was SO nice to all be back in each others company.
Our last thing we did together was go tour the house. Minus installing a few pieces of hardware that we are short, Brady has finished his second stage of finishing, lol! Doesn’t make a ton of sense, but his “finishing carpentry” stage of the build is now done. Tomorrow he’ll hopefully finish up cabinets and vanities, if the drawers are ready. We’ll still be short that one missing front, but you work with what you’ve got, right? Maybe he’ll even get our island top installed tomorrow?? That would be SO exciting!
The place really looks awesome, though. We had a LOVELY day, and the kids stayed awake the whole drive home, so they’re very ready for bed. It sometimes makes for a sadder bedtime but then they fall asleep nice and fast, which is good. Its hard to stop playing when the day has been sooo dang good. I’m happy everyone is happy 🙂
But tonight calls for a bath and snacks for Brady and I, then some “Good Wife” and then to bed! So ready for all of the above mentioned things.