Shawn Says...Part 4

 "We are framing your new home! My crew began framing Monday. We have had a rough week with all the rain. Walls for the first floor are up and the crew is working on the second floor I joists today. I believe my crew is going to work tomorrow due to lost time with all the rain this week."

First floor is framed and the I joists are in for the second.

View from the street

A view of the front from the base of the driveway.

Inside the garage

Inside the screened porch which is off the main living
area and breakfast nook.

Screened porch

Looking in the window from the screened porch into the 
main living area

Looking through the window into Ge-Ge's room

Ge-Ge's room and the window she plans to jump out

We are won't be back to see further until after the new year, but can only imagine how much will change!

Shawn Says...Part 3

This is where I will do weekly updates from our builder, Shawn. Dave and I go by on Sundays (and sometimes during the week) to check on the progress. We like Sundays because the builders aren't working then and we can roam around. 

"Foundation block has been completed. Garage slab has been poured. Framing lumber dropped today and framers are all over it! Open floor and foundation inspection will take place on Monday. It will take my crew about two weeks to frame your new home. Please do not go inside the home if you visit in the next two weeks. It is much too dangerous and we don’t want anyone to get hurt. Once framing has been completed you will be able to go inside and check it out."

Foundation block from the front.
Check out all that lumber ready to be placed!

Foundation block from the rear.

 

Long Time - No See!

Hey there, stranger! It's been a few years...

Previously on Mulley Musings, we were pregnant with our third child and sweet three-year-old Jack announced that we were going to name her Kate Nicole. On May 20, 2014 Kate joined the world and life has been quite a bit more interesting ever since!

I guess now would be great time to catch you up on the AmeriMulleys and what everyone has been up to for the past seven years.

Kate, 6.5 years

Kate is funny, charming, snuggly, smart, and a bit dramatic. She dances ballet with one of the local dance studios. She is in first grade and loves to read, draw, play pretend and make messes. Kate wants to be a pet groomer and own her own pet salon when she grows up.

Sam, 8 years

Sam is smart, sensitive, an overachiever in all things, athletic, and compasionate. He does TaeKwonDo and is working toward his Black Belt. Sam is in second grade and has better handwriting that most adults I know. He loves animals, dinosaurs, playing video games, and wants to be a zoologist when he grows up.

Jack, almost 10 years

Jack is helpful, kind, a problem solver, and almost always happy! He plays the piano and is looking forward to writing his own music one day. Jack is in the fourth grade and his favorite subjects are reading, art, and performing arts. He loves clocks (making, fixings, rebuilding, and just admiring), video games (playing and designing), and helping everyone. Jack wants to be a clockmaker when he grows up.

Elizabeth & Dave 

Elizabeth is sarcastic, funny (at least she thinks so), and a self-proclaimed expert cartwheeler. She has an inability to say "no" and therefore spends any spare time she has volunteering or substitute teaching at the kids' school.

Dave is kind, generous, and level-headed. He is on his 21st year with IBM and before COVID, he was traveling globally accruing the airline miles and hotel points that allow the family to travel on fun adventures! 

So that was a quick and dirty update on the AmeriMulleys. And now on to the reason for the blog resurrection. NO - we aren't having another baby...but we are moving! 

Last month, Dave and I invited my mom to move in with us. Mom was happy to accept our offer and within a week of the invitation she was moved in! A few days after that, we found a new home that is a bit bigger and has a ground floor bedroom and bathroom for Mom to call her own. This huge change is proving to be as much a gift to our kids as it is to Mom. We are able to help her out with the menial tasks that often cause her discomfort as well as provide an endless stream of snuggles and company that she was sorely missing - especially during the pandemic.

Our new house will be in Wake Forest and was just a measly pile of dirt when we chose it. It is now under construction with an anticipated completion date of May 2021. We will use this platform to document the building of our home as well as other family shenanigans.

Right after we signed the paperwork!

So without further ado, here is our first house updates from our builder, Shawn:

November 21st:

"We have started working on your new home. Footings have been dug and inspected. Footings are getting poured today! Brick points will be installed next Tuesday. I have my mason on schedule to begin the block foundation Wednesday."

Footings have been poured!

December 4th:

"Brick points are down! I set the block heights on Wednesday and my mason began the foundation on Thursday. The foundation takes about five days. We will then backfill and waterproof the foundation. The garage slab will then be poured and we will be ready for framing materials to be delivered. Framers will be onsite once all lumber as been dropped!"

The front steps

A view of the crawl space

How's that for a massive AmeriMulley update. I promise the next post won't take me another seven years!