Home Options

Mitch and I went to the "home design" place a few weeks ago to pick out all the stuff for my house. It was a lot of fun and only took about 45 minutes. I think it went by so quickly because, believe it or not, I knew mostly what I was going to get.

 First we had to pick out the brick, then siding and then door and shutter colors. The house is completely brick wrapped with a little bit of siding just below the roof...sounds weird but I will get a picture once its up. Or I might just snap a picture of a house the is already built:)

 

Then we picked out the flooring, cabinets and counter tops. I did upgrade the Linoleum which allowed me to have one kind of linoleum in the kitchen and a different kind in the bathrooms. Same for the counter tops. The cabinets will all be the same. Its hard to see the difference in the linoleum but there is one:)

Then we picked out the fireplace. I'm most excited about the fireplace. I've always wanted a fireplace in my home so that I could enjoy a nice cup of hot cocoa and watch the fire burn on a cold winter night. I kept it simple and went with a gas fire place instead of wood burning. The only thing I cringe at is the cost of gas.    

The "standard" fireplace had a marble surround and was flush with the floor. I almost didn't get the fireplace because I was not happy with they way it looked. So I gritted my teeth and forked out the money for the upgrade. A nice stone look with an actual hearth to sit on.

I also added 2 extra feet to the living room/dinning room area. I struggled with that one as well but decided it would be well worth the cost. The Living room was originally 14 X 21. I felt like the room being 14ft wide was a little small so I added two feet and now the room is 16 X 21. Much better when you consider my couches are larger than normal.

It was interesting picking out my wish list for the house. When I had decided I wanted to build this house I sat with the sales lady and she put together my "Wish List" of things I wanted and added the price of each item. I had a good sized wish list and when I saw the bottom dollar, outside of my eyeballs popping out of my head,  I decided a lot of that stuff I can do myself.

The only things I really changed on this house were structural things (such as stone fire place, adding 2',  9ft ceilings and brick wrap) and left the cosmetics stuff (such as laminate/wood floors, fixtures, paint) up to me.

Which when I removed all the extra frilly stuff my budget fell back down to where it was manageable. It was surprising how all the little things added up.This has definitely been an experience...I'm so excited and can't wait for the whole thing to be done!

Broken Ground

After about a month of waiting, due to this crazy ran...my builder has finally broken ground.

I know its not much to look at but if you look really close you can see the footers in the ground. I'll try to get a better picture, this one was sent by the sales lady, who is awesome to work with.

I'm getting excited now. They say the walls will be up before I know it. What takes the most time is all the other stuff once the roof is on.

We are scheduled for a closing date at the end of July...although I have feeling the closing may not happen until the beginning of Aug...which I'm alright with:)

Demons from the Past

There is a little bit of me that gets extremely tired of the EX popping his ugly vulture head back into my life.

If its not exactly him, its one of his extended self's. This time it was his dad showing up at my house after dark. I swear the family has no since of respect of someones time.

This man had not had any contact with me since the divorce which 6 or so years ago. Now out of the blue he is at my door step...I guess I can say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

It was rainy and cold so I invited him in, only because I was not going to stand at the door and freeze. I have to say that he did look a little uncomfortable being there. Of course I wasn't the most excited or warming to him.

He stood in my door way and asked if I was selling my house...my answer was "yes". He just stood there for a moment and said "oh". Then he asked if I still worked for company A...I said "No, I moved on"...long pause. He said "oh, so you move one". I said "yes, I moved somewhere else"

He talked a little bit and then made notice that I wasn't married....I smiled and said I have a steady boyfriend.

In my head all I could think about was "Why are you here?" and " don't give him any information". 

He took a seat on the small couch and started to tell me the details of his wife's death. At least now I know she is actually dead and has been for exactly one year. Yep it was her one year death anniversary. OK, creepy, I know... but what ever, this is the EX's family we are talking about here.

After he went on and on, which seemed like forever, I finally asked him why he stopped by and his response was he didn't know if I knew she had passed and he wanted to let me know.

OK, great..Now I know.

So he gets up and leave, telling me it was nice seeing me. I just told him to have a safe drive home.

This morning I woke up and check my email and there it was, he wants to friend me on facebook. Ummmm....didn't have to ponder that one at all...HHHHHHEEEEELLLLLLLL NO!!!

I tryed to just brush it off but for some reason it is really getting to me. Its slowly eating at me. Something is not right about it. Him showing up on my door step like that....something is just not right.

I can't wait to move out of this house. I keep thinking that things will change once I move because it will no longer be comfortable for him. The fact that he used to live at this address gives him that false since that he is free to come to this property at any time. If you haven't figured out he is very narcissistic and controlling.

Here is my conspiracy theory: EX sent the dad to do some spying. Dad facebook me because EX wants some information about me. I really believe the EX is behind this whole thing. Still creepy!

The other thing that I notice when the dad was talking about the death he NEVER brought up the EX or the girls. He talked about the entire family, even the half sister who lives in Texas but not the EX.

I have noticed a pattern
The EX only shows up about every 6 months. It's not necessarily him in person but in some way he shows up. Back in November he left me a note with some pictures and now it's his dad popping in.

I am really getting tired of this and I need to figure out how to make it stop. Maybe moving will make it all stop...just three more months!

Moving Right Along

I'm totally burnt out with my old house but I can say it looks good.

I spent April preparing my house to sell and that was a ton of work!! I only have two things to finish and we are good. I need to install carpet and fix the shingles.

On Saturday I contracted with an agent and am crossing my figures and hope it will sell. Today someone is supposed to come by and take pictures. I'm still holding out hope that Ms. E's daughter will be able to buy the house and have worked out an agreement with the agent to reduce the agent fee.

I just need this house to sell!!!